Kyrgyz people

Kyrgyz people

кыргыздар, kırgızdar, قیرغیزدار
A young Kyrgyz kid with traditional hat, near Karakul, Xinjiang.
Total population
c. 5 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Kyrgyzstan
4,587,430
Uzbekistan	250,000
China	202,500
Russia	103,422
Tajikistan	62,000
Kazakhstan	23,274
United States	6,607
South Korea	5,100
United Arab Emirates	4,000
Pakistan	2,000
Israel	2,000
Turkey	1,600
Turkmenistan	1,500
Afghanistan	1,130
Ukraine	1,128
Canada	1,100
Italy	900
Languages
Kyrgyz, Russian, Chinese
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam[2][3] Minority Tibetan Buddhism,[4][5] Christianity,[6] Tengrism or Folk religion [7]
^a At the 2009 census, ethnic Kyrgyz constituted roughly 71% of population of Kyrgyzstan (5.36 million).

The Kyrgyz people are a Turkic ethnic people native to Kyrgyztan, Uzbekistan, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They also live in Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey. Most of them are Sunni Muslims. They speak the Kyrgyz language.

1. ↑ "Kyrgyzstan Population 2022 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)".
2. ↑ West, Barbara A., p. 440
3. ↑ Mitchell, Laurence, pp. 23–24
4. ↑ Mitchell, Laurence, p. 25
5. ↑ West, Barbara A., p. 441
6. ↑ Mitchell, Laurence, p. 24
7. ↑ Kyrgyz Religious Hatred Trial Throws Spotlight On Ancient Creed