At least 71,700 foreign students study at the universities of Kyrgyzstan in the 2022/2023 academic year. The National Statistical Committee provided the data.
According to it, more than 43,000 people of them are citizens of the CIS countries:
Uzbekistan — 40,282;
Kazakhstan — 3,179;
Russia — 1,916;
Tajikistan — 876;
Turkmenistan — 64;
India — 15,306;
Pakistan — 8,407;
Turkey — 467;
China — 399;
Afghanistan — 347;
other countries — 431.
Source: 24.kg News Agency