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 March 2025
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