KAZAKHSTAN
Population

Population

Kazakhstan is home to about 20 million people (2024). The population density is very low and is about 8 inhabitants per square kilometre.

The natural population growth rate is 0.86%. (2024)
Birth rate per 1000 inhabitants is 17.2 (2024)
Mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants is 8.1 (2024)
Life expectancy is 73.3 years. (men 69 and women 77.9 years (2024)

In Kazakhstan in 2024 Kazakhs live 71%, Russians 14.9%, Uzbeks, 3.3%, Ukrainians 1.8%, Uyghurs 1.5%, Tartars 1.1%, Germans 1.1%, Others 4.9%.

Language

Kazakh is the state language, while the use of Russian is allowed for official purposes.

Religion

Religiously, the distribution in Kazakhstan is as follows: Muslim (47%), Russian Orthodox (44%), Protestant (2%), other (7%)

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Sources

Elmar Landeninformatie

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

Last updated February 2025
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