| Population | 19,245,793 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Kazakhstani(s) adjective: Kazakhstani |
| Ethnic groups | Kazakh (Qazaq) 68%, Russian 19.3%, Uzbek 3.2%, Ukrainian 1.5%, Uighur 1.5%, Tatar 1.1%, German 1%, other 4.4% (2019 est.) |
| Languages | Kazakh (official, Qazaq) 83.1% (understand spoken language) and trilingual (Kazakh, Russian, English) 22.3% (2017 est.); Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 94.4% (understand spoken language) (2009 est.) major-language sample(s): ??????? ???????? ??????, ??????? ?????????? ???????????? ????. (Kazakh) ????? ?????? ? ???? – ??????????? ???????? ??????? ??????????. (Russian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox), other 0.2%, atheist 2.8%, unspecified 0.5% (2009 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 26.13% (male 2,438,148/female 2,550,535) 15-24 years: 12.97% (male 1,262,766/female 1,212,645) 25-54 years: 42.23% (male 3,960,188/female 4,102,845) 55-64 years: 10.25% (male 856,180/female 1,099,923) 65 years and over: 8.43% (male 567,269/female 1,041,450) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 58.8 youth dependency ratio: 46.3 elderly dependency ratio: 12.6 potential support ratio: 8 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 31.6 years male: 30.3 years female: 32.8 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.81% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.87 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the country displays a low population density, particularly the interior; population clusters appear in urban agglomerations in the far northern and southern portions of the country |
| Urbanization | urban population: 57.8% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 1.928 million Almaty, 1.212 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.093 million Shimkent (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 0.94 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.78 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.54 male(s)/female total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.9 years (2019 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 19.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.25 years male: 67.12 years female: 77.06 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.13 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 53% (2018) note: percent of women aged 18-49 |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 93.8% of population total: 97.4% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 6.2% of population total: 2.6% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 2.9% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2014) |
| Hospital bed density | 6.1 beds/1,000 population (2014) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.9% of population rural: 100% of population total: 99.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0.1% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.3% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 35,000 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <500 (2020 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 2% (2015) |
| Education expenditures | 2.6% of GDP (2018) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
