Kyrgyzstan
Central Asia
General matters
Country: Kyrgyz Republic
Capital: Bishkek (1.1 million people)
Population: 6.75 million
Area: 199,951㎢ (0.95 times the size of the Korean Peninsula)
Languages: Kyrgyz (official), Russian (common)
Religion: Islam (80%), Russian Orthodoxy (15%), Protestantism, etc. (5%)
Ethnicity: Kyrgyzstan (73%), Uzbek (15%), and Russian (6%)
Climate: Continental, dry climate
- Location: Central Asia (bordering China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan)
Politics
Form of government: Presidential system
※ On May 5, 2021, President Zafarov signed the new constitution that calls for the transition from the existing parliamentary cabinet system (introduced on June 27, 2010 as a constitutional amendment) to the presidential system
a key figure
President: Sadir Zhaparov
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Prime Minister): Akylbek Japarov
Speaker of the National Assembly: Nurlanbek Shakiev
Foreign Minister: Zhenbek Kulubaev
Composition of Parliament: Composition of Parliament (54 seats in total): Ata-Zhurt Kyrgyzstan Party (15 seats), Ishenim Party (12 seats), Yntymak Party (9 seats), etc
- joining an international organization : : UN('92.3), WTO('98.12)
Economy
GDP: $7.7 billion ('21 EIU basis)
GDP per capita: $1282 ('21 IMF)
Economic growth rate: 3.6% ('21, EIU)
Currency Unit: Som / (US$1 = 86.2 Cotton) ('23.Feb.)
Trade: $78.42 billion ('21,EIU)
Export amount: $2.73 billion
Revenue: $5.11 billion
Inflation: 11.9% ('21, EIU)
Key Resources: - Gold, Coal, Antimony, Mercury, Natural Gas, etc