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кыргыздар qyrğyzdar قىرغىزدار | |
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 Kyrgyz falconer in the Barskoon valley | |
| Total population | |
| c. 6–7 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 5.6 million (2024 est.)[1][2] |
 Uzbekistan | 291,628 (2021 est.)[3] |
 China | 204,402 (2020 census)[4] |
 Russia | 148,516 (2021 census)[5] |
 Tajikistan | 38,600 (2020 census)[6] |
 Kazakhstan | 38,596 (2024 est.)[7] |
| Languages | |
| Kyrgyz | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam[8][9] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Teleuts, Telengits, Altai-Kizhi, Kazakh, and other Turkic peoples | |
The Kyrgyz people (also spelled Kyrghyz, Kirgiz, and Kirghiz; /ˈkɪərɡɪz/ KEER-giz or /ˈkɜːrɡɪz/ KUR-giz)[10][11] are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia. They primarily reside in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and China.[a] A Kyrgyz diaspora is also found in Russia, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. They speak the Kyrgyz language, which is the official language of Kyrgyzstan.[12]
The earliest people known as "Kyrgyz" were the descendants of several Central Asian tribes, first emerging in western Mongolia around 201 BC. Modern Kyrgyz people are descended in part from the Yenisei Kyrgyz that lived in the Yenisey river valley in Siberia. The Kyrgyz people were constituents of the Tiele people, the Göktürks, and the Uyghur Khaganate before establishing the Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate in the 9th century, and later a Kyrgyz khanate in the 15th century.[13][14][15]
- ^ "Kyrgyzstan's population climbs to over 7.25 million".
- ^ "Краткий статистический справочник «Кыргызстан» - Архив публикаций - Статистика Кыргызстана".
- ^ "Permanent population by national and / Or ethnic group, urban / Rural place of residence".
- ^ 新疆维吾尔自治区统计局 (in Simplified Chinese). Xinjiang Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/WS10RizoevENG.pdf
- ^ Kazakhstan population by ethnic groups
- ^ West 2009, p. 440.
- ^ Mitchell 2012, pp. 23–24.
- ^ "Kyrgyz". Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Kyrgyz". OED. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Report: Mapping of Kyrgyz Diaspora Compatriots and Migrants Abroad 2021 | United Nations in Kyrgyz Republic". kyrgyzstan.un.org. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Fahlbusch, Erwin; Lochman, Jan Milíč; Mbiti, John; Pelikan, Jaroslav; Vischer, Lukas; Bromiley, Geoffrey W.; Barrett, David B. (2003). The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Eerdmans and Brill. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-8028-2415-8. "Various Kyrgyz tribes began creating an independent khanate during the 15th century with a distinctive Kyrgyz language."
- ^ Everett-Heath, Tom (8 December 2003). Central Asia: Aspects of Transition. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-135-79823-9. "Chingis Khan and his Mongol descendants held sway over the area from the thirteenth century until the fifteenth century, when an autonomous Kyrgyz khanate was established."
- ^ Williams, Victoria R. (24 February 2020). Indigenous Peoples: An Encyclopedia of Culture, History, and Threats to Survival [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 608. ISBN 978-1-4408-6118-5. "In 1510, the Kyrgyz threw off Oirat rule and established a Kyrgyz khanate in 1514."
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