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

Tajikistan’s highest peak towers 56 m above Kyrgyzstan’s

Kyrgyzstan: 7,439 m (2026 edition) · Tajikistan: 7,495 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 54% of Kyrgyzstan, versus 28% of Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 54% (2024) · Tajikistan: 28% (2024)

Tajikistan has 47% more people than Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 7.34 million (2025) · Tajikistan: 10.8 million (2025)

Tajikistan is 2 times as densely populated as Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 38 per km² (2025) · Tajikistan: 78 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Kyrgyzstan is 3.2 years older than in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 25.1 years (2023) · Tajikistan: 21.9 years (2023)

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

Kyrgyzstan: 2.6 children per woman (2024) · Tajikistan: 3.04 children per woman (2024)

6.0% of people in Kyrgyzstan are 65 or older, versus 4.1% in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 6% (2025) · Tajikistan: 4.1% (2025)

Tajikistan hosts 5.1 times as many refugees per resident as Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Tajikistan: 0.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are practically level

Kyrgyzstan: 0 (2026) · Tajikistan: 0 (2026)

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are practically level

Kyrgyzstan: 2 (2026) · Tajikistan: 2 (2026)

Kyrgyzstan’s economy is 28% larger than Tajikistan’s

Kyrgyzstan: $22.6 billion (2025) · Tajikistan: $17.7 billion (2025)

Kyrgyzstan produces 56% more per person than Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: Int$9,220 (2025) · Tajikistan: Int$5,923 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tajikistan than in Kyrgyzstan (Gini 8.6 points higher)

Kyrgyzstan: 27.5 (2024) · Tajikistan: 36.1 (2024)

6.1% of people in Tajikistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.2% in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 2.2% (2024) · Tajikistan: 6.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.9% in Tajikistan, versus 3.5% in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 3.5% (2025) · Tajikistan: 6.9% (2025)

Kyrgyzstan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Tajikistan 1.5%

Kyrgyzstan: 2.9% (2025) · Tajikistan: 1.5% (2025)

Kyrgyzstan’s central government collects 20% of GDP in tax, Tajikistan’s 11%

Kyrgyzstan: 19.6% (2024) · Tajikistan: 10.7% (2024)

Kyrgyzstan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Tajikistan’s

Kyrgyzstan: 33% (2025) · Tajikistan: 28% (2025)

Kyrgyzstan spends 14% more on health per person than Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: $97 (2023) · Tajikistan: $85 (2023)

A baby in Tajikistan is 59% more likely to die before turning one than in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 14.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Tajikistan: 23.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Tajikistan has 19% more doctors per person than Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Tajikistan: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Tajikistan has 8% more hospital beds per person than Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 3.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Tajikistan: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Kyrgyzstan is 57% higher than in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Tajikistan: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

22% of adults in Kyrgyzstan are obese, versus 21% in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 21.5% (2024) · Tajikistan: 21% (2024)

Kyrgyzstan: 22.2% (2024) · Tajikistan: no data

People in Kyrgyzstan rate their lives 0.46 points higher than in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 6.05 (2025) · Tajikistan: 5.59 (2025)

Adults in Kyrgyzstan drink 4.8 times as much alcohol as in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 3.3 litres (2023) · Tajikistan: 0.7 litres (2023)

Kyrgyzstan has 21% more meat per person than Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 40 kg (2023) · Tajikistan: 32.9 kg (2023)

Kyrgyzstan has 52 kcal more food per person per day than Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 2,763 kcal (2023) · Tajikistan: 2,712 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tajikistan put in 304 more hours a year than in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 1,830 hours (2023) · Tajikistan: 2,134 hours (2023)

Adults in Kyrgyzstan went to school 0.79 years longer than in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 12.1 years (2023) · Tajikistan: 11.3 years (2023)

Kyrgyzstan: 0.05 (2022) · Tajikistan: no data

Tajikistan has 2 more World Heritage sites than Kyrgyzstan (5 against 3)

Kyrgyzstan: 3 (2026) · Tajikistan: 5 (2026)

Kyrgyzstan has won 13 Olympic medals, Tajikistan 7

Kyrgyzstan: 13 (2026 edition) · Tajikistan: 7 (2026 edition)

92% of people in Kyrgyzstan are online, versus 56% in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 92% (2024) · Tajikistan: 56% (2024)

Home internet in Kyrgyzstan is 2.3 times as fast as in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 147 Mbps (2026) · Tajikistan: 65 Mbps (2026)

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are practically level

Kyrgyzstan: 100% (2024) · Tajikistan: 99.9% (2024)

35% of people in Kyrgyzstan live in cities, versus 26% in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 35% (2025) · Tajikistan: 26% (2025)

Kyrgyzstan has 107 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tajikistan 76

Kyrgyzstan: 107 (2024) · Tajikistan: 76 (2023)

Tajikistan’s railway network is 49% longer than Kyrgyzstan’s

Kyrgyzstan: 417 km (2021) · Tajikistan: 620 km (2021)

Airlines from Kyrgyzstan fly 71% more passengers per resident than those from Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 0.11 (2023) · Tajikistan: 0.06 (2023)

Forest covers 6.5% of Kyrgyzstan, but only 3.1% of Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 6.5% (2024) · Tajikistan: 3.1% (2024)

The average person in Kyrgyzstan emits 62% more CO₂ than someone in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 1.6 t (2024) · Tajikistan: 1 t (2024)

94% of Tajikistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 85% in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 84.7% (2025) · Tajikistan: 94.4% (2025)

The air in Tajikistan carries 92% more fine dust than in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan: 17 µg/m³ (2024) · Tajikistan: 32.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Kyrgyzstan: no data · Tajikistan: 0.9 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Kyrgyzstan are 34% deadlier than in Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 22.1 per 100k (2023) · Tajikistan: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

Kyrgyzstan is on average 0.1 °C warmer than Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 1.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tajikistan: 1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Kyrgyzstan gets 34% more rain than Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan: 909 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tajikistan: 679 mm (2016–2025 avg)