Kyrgyzstan
Country in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan is a country in Central Asia, with its capital in Bishkek. About 7.3 million people live there (2025), making it the 105th most populous of the 195 countries. At 199,951 km², it is the 85th largest country by area. It is landlocked, bordered by China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan at a glance
- Capital
- Bishkek
- Population (2025)
- 7.3 million
- Area
- 199,951 km²
- Density
- 37 per km²
- Official languages
- Kyrgyz, Russian
- Currency
- Kyrgyzstani som
- People
- Kirghiz
- Calling code
- +996
- Internet domain
- .kg
- Coast
- Landlocked
Where is Kyrgyzstan?
How Kyrgyzstan compares
Population rank
105th of 195
33rd of 47 in Asia
Size rank
85th of 195
23rd of 47 in Asia
Crowding
37 per km²
More crowded than 26% of countries
- Similar in size: Senegal (196,722 km²).
- Similar population: Libya (7.5 million).
- Kyrgyzstan is the only place that uses the Kyrgyzstani som.
- Kyrgyz is not an official language anywhere else.
- Russian is also an official language in 7 other countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The flag of Kyrgyzstan
Would you recognise Kyrgyzstan?
How players do with Kyrgyzstan
Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Kyrgyzstan so far, from 64 answers up to November 2026.
On the map
55% right
84th hardest of 176 · 64 answers
- Players find Kyrgyzstan on the map in 55% of tries. The most common wrong answer is Tajikistan.
Countries that border Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan borders 4 countries: China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
China
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
UzbekistanQuick quiz: Kyrgyzstan
3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.
1. Which is the flag of Kyrgyzstan?
That's the flag of Kyrgyzstan.
2. What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
3. Which of these borders Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan borders China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Questions about Kyrgyzstan
Is Kyrgyzstan a country?
Yes. Kyrgyzstan is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
The capital of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek.
Which countries border Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan borders 4 countries: China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?
4. Kyrgyzstan shares a land border with 4 countries.
How big is Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan covers 199,951 km², about the same size as Senegal (196,722 km²).
Is Kyrgyzstan hard to find on a map?
On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find Kyrgyzstan in 55% of 64 tries, 84th hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is Tajikistan.
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