Issyk-Kul Region: population, jobs, health, schools, poverty and local budgets
Issyk-Kul Region is a region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan, number 6 of 9 by population. Issyk-Kul Region had an estimated 549.8 thousand residents on 1 January 2025, 4th lowest of 9 regions, and about 7.6% 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 Issyk-Kul Region: The gross regional product of Issyk-Kul Region (the value of goods and services produced there) was 133,667 million som in 2024, 4th highest of 9 regions and 8.4% of Kyrgyzstan's total of 1.58 trillion som.
- Health in Issyk-Kul Region: Issyk-Kul Region had 26.0 hospital beds for every 10,000 people in 2024, 4th lowest of 9 regions.
- Education in Issyk-Kul Region: Issyk-Kul Region had 201 daytime general secondary schools at the start of the 2025/26 school year (202 in 2023/24).
- Poverty and living standards in Issyk-Kul Region: 30.9% of people in Issyk-Kul Region lived below the national poverty line in 2023, 5th highest of 9 regions; the national poverty rate was 29.8%.
- Government budget and revenue in Issyk-Kul Region: Local budgets in Issyk-Kul Region collected 1,942 million som in revenue in January to September 2024, or about 3,531 som per resident (4th lowest of 8 regions with figures); all local budgets in Kyrgyzstan together collected 29,933 million som.
Is the population of Issyk-Kul Region growing?
The population of Issyk-Kul Region changed by +1.0% between 1 January 2024 (544.4 thousand) and 1 January 2025 (549.8 thousand); the whole country changed by +1.7% over the same year.
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow many people live in cities in Issyk-Kul Region?
31.8% of the people of Issyk-Kul Region live in towns and cities (174.7 thousand) and 68.2% in villages, on 1 January 2025.
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyWhat is the area of Issyk-Kul Region?
Issyk-Kul Region covers 43.1 thousand square kilometres, which gives about 13 people per square kilometre (2nd lowest of 7 regions).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (with Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and State Mortgage Company data) · saved copyHow many people moved to or from Issyk-Kul Region in 2024?
In 2024, 1,451 people moved into Issyk-Kul Region from other regions of Kyrgyzstan and 3,283 moved out, a net loss of 1,832 people (4th largest net loss of 9 regions for net internal migration).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow many civil servants work in Issyk-Kul Region?
On 1 January 2025, 843 state civil servants and 680 local self-government employees worked in the public administration of Issyk-Kul Region (not counting defence, public order and security bodies).
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyHow regions 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 regions of Kyrgyzstan
- Osh Region 1,416,700
- Jalal-Abad Region 1,358,500
- Bishkek City 1,321,900
- Chuy Region 971,300
- Batken Region 594,700
- 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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