Geography - note:
landlocked; entirely mountainous, dominated by the Tien Shan range;
many tall peaks, glaciers, and high-altitude lakes
People Kyrgyzstan
Population:
5,213,898 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 30.9% (male 821,976/female 789,687)
15-64 years: 62.9% (male 1,607,396/female 1,669,612)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 126,847/female 198,380) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 23.6 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 24.5 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.32% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
22.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
7.08 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)