MigrantoMigration trends in Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan loses more people than it takes in: 540.6K emigrants against 190.6K immigrants. Net balance −349.9K — 5% of the country's population
7.2M
Population
190.6K
Immigrants
540.6K
Emigrants
−349.9K
Outflow
1 in 38 residents of Kyrgyzstan was born abroad — and 1 in 14 people born in Kyrgyzstan lives abroad
#99 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Kyrgyzstan
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 peaked at 714K and then began to shrink
Today
- Since 1990: 418.1K fewer foreign-born residents and 66.4K fewer emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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