Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
20 604 819 people
Data as of 1 August, 2026
Urban population
13 211 759
Rural population
7 393 060
Women
10 531 747
Men
10 073 072
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Rural population
Urban population
Factors of change in population
Name 2025* 2026*
Born 191 966 176 424
Dead 76 371 77 005
Natural growth 115 595 99 419
Arrivals 13 387 8 414
Dropouts 4 537 2 836
Balance of migration 8 850 5 578
* for January-July
Consumer price index
109,8%
Data for August 2026 (annual)
Food products
109,5%
Paid services
108,9%
111,4%
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Contribution to inflation of price increases for certain goods and services
Name Percentage point
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 3,6
Personal care, social protection and other goods and services 1,0
Clothing and footwear 0,9
Health 0,9
Transport 0,7
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 0,6
Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance 0,5
Recreation and culture 0,5
Communication 0,4
Education 0,3
Restaurants and hotels 0,2
Alcoholic beverages, tobacco 0,2
Insurance and financial services 0,0
Unemployment rate
4,5%
Data for 2nd Quarter 2026 for the Republic of Kazakhstan
Urban area
4,6%
Rural area
4,5%
Men
4,0%
Women
5,1%
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women
men
unemployment rate
Data by region in %
Republic of Kazakhstan 4,5
Abay 4,6
Akmola 4,4
Aktobe 4,6
Almaty 4,5
Atyrau 4,8
Batys Kazakhstan 4,6
Zhambyl 4,8
Zhetisu 4,6
Karaganda 4,0
Kostanai 4,5
Kyzylorda 4,5
Mangystau 5,0
Pavlodar 4,8
Soltustik Kazakhstan 4,2
Turkistan 4,6
Ulytau 4,0
Shygys Kazakhstan 4,6
Astana city 4,2
Almaty city 4,4
Shymkent city 4,6
IPV GDP
104,1%
A flash estimates for January-June 2026
GDP at current prices, million tenge
70 948 693,3
mln. $145 724,1
Short-term economic indicator

A short-term economic indicator is an indicator that characterizes the trends in the development of the economy. Its calculation is carried out to ensure efficiency and is based on changes in output indices for basic sectors: agriculture, industry, construction, trade, transport and communications. The share of these industries in the volume of GDP is more than %.

104,9%
in % to the appropriate period of previous year, January-August 2026
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Goods
Services
Net taxes
GDP
Data by regions, for 2025
IPV GRP, % GRP per capita, thousand tenge
Republic of Kazakhstan 106,5 7 827,2
Abay 101,9 6 888,8
Akmola 105,9 6 542,2
Aktobe 103,5 5 506,2
Almaty 109,1 4 303,9
Atyrau 108,8 23 332,0
Batys Kazakhstan 102,0 7 163,7
Zhambyl 107,1 2 741,2
Zhetisu 105,5 3 628,7
Karaganda 103,7 9 153,2
Kostanai 109,0 7 384,1
Kyzylorda 102,3 3 605,5
Mangystau 104,6 6 820,5
Pavlodar 107,1 8 498,0
Soltustik Kazakhstan 111,6 6 621,1
Turkistan 113,0 2 508,0
Ulytau 102,9 13 831,8
Shygys Kazakhstan 102,7 8 102,9
Astana city 110,2 12 370,0
Almaty city 104,9 15 601,1
Shymkent city 109,9 4 625,2
Goods turnover (mln $)
87 748,7
Preliminary data for January-July
Export
50 888,4
Import
36 860,3
million united states dollars       
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Export
Import
Turnover by countries, $ mln
Name Export Import
China 9 179,8
Italy 9 000,6
Russia 4 524,8
Türkiye 3 931,6
Netherlands 3 176,9
Russia 11 343,8
China 10 850,2
Germany 1 732,5
USA 1 475,7
The Republic of Korea 918,4
Average per capita nominal income tenge
252 619 tenge
Data for 1st quarter 2026
Nominal income index
111,8%
Real income index
100,1%
to the corresponding period of the previous year
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Structure of average per capita income, in %
Total income 100,0
from salaried employment 74,0
from independent activity 10,2
social transfers 10,6
other cash income 5,2
* data for the 1st quarter of 2026
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Socio-economic development of the Republic of Kazakhstan (January-August 2026)
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