🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Astana

Europe

Upper middle income

KAZ

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Population

20.8M

1.2%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

2.98

births/woman

Life Expectancy

74.5y

GDP / capita

$14.7K

Pop. Growth

1.21%

Net Migration

-8.8K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Kazakhstan by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇿Uzbekistan744.2K(37.5%)

+35%

🇷🇺Russian Federation552.3K(27.8%)

−15%

🇨🇳

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male10.2MTotal 20.8M10.7MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

2.6

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇹🇲Turkmenistan117.1K(5.9%)

+9%

🇰🇬Kyrgyz Republic100.2K(5.0%)

+29%

🇲🇳Mongolia75.8K(3.8%)

+21%

🇺🇦Ukraine74.6K(3.8%)

−14%

🇹🇯Tajikistan27.9K(1.4%)

+26%

🇧🇾Belarus23K(1.2%)

−13%

🇦🇿Azerbaijan18.5K(0.9%)

+8%

🇬🇪Georgia12K(0.6%)

+9%

🇦🇫Afghanistan8.9K(0.4%)

+43%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Kazakhstan diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Kazakhstan who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇷🇺Russian Federation1.3M(47.2%)

−47%

🇩🇪Germany896.3K(32.0%)

+11%

🇺🇦Ukraine229K(8.2%)

+3%

🇹🇷Turkiye84.8K(3.0%)

+474%

🇧🇾Belarus68.1K(2.4%)

−3%

🇰🇷Korea, Rep.30.1K(1.1%)

+826%

🇬🇷Greece29.2K(1.0%)

+2%

🇹🇲Turkmenistan19.9K(0.7%)

+0%

🇮🇱Israel17.2K(0.6%)

+25%

🇨🇦Canada15.4K(0.6%)

+71%

🇺🇿Uzbekistan13K(0.5%)

−11%

🇰🇬Kyrgyz Republic12.3K(0.4%)

−16%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024