2009 Population and Housing Census in the Kyrgyz Republic is the aggregated database and main source of information about population  

According to the Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic “On the conduct of Population and Housing Census in 2009 in the Kyrgyz Republic” (December 29, 2005 №661) the census is being carried out on the whole territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. For the first time, qualitative and quantitative indicators on housing fund, and simultaneously population are being enumerated during this census.

Kyrgyz Republic participates in the round of world censuses of 2005-2014 according to recommendations of UN Statistical Commission, UNFPA, and UNECE to produce more reliable and detailed information about the population (number of men and women by age, place of residence, employment, education level, its distribution by social groups/ethnicity, nationality), its social-demographic characteristics, living conditions, provision of housing, determination of number of working age population and its economic activity, study the situation in labour market, migration processes, as well as, housing of the country. The census data are very important for policy, economy, science, forecasting, and ecological development. Detailed census data will be used as the database for making current demographic calculations.

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