Bureau of National Statistics
of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
20 633 529 people
Data as of 1 October, 2026
Urban population
13 254 158
Rural population
7 379 371
Women
10 546 112
Men
10 087 417
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Rural population
Urban population
Factors of change in population
Name 2025* 2026*
Born 249 312 226 990
Dead 97 680 98 687
Natural growth 151 632 128 303
Arrivals 16 175 8 971
Dropouts 5 975 3 567
Balance of migration 10 200 5 404
* for January-September
Consumer price index
109,2%
Data for October 2026 (annual)
Food products
107,6%
Paid services
110,3%
110,4%
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Contribution to inflation of price increases for certain goods and services
Name Percentage point
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 2,9
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 1,0
Clothing and footwear 1,0
Personal care, social protection and other goods and services 0,9
Health 0,8
Transport 0,5
Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance 0,5
Recreation and culture 0,5
Communication 0,4
Education 0,2
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 reported data for January-June 2026
GDP at current prices, million tenge
71 215 382,4
mln. $7 119,5
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 %.

104,8%
in % to the appropriate period of previous year, January-September 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 $)
102 959,2
Preliminary data for January-August
Export
60 389,0
Import
42 570,2
million united states dollars       
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Export
Import
Turnover by countries, $ mln
Name Export Import
China 10 874,3
Italy 10 654,6
Russia 5 127,4
Türkiye 4 746,8
Netherlands 3 654,0
Russia 13 198,6
China 12 679,2
Germany 1 965,1
USA 1 635,0
The Republic of Korea 1 050,9
Average per capita nominal income tenge
263 691 tenge
Data for 2nd quarter 2026
Nominal income index
111,2%
Real income index
100,7%
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 74,2
from independent activity 10,3
social transfers 10,3
other cash income 5,2
* data for the 2nd quarter of 2026
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