Kazakhstan vs Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan vs Kyrgyzstan: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 93.4% in Kazakhstan and 92% in Kyrgyzstan, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kazakhstan, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Kyrgyzstan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Kazakhstan has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Kyrgyzstan.
- In 2024, Kazakhstan ranked 41 and Kyrgyzstan ranked 45 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 93.4 | 92 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 92.9 | 91 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 92.3 | 84.2 | 67 |
| 2021 | 90.9 | 77.1 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 85.9 | 72 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 81.9 | 64.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 78.9 | 62.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 76.4 | 50.8 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 74.6 | 40.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 70.8 | 30.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 66 | 28.3 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 63.3 | 23 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 61.9 | 19.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 50.6 | 17.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 31.6 | 16.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 18.2 | 16 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 11 | 15.7 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 14 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 10.5 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 2.7 | 5.1 | – |
| 2003 | 2 | 3.9 | – |
| 2002 | 1.7 | 3 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2000 | 0.7 | 1 | – |
| 1999 | 0.5 | 0.2 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kazakhstan vs Kyrgyzstan
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 71.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Kyrgyzstan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Kyrgyzstan: 76.5% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Kyrgyzstan: 3.05% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Kyrgyzstan: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 7.07 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 1.61% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 2.8 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Kyrgyzstan: 34.8% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 25.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Kyrgyzstan: 2.92% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Kyrgyzstan: $558M in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Kyrgyzstan: $83 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Kyrgyzstan: 7.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Kyrgyzstan: 21,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Kyrgyzstan: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Kyrgyzstan: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Kyrgyzstan: 54 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Kyrgyzstan: 34 million TIV in 2025