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Kyrgyzstan



Kyrgyzstan People:

Population:
5,146,281 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.6% (male:827,751; female:NaN)
15-64 years: 62.3% (male:1,571,476; female:1,632,506)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male:123,992; female:194,527) (2005)

Median age:
total: 23.39 years
male: 22.52 years
female: 24.27 years (2005)

Population growth rate:
1.29% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
22.48 births / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
7.13 deaths / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-2.47 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 35.64 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 40.97 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 30.03 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 68.16 years (2005 est.)
male: 64.16 years
female: 72.38 years

Total fertility rate:
2.7 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
3,900 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Kyrgyzstani(s)
adjective: Kyrgyzstani

Ethnic groups:
Kyrgyz 64.9%, Russian 12.5%, Uzbek 13.8%, Ukrainian 1%, Dungan 1.1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7% (1999)

Religions:
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%

Languages:
Kyrgyz (official), Russian (official)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.1% (1999)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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