Kazakhstan - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Kazakhstan was 18,754,440 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,754,440 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9,934,564 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 9,934,564
1961 10,349,420
1962 10,756,930
1963 11,147,860
1964 11,511,860
1965 11,841,930
1966 12,132,560
1967 12,385,710
1968 12,611,430
1969 12,824,610
1970 13,036,140
1971 13,250,210
1972 13,463,990
1973 13,673,010
1974 13,869,980
1975 14,050,230
1976 14,212,150
1977 14,359,630
1978 14,499,960
1979 14,643,130
1980 14,796,180
1981 14,958,900
1982 15,128,090
1983 15,303,320
1984 15,483,410
1985 15,665,590
1986 15,852,520
1987 16,039,250
1988 16,206,000
1989 16,249,500
1990 16,348,000
1991 16,451,710
1992 16,439,100
1993 16,380,670
1994 16,145,770
1995 15,816,240
1996 15,578,230
1997 15,334,410
1998 15,071,640
1999 14,928,370
2000 14,883,630
2001 14,858,340
2002 14,858,950
2003 14,909,020
2004 15,012,980
2005 15,147,030
2006 15,308,090
2007 15,484,190
2008 15,776,940
2009 16,092,820
2010 16,321,870
2011 16,557,200
2012 16,792,090
2013 17,035,550
2014 17,288,280
2015 17,542,810
2016 17,794,060
2017 18,037,780
2018 18,276,450
2019 18,513,670
2020 18,754,440

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population