Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The population of the Turkistan region as of April 1, 2026 amounted to 2146.7 thousand people, including 545.1 thousand people (25.4%) - urban, 1601.6 thousand people (74.6%) - rural residents.
The natural increase in the population in January-March 2026 amounted to 8153 people (in the corresponding period of the previous year – 8924 people).
The number of births as January-March 2026 amounted to 10442 people (7.6% less than in January-March 2025), the number of deaths amounted to 2289 people (3.7% less than in January-March 2025).
The balance of migration is negative and amounted to – 10693 people (in January-March 2025 – 8657 people is negative), including in external migration - a positive balance of 79 people (67 people), in internal – negative – 10772 people and (8724 people is negative).
The number of unemployed in the I quarter of 2026 amounted to 40.1 thousand people.
The unemployment rate was 4.6% of the labor force.
The number of persons registered with employment agencies as unemployed as of May 1, 2026 amounted to 39182 people, or 4.5% of the labor force.
The average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (excluding small enterprises engaged in entrepreneurial activities) in the I quarter of 2026 amounted to 332640 tenge, an increase compared to the I quarter of 2025 amounted to 7.1%.
The real wage index in I quarter 2026 was 95.1%.
In the IV quarter of 2025 the average per capita nominal cash income of the population of the region, according to the estimate, amounted to 134176 tenge, which is 10.5% higher than in IV quarter 2024, real cash incomes for the specified period decreased by 1.6%.
The volume of industrial production in January-April 2026 amounted to 571707.3 million tenge in current prices, which is 33% more than in January-April 2025.
In the mining industry, production volumes increased by 17.6%, in the manufacturing industry - by 56.5%, in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and conditioned air there was increased – by 0.2%, in water supply, collection, processing and waste disposal, pollution elimination activities increased – by 46.7%.
The volume of gross output of agricultural products (services) in January-April 2026 amounted to 202516,6 million tenge, or 111.3% by January-April 2025.
The volume of cargo turnover in January-April 2026 amounted to 5017,5 million tkm, or 101.5% compared to January-April 2025.
The volume of passenger turnover amounted 520,7 million pkm, or 102% by January-April 2025.
The volume of construction works (services) amounted to 95837 million tenge, or 110.3% compared to January-April 2025.
In January-April 2026, the total area of housing put into operation increased by 5.6% and amounted to 238.9 thousand square meters.
The volume of investments in fixed capital in January-April 2026 amounted to 470184.4 million tenge, or 157.4% by January-April 2025.
The number of registered legal entities as of May 1, 2026 amounted to 19693 units and increased by 2.8% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year, including 103 units with over than 250 employees. The number of operating legal entities amounted to 18684 units, including 18013 units - small businesses. The number of registered small and medium enterprises (legal entities) in the region amounted to 15862 units and increased by 3.8% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year.
The volume of gross regional product for January-December 2025 amounted to 5055389.5 million tenge at current prices. Compared to the corresponding period of January- December 2024, real GRP increased by 9.3%. In the structure of GRP, the share of production of goods amounted to 46.7%, services – 49.5%.
The consumer price index in April 2026 compared to December 2025 was 104%. Prices for food products increased by 3.7%, non-food products by 3.3%, paid services for the population – by 5.5%. The prices of enterprises producing industrial products in April 2026 compared to December 2025 decreased by 0.4%.
The volume of retail trade in January-April 2026 amounted to 128601.6 million tenge, or 18.1% more than the corresponding period in 2025.
The volume of wholesale trade in January-April 2026 amounted to 143518.2 million tenge, or 129.5% compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
According to preliminary data, in January-March 2026, mutual trade with the EAEU countries amounted to 109.2 million US dollars and decreasing by 6.9% compared to January-March 2025, including exports totaled 34 million US dollars (down by 3.9%), imports –75.2 million US dollars (decreasing by 8.2%).
