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Capital city · Kyrgyzstan · Asia

Bishkek

Bishkek · Kyrgyzstan
City population
900,000
#1
in Kyrgyzstan
#620
worldwide
Bishkek
42.870, 74.590
City population
900,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
#1
of 31 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#620
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Kyrgyzstan
12.3%
of the national population

About Bishkek

The capital accounts for 12.3% of Kyrgyzstan's population, a share concentrated in a single city rather than distributed across multiple urban centres. With 900,000 residents, it sits at 767 m elevation and contains more people than the five nearest listed cities combined—Lebedinovka (7 km, 21,118), Kant (21 km, 22,617), Belovodskoye (40 km, 23,046), Ivanovka (40 km, 17,513), and Tokmok (58 km, 71,443).

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Kyrgyzstan
#1of 31
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Kyrgyzstan
Region
Bishkek
Capital
National capital
Elevation
767 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bishkek
Coordinates
42.870, 74.590
Record updated
2025-08-22
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 31 in Kyrgyzstan

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

21KMKant23K people40KMBelovodskoye23K people40KMIvanovka18K people58KMTokmok71K people61KMKara-Balta48K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Bishkek900K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Bishkek compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Bishkek900K

Bishkek Population FAQ

What is the population of Bishkek?

Bishkek has a city population of 900,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Bishkek?

Bishkek is in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Its coordinates are 42.870, 74.590.

How big is Bishkek compared with other cities in Kyrgyzstan?

It is the 1st largest of the 31 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Kyrgyzstan, holding 12.3% of the national population.

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