Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of the city as of September 1, 2026 amounted to 1316.9 thousand people.
The natural increase in the population in January-August 2026 amounted to 13556 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year – 14610 people).
The number of births in January-August 2026 amounted to 16960 people (5.9% less than in January-August 2025), the number of deaths amounted to 3404 people, (in the corresponding period of the previous year – 3406 people).
The balance of migration is positive and amounted to – 9282 people (in January-August 2025 – 13355 people), including in external migration – a positive balance of – 117 people (195), in internal – positive – 9165 people (13160).
The number of unemployed in the II quarter of 2026 amounted to 22.4 thousand people.
The unemployment rate was 4.6% of the labor force.
The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed of October 1, 2026 amounted to 11648 people, or 2.4% of the labor force.
The average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (excluding small enterprises engaged in entrepreneurial activities) in the II quarter of 2026 amounted to 377710 tenge, an increase compared to the II quarter of 2025 amounted to 9.4%. The real wage index in II quarter 2026 was 99.4%.
The volume of industrial production in January-September 2026 amounted to 1280528.7 million tenge in current prices, which is 12.9% more than in January-September 2025.
In water supply, collection, processing and waste disposal, pollution elimination activities a production by increase 11.2%, in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and conditioned air there was an increase of 18.2%
In the manufacturing industry increase by 12.5%, in the mining industry, production volumes increase by 47%.
The volume of gross output of agricultural products (services) in January-September 2026 amounted to 46419.8 million tenge, or 104,1% by January-September 2025.
The volume of cargo turnover in January-September 2026 amounted to 15696.2 million tkm (taking into account the assessment of the volume of cargo turnover of individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial transportation), or 101.4% compared to January-September 2025.
The volume of passenger traffic –5710.7 million pkm, or 121,6% compared to the level of January-September 2025.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 247623,4 million tenge, or 125.4% compared to January-September 2025. In January-September 2026, the total area of housing put into operation increased by 7.2% and amounted to 853.2 thousand square meters, of which in multi-apartment buildings - by 26.7% (698,5 thousand square meters). At the same time, the total area of individual residential buildings put into operation amounted to 62.3% (152.4 tousand square meters), dormitory – 2.3 thousand square meters.
The volume of investments in fixed capital in January-September 2026 amounted to 580716.4 million tenge, or 107.4% by January-September 2025.
The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the сity amounted to 27176 units and decreased by 1.3% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year.
The volume of gross regional product for January-June 2026 amounted to 2884407.3 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the corresponding period of January-June 2025, real GRP increased by 10.6%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 27%, services – 65.4%.
The consumer price index in September 2026 compared to December 2025 was 107%.
Prices for food products increased by 5.6%, non-food products – by 7.5%, paid services for the population – by 9.1%.
The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in September 2026 compared to December 2025 increased by 5.7%.
The volume of retail trade in January-September 2026 amounted to 1047103 million tenge, or 6.2% more than the corresponding period in 2025.
The volume of wholesale trade in January-September 2026 amounted to 2566416 million tenge, or 131.6% compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
According to preliminary data, in January-August 2026, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 340,1 million US dollars and decreased by 10.8% compared to January-August 2025, including exports –78.2 million US dollars (by 21.8% less), imports – 261.9 million US dollars (6.9% less).
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