Key demographics
- Population
- 20.5M
- Density
- 7.4/km²
- HDI
- 0.837 (Very High)
- Gini index (2018)
- 27.8
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 74.5 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.98
- Urban population (2025)
- 62.4%
- Literacy rate (2009)
- 99.7%
- Labor force (2025)
- 77.0%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 61.7%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 62.4%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 19.5 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 6.7 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 15.7%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.98
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 7.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 0.8%
- Tourism (2020)
- 2.0M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Kazakh | қазақ тілі |
| Russian | Русский |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Islam | 69.3% |
| Christianity | 17.2% |
| No religion | 2.3% |
| Other | 0.2% |
| Unanswered | 11.0% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Kazakh | 71.3% |
| Russian | 14.6% |
| Uzbek | 3.3% |
| Ukrainian | 1.8% |
| Uyghur | 1.5% |
| German | 1.1% |
| Tatar | 1.1% |
| Others | 5.3% |
- Demonym (male)
- Kazakhstani
- Demonym (female)
- Kazakhstani
- National anthem
- Menıñ Qazaqstanym
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 74.5 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 61.6 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 3.8% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 7.4/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 83/100
- Hospital beds (2020)
- 6.5/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 3.75/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 6.49/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $490
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 27.6%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2009)
- 99.7%
- Education spending (2023)
- 4.9% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 416
- Internet users (2024)
- 93.4%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 127.1/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 15.3/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 6,914/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 15.3
Geography and practical
- Area
- 2,724,900 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Central Asia
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00
- Calling codes
- +76, +77
- Postal code
- ######
- TLD
- .kz
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Kazakhstan has a turquoise field, at the center of which is a gold sun with thirty-two rays above a soaring golden steppe eagle. A thin vertical band displays a national ornamental pattern — koshkar-muiz — in gold near the hoist end.
- National anthem
- Menıñ Qazaqstanym