KAZAKHSTAN
Population

Population

Kazakhstan is home to 18,556,698 million people (2017). The population density is very low and is about 6.8 inhabitants per square kilometre.

The natural population growth rate is 1.04%. (2017)
Birth rate per 1000 inhabitants is 18.1 (2017)
Mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants is 8.1 (2017)
Life expectancy is 71.1 years. (men 65.9 and women 76years (2017)

In Kazakhstan in 2017 Kazakhs live 63.1%, Russians 23.7%, Ukrainians 2.1%, Uyghurs 1.4%, Tartars 1.3%, Germans 1.1%, Others 4.5%.

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 March 2024
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