Jalal-Abad Region: population, jobs, health, schools, poverty and local budgets
Jalal-Abad Region is a region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan, number 2 of 9 by population. Jalal-Abad Region had an estimated 1,358.5 thousand residents on 1 January 2025, 2nd highest of 9 regions, and about 18.7% 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 Jalal-Abad Region: The gross regional product of Jalal-Abad Region (the value of goods and services produced there) was 160,128 million som in 2024, 3rd highest of 9 regions and 10.1% of Kyrgyzstan's total of 1.58 trillion som.
- Health in Jalal-Abad Region: Jalal-Abad Region had 29.1 hospital beds for every 10,000 people in 2024, 4th highest of 9 regions.
- Education in Jalal-Abad Region: Jalal-Abad Region had 491 daytime general secondary schools at the start of the 2025/26 school year (486 in 2023/24).
- Poverty and living standards in Jalal-Abad Region: 36.1% of people in Jalal-Abad Region lived below the national poverty line in 2023, 3rd highest of 9 regions; the national poverty rate was 29.8%.
- Government budget and revenue in Jalal-Abad Region: Local budgets in Jalal-Abad Region collected 4,205 million som in revenue in January to September 2024, or about 3,095 som per resident (3rd lowest of 8 regions with figures); all local budgets in Kyrgyzstan together collected 29,933 million som.
Is the population of Jalal-Abad Region growing?
The population of Jalal-Abad Region changed by +1.7% between 1 January 2024 (1,335.8 thousand) and 1 January 2025 (1,358.5 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 Jalal-Abad Region?
33.1% of the people of Jalal-Abad Region live in towns and cities (449.6 thousand) and 66.9% in villages, on 1 January 2025.
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyWhat is the area of Jalal-Abad Region?
Jalal-Abad Region covers 33.7 thousand square kilometres, which gives about 40 people per square kilometre (3rd highest 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 Jalal-Abad Region in 2024?
In 2024, 1,626 people moved into Jalal-Abad Region from other regions of Kyrgyzstan and 5,275 moved out, a net loss of 3,649 people (2nd 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 Jalal-Abad Region?
On 1 January 2025, 1,503 state civil servants and 978 local self-government employees worked in the public administration of Jalal-Abad 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.
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Other regions of Kyrgyzstan
- Osh Region 1,416,700
- Bishkek City 1,321,900
- 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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