Kyrgyz Republic Кыргыз Республикасы (Kyrgyz) <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Kyrgyz Respublikasy Кыргызская Республика (Russian) <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Kyrgyzskaya Respublika
Anthem:
Location of  Kyrgyzstan  (green)
Capital and largest city	Bishkek 42°52′N 74°36′E / 42.867°N 74.600°E / 42.867; 74.600
Kyrgyz & Russian
Tajik Uzbek Dungan Uyghur Turkish Tatar
Ethnic groups (2019)	73.3% Kyrgyz 14.7% Uzbek 5.6% Russian 1.1% Dungan 0.9% Uyghur 0.9% Tajik 0.7% Turkish 2.7% Other
Religion	90% Islam 8% Christianity 3% Other (includes Jewish, Buddhist, Baháʼí)
Demonym(s)	Kyrgyz
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President	Sadyr Japarov
• Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers	Akylbek Japarov
• Chairman of the Supreme Council	Talant Mamytov
Legislature	Supreme Council
Independence
• Kyrgyz Khaganate	840
• From Russia	27 November 1917
• Kirghiz SSR	5 December 1936
• From the USSR	31 August 1991
• CIS Accession	21 December 1991
• Recognized	26 December 1991
• Admitted to the United Nations	2 March 1992
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (85th)
• Water (%)	3.6
Population
• 2020 estimate	6,586,600 (110th)
• 2009 census	5,362,800
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (176th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$35.324 billion (127th)
• Per capita	$5,470 (134th)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$8.455 billion (141st)
• Per capita	$1,309 (158th)
Gini (2018)	▲ 27.7 low
HDI (2019)	0.697 medium · 120th
Currency	Kyrgyzstani som (c) (KGS)
Time zone	UTC+6 (KGT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+996
ISO 3166 code	KG
Internet TLD	.kg

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. The country is landlocked (has no coast) and mountainous. It has borders with China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Its capital is Bishkek. It was a socialist republic of the Soviet Union, but became independent in 1991. The country was peaceful in the 1990s. Its president, Askar Akayev showed an autocratic and authoritarian character.

Russian is spoken as an official language at state level.