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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KAZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KZ
UN M49 numeric398
IOC codeKAZ
Official nameRepublic of Kazakhstan
Native name(s)kaz: official: Қазақстан Республикасы; common: Қазақстан; rus: official: Республика Казахстан; common: Казахстан
Alt spellingsKZ, Qazaqstan, Казахстан, Republic of Kazakhstan, Қазақстан Республикасы, Qazaqstan Respublïkası, Республика Казахстан, Respublika Kazakhstan
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionCentral Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalAstana
Area (km²)2,724,900
Lat / Lng48.0000, 68.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)CHN, KGZ, RUS, TKM, UZB
Top-level domain.kz, .қаз
Calling coderoot: +7; suffixes: 6, 7

Demographics

Population (World Bank)20,843,754 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)74.531 (2024)
Languageskaz: Kazakh; rus: Russian
Demonymseng: f: Kazakhstani; m: Kazakhstani; fra: f: Kazakhstanaise; m: Kazakhstanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)306,239,209,650.024 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)14,692.133 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.771 (2025)
CurrenciesKZT: name: Kazakhstani tenge; symbol: ₸

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19506,787,149
19517,020,908
19527,258,809
19537,498,490
19547,742,030
19557,993,631
19568,256,701
19578,533,900
19588,822,641
19599,122,175
19609,429,981
19619,742,085
196210,058,928
196310,377,466
196410,690,309
196510,993,183
196611,288,989
196711,584,428
196811,879,182
196912,156,212
197012,419,057
197112,684,813
197212,951,798
197313,208,121
197413,454,570
197513,700,843
197613,998,738
197714,353,265
197814,711,497
197914,978,696
198015,152,949
198115,323,082
198215,492,595
198315,665,551
198415,844,621
198516,031,090
198616,262,702
198716,527,715
198816,781,168
198916,997,013
199017,154,054
199117,278,600
199217,332,625
199317,274,487
199417,043,771
199516,730,536
199616,416,027
199716,043,251
199815,647,785
199915,455,874
200015,501,103
200115,575,550
200215,656,677
200315,747,380
200415,850,159
200515,968,117
200616,103,716
200716,257,214
200816,426,525
200916,619,846
201016,836,810
201117,066,002
201217,306,106
201317,556,502
201417,816,285
201518,084,169
201618,363,600
201718,651,931
201818,932,727
201919,209,555
202019,482,117
202119,743,603
202220,034,609
202320,330,104

Full raw record (JSON)

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