Infrastructure — Kyrgyzstan
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Kyrgyzstan: 28
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Transportation
- Airports - total
28
- Airports with Paved Runways
18
- Railways
292 Miles 470 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
21,127 Miles 34,000 Kilometers
- Waterways
373 Miles 600 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)
Communications
- Telephones
498,300
- Cell Phones
2,152,000
- Internet Users
750,000
- Internet Country Code
.kg
- Internet Hosts
97,976
- Broadcast Media
- state-run TV broadcaster operates 2 nationwide networks and 6 regional stations
- roughly 20 private TV stations operating with most rebroadcasting other channels
- state-run radio broadcaster operates 2 networks
- about 20 private radio stations
- Telephone System
- general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is being upgraded; loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being used to install a digital network, digital radio-relay stations,
- and fiber-optic links domestic: fixed-line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas; multiple mobile-cellular service providers with growing coverage; mobile-cellular subsc
- ribership was about 115 per 100 persons in 2011 international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat); connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
9,000,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,379,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
15,960,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
462,500,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
390,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
10,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
5,663,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
16,640
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,990
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
40,000,000
