- ISO 3166
KG- Main language + region
ky-KG- Currency
- KGS · Kyrgyz Som
- Region
- CIS
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan has 6.2M people, and 5.7M of them are online. Kyrgyz is the most widely spoken language at 48%, one of 2 languages CLDR lists here. Kyrgyz and Russian are official nationally. A product shipping here defaults to ky-KG.
Market summary
Each figure carries its own world scale, so it reads without a second market beside it.
People online
5.7M
0%world median 81%100%
92% of 6.2M people use the internet, per the World Bank's 2024 figure. Estimated by multiplying CLDR population by that share.
Income per person
$3,081
Higher than 24% of 213 territories
GDP per capita in current US dollars, World Bank Open Data, most recent reported year. A rough guide to spending power, not revenue.
Can pay online
72%
0%world median 71%100%
Adults aged 15 and over holding a bank or mobile-money account, World Bank Global Findex 2024. Below half means a card-only checkout excludes most of the market.
Languages
2
Kyrgyz 48% · Russian 36%
Languages CLDR records here with a share of 0.1% or more. 2 of them are official nationally.
English proficiency
443
Very lowVery high
Very low proficiency on the EF EPI 2025 scale. The sample is self-selected online test takers. It never enters any score on this site.
Adult literacy
99%
0%world median 95%100%
Share of adults who can read, as recorded in CLDR territory data. Low literacy shifts a product toward icons, audio, and video before another language.
What people speak
Shares include second languages, so totals can exceed 100%.
CLDR also records diaspora populations, so a language reaches further than any single page shows. The language profiles show each one's full footprint.
Day-one requirements
What the interface needs for the main language spoken here (ky-KG).
Plural categories
2
Word-forms a translator writes for counted text, like English's "1 item" and "2 items".
Script family
Cyrillic
Default system fonts cover this script on all major platforms.
Reading direction
Left-to-right
Standard. Use dir='auto' on user-generated content fields.
Date
2026-ж., 21-апрель
Short: 21/4/26
Time
18:30
Week starts Mon
Currency
1 234,56 сом
1,234.56 in KGS · Kyrgyz Som