Population of Kyrgyzstan reaches 6.5 million

AKIPRESS.COM - The permanent population of Kyrgyzstan made 6.55 million people as of April 1, the National Statistical Committee reported. The population grew for 26,500 people or by 0.4% in January-March 2020.
Changes in population number in 2020 (thousand people):

	Population	Overall growth
By January 1	by April 1	thous. people	in %
Kyrgyz Republic	6 523.5	6 550.0	26,5	0.4
Batken region	537.3	539.3	2,0	0.4
Jalal-Abad region	1 238.8	1 242.8	4,0	0.3
Issyk-Kul region	496.0	497.4	1,4	0.3
Naryn region	289.6	289.8	0,2	0.1
Osh region	1 368.1	1 362.3	-5,8	-0.4
Talas region	267.4	268.2	0,8	0.3
Chui region	959.9	964.1	4,2	0.4
Bishkek	1 053.9	1 058.9	5,0	0.5
Osh	312.5	327.2	14,7	4.7