Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Demographic statistics The number of people moving within the country increased by 11,6% times compared to the corresponding period in 2025. In terms of interregional movements, a positive net population migration has developed in 4 regions of the country: the cities of Astana (18153 people), Almaty (4841 people), Shymkent (3588 people) and Almaty region (5248 people).
Population migration – the movement of people (migrants) across the borders of certain regions with a change of residence;
Number of arrivals – the number of people who entered the region from outside it during the reporting period;
Number of departures – the number of people who left the region outside of it during the reporting period;
Net migration – the difference between the number of arrivals in the region during the reporting period and the number of departures from it.
Population migration is the movement of people (migrants) across the borders of certain regions with a change of residence.
In the current statistical accounting, the numbers of arrivals and departures are conditionally fixed, but we are talking about the numbers of arrivals and departures.
The main indicators of migration are:
Migration intensity indicators characterize the frequency of cases of change of residence in the total population over a certain period. The most commonly used are general annual migration intensity rates per 1.000 population.
