Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    20 283 399
    Total population – 20283399 people
    12 773 115
    Urban – 12773115 people
    7 510 284
    Rural – 7510284 people
    9 910 837
    Men – 9910837 people
    10 372 562
    Women – 10372562 people
    Ethnic composition at the beginning 2025:

    Kazakhs – 14456709 people (71.3%);

    Russians – 2963938 people (14.6%);

    Uzbeks – 678487 people (3.3%).

    Spreadsheets

    The proportion of the population aged 63(61) and older lives most in Almaty (11.4%), Karagandа (7.5%), and Ulytau (79.2%) and Тurkіstan (7.2%) regions, and those aged 0-15 live most in Тurkіstan (13.4%), Almaty (9.9%) and Almaty region (8.1%).

    Glossary

    The total increase (decrease) of the population – the algebraic sum of natural increase (decrease) and migration increase (decrease) of the population;

    Migration increase (decrease) of the population – the difference between the number of arrivals for a certain period on the territory of the region and the number of those who left it;

    Natural increase (decrease) of the population – the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths for a certain period;

    Number of population – the number of people living in a given area at a given point in time.

    Methodological explanations

    Population – the number of people living in a given area at a given time. Current estimates at the beginning of the year are calculated based on the results of the last population census, to which the numbers of those born and those who arrived for permanent residence in this territory are added annually and the numbers of those who died and left for permanent residence from this territory are subtracted. Current estimates of the population over the past years are updated based on the results of the next census.

    Calculations of the total population are made in Kazakhstan as a whole and its separate administrative-territorial units (urban settlements, urban areas, administrative districts). The calculations take into account the increase or decrease in the population of individual territories as a result of changes in their borders, as well as changes in the number of urban and rural populations as a result of administrative and territorial transformations.

    The population is divided into urban and rural populations. Urban population – the population living in urban settlements. Urban settlements include cities of republican, regional and district significance, as well as settlements located on the territory of their administrative subordination. Rural population – the population living in rural areas. Localities that are not classified as urban are considered rural.


    Release responsible:
    Department of Population Statistics
    Department Director:
    N. Khanzhigitov
    Tel. +7 7172 749061
    Executor:
    А. Aitbaikyzy
    Tel. +7 7172 749540
    E-mail: ai.kanasheva@aspire.gov.kz
    Address:
    010000, Astana
    Mangilik Yel avenue, 8
    House of Ministries, entrance 4