The India-Central Asia Foundation (ICAF)

Some Statistics

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India – Central Asia Interactions

Extended Neighbours

Country	Capital	Populat-ion (mn) 2003	Surface Area (000 sq.km)	Gross National Income ($ billion,) 2003	Per capita Income (in US $) 2003	Per Capita Income at Purchasing Power parity (in US$) 2003
Kazakhstan	Astana	15	2,725	27	1,780	6,170
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	5	200	2	330	1,660
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	6	143	1	190	1,040
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	5	488	5	1,120	5,840
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	26	447	11	420	1,720
INDIA	Delhi	1,064	3,287	568	530	2,880

Main Ethnic Groups, Religions & Languages in the Central Asian Republics

Country	Main Ethnic Groups	Religions	Languages
Kazakhstan	Kazakh 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Uygur 1.4%, other 6.6% (1999 census)	Muslims 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2 %, Others 7%.	Kazakh (state language) 64.4%, Russian (official language) 95% (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, others 8.8% (1999 census)	Muslims 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, Others 5%.	Kyrgyz  (official) Russian ( made official language in 2001)
Tajikistan	Tajiks 64.9%, Uzbek 25%, Russian 3.5%, Others 6.6%	Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)	Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Turkmenistan	Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003)	Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%,	Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
Uzbekistan	Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)	Muslims 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, Others 3%.	Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Land Boundaries and Coastlines of Central Asian Republics

Country	Land boundaries	Coastline
Kazakhstan	total: 12,012 km border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km	0 km (landlocked); [ borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km)
Kyrgyzstan	total: 3,878 km border countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km	0km (Landlocked)
Tajikistan	total: 3,651 km border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km	0 km (landlocked)
Turkmenistan	total: 3,736 km border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km	0 km; (landlocked) [borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km]
Uzbekistan	total: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km	0 km ( landlocked) [ includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline]

Economic Conditions in the Central Asian Republics

Growth Rate of GDP ( % per year)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Kazakhstan	9.8	13.5	9.8	9.2	9.4
Kyrgyzstan	5.4	5.3	0.0	7.0	7.1
Tajikistan	8.3	10.2	9.5	10.2	10.6
Turkmenistan	18.6	20.4	19.8	23.0	21.0
Uzbekistan	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.1	7.7

Inflation (% per year)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Kazakhstan	13.2	8.4	5.9	6.6	6.9
Kyrgyzstan	18.7	6.9	2.0	3.0	4.0
Tajikistan	32.9	38.6	10.2	17.1	6.8
Turkmenistan	8.0	11.6	8.8	6.5	5.0
Uzbekistan	28.2	26.5	21.6	3.8	3.7

Unemployment Rates (%)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Kazakhstan	12.8	10.4	9.4	8.8	8.4
Kyrgyzstan	7.6	7.8	8.6	9.0	-
Tajikistan	2.7	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.0
Turkmenistan	2.4	2.6	2.5	-	-
Uzbekistan	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2

National Currencies: Exchange Rate to the US dollar (annual average)

	Currency	Symbol	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Kazakhstan	Tenge	T	142.3	146.9	153.5	149.5	136.7
Kyrgyzstan	Som	Som	47.7	48.4	46.9	43.7	42.7
Tajikistan	Somoni	TJS	1.8	2.4	2.8	3.1	2.9
Turkmenistan	Manat	TMM	5200	5200	5200	5200	5200
Uzbekistan	Sum	SUM	237.3	423