Osh Region: population, jobs, health, schools, poverty and local budgets
Osh Region is a region (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan, the largest of 9 by population. Osh Region had an estimated 1,416.7 thousand residents on 1 January 2025, the highest of 9 regions, and about 19.5% 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 Osh Region: The gross regional product of Osh Region (the value of goods and services produced there) was 106,560 million som in 2024, 5th highest of 9 regions and 6.7% of Kyrgyzstan's total of 1.58 trillion som.
- Health in Osh Region: Osh Region had 35.6 hospital beds for every 10,000 people in 2024, the highest of 9 regions.
- Education in Osh Region: Osh Region had 531 daytime general secondary schools at the start of the 2025/26 school year (553 in 2023/24).
- Poverty and living standards in Osh Region: 20.4% of people in Osh Region lived below the national poverty line in 2023, 2nd lowest of 9 regions; the national poverty rate was 29.8%.
- Government budget and revenue in Osh Region: The tax collection plan was met at 102.3% in Osh Region in January to September 2024 (2nd lowest of 9 regions; national 102.0%).
Is the population of Osh Region growing?
The population of Osh Region changed by +1.7% between 1 January 2024 (1,393.6 thousand) and 1 January 2025 (1,416.7 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 Osh Region?
9.8% of the people of Osh Region live in towns and cities (139.2 thousand) and 90.2% in villages, on 1 January 2025.
Source: National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic · saved copyWhat is the area of Osh Region?
Osh Region covers 29.0 thousand square kilometres, which gives about 49 people per square kilometre (the 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 Osh Region in 2024?
In 2024, 3,051 people moved into Osh Region from other regions of Kyrgyzstan and 8,727 moved out, a net loss of 5,676 people (the 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 Osh Region?
On 1 January 2025, 716 state civil servants and 1,600 local self-government employees worked in the public administration of Osh 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
- Jalal-Abad Region 1,358,500
- 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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