Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Kyrgyzstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Kyrgyzstan’s highest peak towers 429 m above Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Kyrgyzstan: 7,439 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 54% of Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 54% (2024)

Kazakhstan has 2.8 times as many people as Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 7.34 million (2025)

Kyrgyzstan is 5 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 38 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Kazakhstan is 4.3 years older than in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 25.1 years (2023)

Women in Kazakhstan have 0.4 more children on average than in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 2.6 children per woman (2024)

9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 6.0% in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 6% (2025)

Kazakhstan hosts 34% more refugees per resident than Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are practically level

Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Kyrgyzstan: 0 (2026)

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are practically level

Kazakhstan: 2 (2026) · Kyrgyzstan: 2 (2026)

Kazakhstan’s economy is 14 times the size of Kyrgyzstan’s

Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: $22.6 billion (2025)

Kazakhstan produces 4.8 times as much per person as Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: Int$9,220 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Kazakhstan than in Kyrgyzstan (Gini 1.7 points higher)

Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · Kyrgyzstan: 27.5 (2024)

2.2% of people in Kyrgyzstan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Kyrgyzstan: 2.2% (2024)

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 3.5% in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 3.5% (2025)

Kyrgyzstan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 2.9% (2025)

Kyrgyzstan’s central government collects 20% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 19.6% (2024)

Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are nearly identical here

Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 33% (2025)

Kazakhstan spends 5.1 times as much on health per person as Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: $97 (2023)

A baby in Kyrgyzstan is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 14.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Kazakhstan has 2.4 times as many doctors per person as Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

Kazakhstan has 75% more hospital beds per person than Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Kyrgyzstan: 3.7 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 2.1 times that in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 22% in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 21.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Kyrgyzstan smoke, versus 21% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 22.2% (2024)

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 0.58 points higher than in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 6.05 (2025)

Adults in Kazakhstan drink 81% more alcohol than in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 3.3 litres (2023)

Kazakhstan has 62% more meat per person than Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 40 kg (2023)

Kazakhstan has 373 kcal more food per person per day than Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 2,763 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 145 more hours a year than in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 1,830 hours (2023)

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 0.48 years longer than in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 12.1 years (2023)

Kazakhstan welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Kyrgyzstan (2019)

Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 0.05 (2022)

Kazakhstan has 4 more World Heritage sites than Kyrgyzstan (7 against 3)

Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Kyrgyzstan: 3 (2026)

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Kyrgyzstan 13

Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Kyrgyzstan: 13 (2026 edition)

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 92% in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 92% (2024)

Home internet in Kazakhstan is 12% faster than in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Kyrgyzstan: 147 Mbps (2026)

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are practically level

Kazakhstan: 100% (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 100% (2024)

62% of people in Kazakhstan live in cities, versus 35% in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 35% (2025)

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kyrgyzstan 107

Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 107 (2024)

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 38 times as long as Kyrgyzstan’s

Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Kyrgyzstan: 417 km (2021)

Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 5.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 0.11 (2023)

Forest covers 6.5% of Kyrgyzstan, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 6.5% (2024)

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 8.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 1.6 t (2024)

85% of Kyrgyzstan’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Kyrgyzstan: 84.7% (2025)

The air in Kyrgyzstan carries 6% more fine dust than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024) · Kyrgyzstan: 17 µg/m³ (2024)

Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Kyrgyzstan: no data

Roads in Kyrgyzstan are 8% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023) · Kyrgyzstan: 22.1 per 100k (2023)

Kazakhstan is on average 6.7 °C warmer than Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kyrgyzstan: 1.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Kyrgyzstan gets 2.8 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kyrgyzstan: 909 mm (2016–2025 avg)