Population and Demographics
The population of Kazakhstan is estimated to be 53% ethnic Kazakhs and 30% ethnic Russians, with an amazingly rich array of other groups represented, including Ukrainians, Uzbeks, Germans, Chechens and Uyghurs. Many minorities such as Russian Germans, Poles, Romanians, Ukrainians and Russian political opponents of the regime had been deported to Kazakhstan in the 1930s and 1940s by Stalin.
The main religious groups are Sunni Islam, Russian Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
Facts and Figures
- Population: 15,284,929
- Age Structure:
- 0-14 years: 22.5% (male 1,758,782/female 1,683,249)
- 15-64 years: 69.2% (male 5,169,314/female 5,407,661)
- 65 years and over: 8.3% (male 446,549/female 819,374)
- Median Age:
- Total: 29.1 years
- Male: 27.5 years
- Female: 30.8 years
- Population Growth Rate: 0.352%
- Birth Rate: 16.23 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate: 9.4 deaths/1,000 population
- Net Migration Rate: -3.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population
- Sex Ratio:
- At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.045 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.956 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.545 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.932 male(s)/female
- Infant Mortality Rate:
- Total: 27.41 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 31.94 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 22.62 deaths/1,000 live births
- Life Expectancy at Birth:
- Total population: 67.22 years
- Male: 61.9 years
- Female: 72.84 years
- Total Fertility Rate: 1.89 children born/woman
- HIV/AIDS:
- Adult prevalence rate: 0.2%
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 16,500
- Ethnic Groups:
- Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%
- Russian 30%
- Ukrainian 3.7%
- Uzbek 2.5%
- German 2.4%
- Tatar 1.7%
- Uygur 1.4%
- Other 4.9%
- Religions:
- Muslim 47%
- Russian Orthodox 44%
- Protestant 2%
- Other 7%
- Languages:
- Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%
- Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the 'language of interethnic communication') 95%
- Literacy:
- Total population: 99.5%
- Male: 99.8%
- Female: 99.3%