Migration trends in Kyrgyzstan
Asia
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
Where people move to
Where people come from
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