Bishkek City: population, jobs, health, schools, poverty and local budgets
Bishkek City is a city of Kyrgyzstan, number 3 of 9 by population. Bishkek City had an estimated 1,321.9 thousand residents on 1 January 2025, 3rd highest of 9 regions, and about 18.2% of the country's 7.28 million people. It is an official estimate by the National Statistical Committee, not a census count.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Bishkek City: The gross regional product of Bishkek City (the value of goods and services produced there) was 744,030 million som in 2024, the highest of 9 regions and 47.0% of Kyrgyzstan's total of 1.58 trillion som.
- Health in Bishkek City: Bishkek City had 20.7 hospital beds for every 10,000 people in 2024, the lowest of 9 regions.
- Education in Bishkek City: Bishkek City had 211 daytime general secondary schools at the start of the 2025/26 school year (183 in 2023/24).
- Poverty and living standards in Bishkek City: 32.4% of people in Bishkek City lived below the national poverty line in 2023, 4th highest of 9 regions; the national poverty rate was 29.8%.
- Government budget and revenue in Bishkek City: Local budgets in Bishkek City collected 13,310 million som in revenue in January to September 2024, or about 10,069 som per resident (the highest of 8 regions with figures); all local budgets in Kyrgyzstan together collected 29,933 million som.
Is the population of Bishkek City growing?
The population of Bishkek City changed by +2.1% between 1 January 2024 (1,294.8 thousand) and 1 January 2025 (1,321.9 thousand); the whole country changed by +1.7% over the same year.
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow many people moved to or from Bishkek City in 2024?
In 2024, 19,660 people moved into Bishkek City from other regions of Kyrgyzstan and 5,107 moved out, a net gain of 14,553 people (the largest net gain of 9 regions for net internal migration).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow many civil servants work in Bishkek City?
On 1 January 2025, 11,862 state civil servants and 353 local self-government employees worked in the public administration of Bishkek City (not counting defence, public order and security bodies).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow citys are governed in Kyrgyzstan
Regions (oblast, 7). Presidential envoy/akim appointed by the President. State administration; no elected regional council.
Every tier of government in Kyrgyzstan
Other cities of Kyrgyzstan
- Osh Region 1,416,700
- Jalal-Abad Region 1,358,500
- Chuy Region 971,300
- Batken Region 594,700
- Issyk-Kul Region 549,800
- Osh City 473,500
- Naryn Region 314,900
- Talas Region 280,500
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Sources
- National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic: Kyrgyz Republic and regions: quarterly statistical bulletin (data to September 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 adcf5e906865…)
- National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (with Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and State Mortgage Company data): Socio-economic development of the regions of the Kyrgyz Republic, January-December 2024 (poverty, local budgets, mortgages, schools online), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b9352a8366a7…)
- National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic: Statistical Yearbook of the Kyrgyz Republic 2020-2024, section 25: Regions of the Kyrgyz Republic (published 25 December 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 96609efffe64…)
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