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Kyrghyzstan

Dynamics of water use in Kyrghyzstan by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
2.14
2.93
3.59
4.37
4.75
5.14
5.94
7.00
Irrigation area, th.ha**
834
883
955
1030
1000
950
1100
1200
GNP, $US per capita***
      
1340
        
Water withdrawal, km3
5.2
7.0
10.7
11.1
9.2
8.5
11.2
12.0
Water consumption, km3
4.5
6.2
9.4
10.0
8.1
7.5
10.2
10.8
notes: * - Source: United Nations "Urban and Rural Areas 1950-2025, the 1995 Revision" (World Resources Institute data)
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO FAOSTAT 95 (World Resources Institute data); 1995 – 2025 - SHI forecast

*** - Source: World Bank World Tables 1994 update (World Resources Institute data)
 
 

Water use of Kyrghyzstan (km3/year) by data of different authors

author
  
year
1980
1989
1990
1994
1995
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
      
10
  
FAO
withdrawal
        
10.1
  
Com.FSU
withdrawal
          
9.0
WRI
withdrawal
1995
  
11.7
      
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
11.6
  
11.1
    

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

FAO - Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in Figures. 1997. Rome: FAO.

WRI – World Resources Institute data, update, 1995

SWK – State Water Kadastr, 1980-1990 St.-Petersburg.: SHI.

Com.FSU – data of Comission by Countries of the Former Soviet Union.