Statistical information Kyrgyzstan 1992
Kyrgyzstan in the World
Kyrgyzstan - Introduction 1992
top of pageBackground: A country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, Kyrgyzstan became part of the Russian empire in 1864. In the Czarist and Soviet periods, Russian managers and technicians were sent to Kyrgyzstan and have recently made up more than one-fifth of the population. Many Russians have been returning home since Kyrgyzstan gained its independence in 1991 when the USSR collapsed. Privatization of state-owned enterprises, expansion of democracy and political freedoms, and inter-ethnic relations are current issues.
Kyrgyzstan - Geography 1992
top of pageLocation
Geographic coordinates
Map reference
Area
Total: 198,500 km²
Land: 191,300 km²
Comparative: slightly smaller than South Dakota
Land boundaries: 3,878 km; China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km
Coastline: none - landlocked
Maritime claims: none - landlocked
Disputes:
territorial dispute with Tajikistan on southern boundary in
Isfara Valley area
Isfara Valley area
Climate: dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in south (Fergana Valley)
Terrain: peaks of Tien Shan rise to 7,000 meters, and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation
Elevation
Natural resources: small amounts of coal, natural gas, oil; also nepheline, rare earth metals, mercury, bismuth, gold, uranium, lead, zinc, hydroelectric power
Land use
Land use: NA% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows and pastures; NA% forest and woodland; NA% other; includes NA% irrigated
Irrigated land
Major rivers
Major watersheds area km²
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Natural hazards
Geography
Kyrgyzstan - People 1992
top of pagePopulation: 4,567,875 (July 1992), growth rate 1.9% (1992)
Nationality: noun - Kirghiz(s; adjective - Kirghiz
Ethnic groups: Kirghiz 52%, Russian 21%, Uzbek 13%, other 14%
Languages: Kirghiz (Kyrgyz)
Religions: Muslim 70%, Russian Orthodox NA%
Demographic profile
Age structure
Age structure
Dependency ratios
Median age
Population growth rate
Birth rate: 31 births/1000 population (1992)
Death rate: 8 deaths/1000 population (1992)
Net migration rate: - 8.5 migrants/1000 population (1992)
Population distribution
Urbanization
Major urban areas
Environment
Current issues: NA
Air pollutants
Sex ratio
Mothers mean age at first birth
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate: 56 deaths/1000 live births (1991)
Life expectancy at birth: 62 years male, 71 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate: 4.0 children born/woman (1992)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
Drinking water source
Current health expenditure
Physicians density
Hospital bed density
Sanitation facility access
Hiv/Aids
Major infectious diseases
Obesity adult prevalence rate
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco use
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
Education expenditures
Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Youth unemployment
Kyrgyzstan - Government 1992
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Government type: republic
Capital: Bishkek (formerly Frunze)
Administrative divisions:
6 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast'); Chu,
Dzhalal-Abad, Issyk-Kul', Naryn, Osh, Talas; note - an oblast has the same name as its administrative center
Dzhalal-Abad, Issyk-Kul', Naryn, Osh, Talas; note - an oblast has the same name as its administrative center
Dependent areas
Independence:
31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union; formerly Kirghiz Soviet
Socialist Republic)
Socialist Republic)
National holiday: NA
Constitution: adopted NA, effective 20 April 1978, amended 23 September 1989; note - new constitution is being drafted
Legal system: NA
International law organization participation
Citizenship
Suffrage: universal at age 18
President: last held 12 October 1991 (next to be held NA 1996); results - AKAYEV won in uncontested election with 95% of vote with 90% of electorate voting; note - Republic Supreme Soviet elections held 25 February 1990; presidential elections held first by Supreme Soviet 28 October 1990, then by popular vote 12 October 1991
Supreme Soviet: note - last held 25 February 1990 (next to be held no later than November 1994); results - Commnunists (310) 90%, seats - (350 total)
Executive branch: president, Cabinet of Ministers
Legislative branch: unicameral body or bicameral
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Political parties and leaders
International organization participation: CIS, CSCE, IMF, UN, UNCTAD
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador NA; Chancery at NW, Washington, DC 200_; telephone (202) NA; there are Consulates General in NA;
US: Charge Ralph Bresler; Interim Chancery at #66 Derzhinskiy Prospekt;
Residence: Hotel Pishpek (mailing address is APO AE 9,862); telephone 8-011-7-3,312-22-22-70
Diplomatic representation
Flag description
: red-orange field with yellow sun in center with folk motif medallion inscribedNational symbols
National anthem
National heritage
Kyrgyzstan - Economy 1992
top of pageEconomy overview:
Kyrgyzstan's small economy (less than 1% of the total for the former Soviet Union) is oriented toward agriculture, producing mainly livestock such as goats and sheep, as well as cotton, grain, and tobacco.
Industry, concentrated around Bishkek, produces small quantities of electric motors, livestock feeding equipment, washing machines, furniture, cement, paper, and bricks. Mineral extraction is small, the most important minerals being rare earth metals and gold. Kyrgyzstan is a net importer of most types of food and fuel but is a net exporter of electricity. By early 1991, the
Kirghiz leadership had accelerated reform, primarily by privatizing business and granting life-long tenure to farmers. In 1991 overall industrial and livestock output declined substantially.
Industry, concentrated around Bishkek, produces small quantities of electric motors, livestock feeding equipment, washing machines, furniture, cement, paper, and bricks. Mineral extraction is small, the most important minerals being rare earth metals and gold. Kyrgyzstan is a net importer of most types of food and fuel but is a net exporter of electricity. By early 1991, the
Kirghiz leadership had accelerated reform, primarily by privatizing business and granting life-long tenure to farmers. In 1991 overall industrial and livestock output declined substantially.
GDP: purchasing power equivalent - $NA billion, per capita $NA; real growth rate -5% (1991)
Real gdp purchasing power parity
Real gdp growth rate
Real gdp per capita
Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end use
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture products: wool, tobacco, cotton, livestock (sheep and goats) and cattle, vegetables, meat, grapes, fruits and berries, eggs, milk, potatoes
Industries: small machinery, textiles, food-processing industries, cement, shoes, sawn logs, steel, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, and rare earth metals
Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 0.1% (1991)
Labor force: 1,894,000 (1989); agriculture 33%, other 49%, industry 18%, other NA% (1988)
Organized labor: NA
Labor force
Unemployment rate: NA%
Youth unemployment
Population below poverty line
Gini index
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Distribution of family income gini index
Budget: revenues $NA million; expenditures $NA million
Taxes and other revenues
Public debt
Revenue
Fiscal year: calendar year
Inflation rate consumer prices
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Stock of narrow money
Stock of broad money
Stock of domestic credit
Market value of publicly traded shares
Current account balance
Exports: $115 million (1990)
Commodoties: wool, chemicals, cotton, ferrous and nonferrous metals, shoes, machinery, tobacco
Partners: Russia 70%, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and others
Imports: $1.5 million (c.i.f., 1990)
Commodoties: lumber, industrial products, ferrous metals, fuel, machinery, textiles, footwear
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Debt external
Stock of direct foreign investment at home
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad
Exchange rates
Kyrgyzstan - Energy 1992
top of pageElectricity
Production: NA kW capacity; 13,900 million kWh produced, 3,232 kWh per capita (1991)
Coal
Petroleum
Crude oil
Refined petroleum
Natural gas
Carbon dioxide emissions
Energy consumption per capita
Kyrgyzstan - Communication 1992
top of pageTelephones
Telephone system
Broadcast media
Internet
Broadband fixed subscriptions
Kyrgyzstan - Military 1992
top of pageMilitary expenditures
Percent of gdp: $NA, NA% of GDP
Military and security forces
Military service age and obligation
Space program
Terrorist groups
Kyrgyzstan - Transportation 1992
top of pageNational air transport system
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
Airports: NA
Heliports
Pipelines: NA
Railways
Roadways
Waterways: NA km perennially navigable
Merchant marine
Ports and terminals
Kyrgyzstan - Transnational issues 1992
top of pageDisputes international
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Illicit drugs: poppy cultivation legal