Kazakhstan - Geography

Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Kazakhstan. World's largest landlocked country and one of only two landlocked countries in the world that extends into two continents (the other is Azerbaijan); Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq mi) of territory enclosing the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.

Population Distribution

Most of the country displays a low population density, particularly the interior; population clusters appear in urban agglomerations in the far northern and southern portions of the country

People and Society

In Kazakhstan, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Kazakh 71%, Russian 14.9%, Uzbek 3.3%, Ukrainian 1.9%, Uyghurs 1.5%, German 1.1%, Tatar 1.1%, other 4.9%, unspecified 0.3% (2023 est.)

Population N/A
Pop growth rate 0.83% (2025 est.)
Birth rate 16.83 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate 8.1 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Current health expenditure N/A
Physicians Density N/A
Hospital bed Density 6.7 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.57 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate 1.24 (2025 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate N/A
Est married women (ages 15-49) N/A
Literacy N/A
Education expenditures N/A
Net Migration rate N/A
Nationality Kazakhstani | Kazakhstani(s)
Languages N/A
Religions N/A
Age Structure
0-14 years 27.6% (male 2,883,200/female 2,712,772)
15-64 years 62.8% (male 6,233,881/female 6,486,019)
65 years and over 9.6% (2024 est.) (male 700,091/female 1,244,043)
Dependency Ratios
Total dependency ratio 59.4 (2025 est.)
Youth dependency ratio 43.6 (2025 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio 15.8 (2025 est.)
Potential support ratio 6.3 (2025 est.)
Median Age
Total 32.1 years (2025 est.)
Male 30 years
Female 33.8 years
Urbanization
Urban population 58.2% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 1.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 1.987 million Almaty, 1.291 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.155 million Shimkent (2023).
Sex Ratio
At birth 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.56 male(s)/female
Total population 0.94 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Infant Motality
Total 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
Male 8.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Female 7 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at birth
Total population 73.3 years (2024 est.)
Male 69 years
Female 77.9 years
Drinking Water Sources
Improved: urban urban: 98% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 2% of population (2022 est.)
Sanitation facility acess
Improved: urban urban: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)
Major Infectious diseases
Alcohol consumption per capita
Total 3.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Beer 2.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Wine 0.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Spirits 1.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Other alcohols 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
Total 20.1% (2025 est.)
Male 35.7% (2025 est.)
Female 6.3% (2025 est.)
Child marriage
Women married by age 15 0.2% (2015)
Women married by age 18 7% (2015)
Demographic profile
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Kazakhstan is found in Central Asia