MigrantoMigration trends in Kyrgyzstan
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540.6K people from Kyrgyzstan have built lives abroad. That's 7.5% of the country population, spread across 31 different countries
7.2M
Population
190.6K
Immigrants
540.6K
Emigrants
−349.9K
Outflow
1 in every 14 people born in Kyrgyzstan now lives abroad
The #99 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Kyrgyzstan
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
608.7K immigrants · 607K emigrants
1995
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
2000
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 25%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 209.5K
2010
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 25%
- The diaspora abroad peaked at 714K and then began to shrink
Today
- Since 1990: 418.1K fewer foreign-born residents and 66.4K fewer citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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