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Kyrgyzstan: cities by population

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Kyrgyzstan has a population of 7,400,465 (UN estimate, 2026), with Bishkek as its capital. The 50 largest of its 84 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

+47%
since 2000 (5,025,145)
+30%
projected by 2050 (9,642,952)
39
people per km²
19501975200020252050 1.8M 9.6M
UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.
Full UN series, 1950 to 2050
YearPopulation
19501,751,139
19753,381,363
20005,025,145
20055,246,332
20105,491,761
20156,001,882
20206,664,140
20257,295,034
20267,400,465
2030 projected7,803,618
2050 projected9,642,952

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Kyrgyzstan

#PlaceRegionPopulation
1BishkekBishkek900,000
2OshOsh Region322,164
3ManasJalal-Abad Region123,239
4KarakolIssyk-Kul84,351
5TokmokChuy Region71,443
6UzgenOsh Region49,410
7Kara-BaltaChuy Region48,278
8BalykchyIssyk-Kul42,875
9NarynNaryn Region41,178
10Bazar-KorgonJalal-Abad Region41,011
11TalasTalas Region40,308
12RazzakovBatken34,219
13Kyzyl-KyyaBatken32,000
14SuzakJalal-Abad Region30,534
15BatkenBatken27,730
16Kara-Kul’Jalal-Abad Region26,901
17Kara SuuOsh Region26,609
18IradanBatken26,200
19Tash-KumyrJalal-Abad Region23,594
20BelovodskoyeChuy Region23,046
21KantChuy Region22,617
22LebedinovkaChuy Region21,118
23ToktogulJalal-Abad Region20,577
24MassyJalal-Abad Region19,774
25NookatOsh Region18,228
26IvanovkaChuy Region17,513
27Kochkor-AtaJalal-Abad Region17,177
28Kara-KuljaOsh Region15,616
29Ala-BukaJalal-Abad Region15,426
30Kyzyl-SuuIssyk-Kul15,075
31SuluktuBatken15,019
32Uch-KorgonBatken14,708
33At-BashiNaryn Region14,655
34BokombayevskoyeIssyk-Kul14,267
35Cholpon-AtaIssyk-Kul14,237
36KerbenJalal-Abad Region14,141
37Ak-SuuIssyk-Kul14,009
38Gul’chaOsh Region13,755
39Kyzyl-AdyrTalas Region13,612
40SovetskoyeJalal-Abad Region13,178
41TyupIssyk-Kul12,355
42AydarkenBatken11,857
43KazarmanJalal-Abad Region11,191
44BaetovoNaryn Region10,682
45KeminChuy Region10,354
46KaindyChuy Region9,561
47PokrovkaTalas Region8,522
48KulunduBatken8,250
49SamarkandykBatken8,015
50AndarakBatken8,001

Twenty years earlier: Kyrgyzstan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 5,312,751.

Common questions

What is the population of Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan has a population of 7,400,465, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 9,642,952 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
Bishkek.

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Bishkek
The largest place we record in Kyrgyzstan: 900,000 people
Kyrgyzstan in 2005
The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 5,312,751 then
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