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Migration Trends in Kyrgyzstan

Source: R. Abazov, "Economic Migration in Post-Soviet Central Asia: the Case of Kyrgyzstan." Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 11, no. 2, 1999.

Copyright: Centre for Social Research, Kyrgyzstan, 1999.

 

Table 1

Dynamics of the rural-urban population in Kyrgyzstan

 

 

 1979

1989

1991 

1992 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

 Urban (thousands)

%

 1367

38.7

 1640

38.2

 1684.3

38.1

 1697.4

37.8

 1678.7

37.3

 1588

35.6

 1574

35.1

 1578.7

34.8

 Rural (thousands)

%

 2162

61.3

 2649

61.8

 2737.9

61.9

 2787.1

62.2

 2823.3

62.7

 2874

64.4

 2908

64.9

 2908

65.2

 Total (thousands)

Total %

 3529

100

 4290

100

 4422.2

100

 4484.5

100

 4502.0

100

 4462

100

 4482

100

 4545.1

100

Copyright: Centre for Social Research, Kyrgyzstan, 1999.

 

Table 2

The Kyrgyz Republic: Migration of the population (1989-1996)

 

Year

Immigrants

Emigrants

Balance

1989

44,856

60,815

-15,959

1990

40,939

82,352

-41,913

1991

37,558

71,315

-33,757

1992

26,275

103,728

-77,453

1993

23,015

143,619

-120,604

1994

20,104

71,197

-51,093

1995

18,368

37,302

-18,934

1996

15,910

27,584

-11,674

Table 3

The Kyrgyz Republic: Employment of Population by Sector (in thousands)

 

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

TOTAL

 

1702.7

1716.1

1738.9

1747.9

1754.1

1835.9

1680.6

1645.4

1641.7

1650.0

Agriculture

577.2

577.2

577.2

577.2

622.7

700.6

655.4

690.8

776.4

811.8

Mining

21.5

22.7

22.8

23.4

15.4

15.8

14.9

13.5

10.2

10.0

Manufacturing

266.4

262.5

256.3

254.7

215.9

203.6

178.6

158.2

128.4

126.5

Electricity, gas & water supply

7.3

7.0

7.6

9.3

11.1.

13.6

14.0

14.4

15.2

14.2

Construction

123.8

126.5

151.5

152.8

147.0

114.2

89.4

77.0

65.7

63.7

Wholesale & retail trade

57.0

58.0

58.1

59.1

59.2

70.6

55.9

Wholesale & hotels

113.0

103.8

109.4

Hotels & restaurants

27.5

28.0

27.3

28.0

27.6

16.2

13.4

Transport & communication

117.8

110.8

95.2

94.0

93.4

94.0

86.3

85.0

76.4

74.0

Financial intermediation

6.6

6.4

7.0

7.0

7.2

7.9

8.5

8.0

7.0

6.7

Real estate & business activity

29.4

28.6

28.8

29.4

22.0

17.2

12.8

9.0

8.2

8.0

Public administration & defence

46.2

44.8

41.5

42.5

36.6

54.2

56.0

58.0

56.9

53.1

Education

185.6

194.8

204.6

215.5

212.5

216.5

198.9

169.0

155.9

151.0

Health & social work

91.1

95.4

101.3

104.6

107.4

142.4

124.7

102.0

101.3

98.1

Other social activities

43.8

45.2

47.8

45.3

43.8

42.1

35.8

33.0

27.7

26.9

Not classified by economic activities

101.5

107.9

112.5

112.0

131.3

127.0

135.9

113.6

105.9

96.6

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