Kazakhstan: People & Society#
Population | 18,360,353 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Kazakhstani(s) adjective: Kazakhstani |
Ethnic groups | Kazakh (Qazaq) 63.1%, Russian 23.7%, Uzbek 2.9%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Uighur 1.4%, Tatar 1.3%, German 1.1%, other 4.4% (2009 est.) |
Languages | Kazakh (official, Qazaq) 74% (understand spoken language), Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 94.4% (understand spoken language) (2009 est.) |
Religions | Muslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox), other 0.2%, atheist 2.8%, unspecified 0.5% (2009 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 25.68% (male 2,336,444/female 2,378,769) 15-24 years: 14.66% (male 1,371,133/female 1,319,938) 25-54 years: 42.5% (male 3,808,164/female 3,994,781) 55-64 years: 9.77% (male 784,035/female 1,008,935) 65 years and over: 7.4% (male 470,485/female 887,669) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.3% youth dependency ratio: 40.1% elderly dependency ratio: 10.1% potential support ratio: 9.9% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 30.3 years male: 29 years female: 31.6 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 1.09% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 18.7 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
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 |
Urbanization | urban population: 53.2% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.86% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | Almaty 1.523 million; ASTANA (capital) 759,000 (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 0.94 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.78 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.53 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 25 (2013 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 70.8 years male: 65.6 years female: 75.7 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 2.28 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 51% (2010/11) |
Health expenditures | 4.4% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 3.62 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
Hospital bed density | 7.2 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.4% of population rural: 85.6% of population total: 92.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population rural: 14.4% of population total: 7.1% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97% of population rural: 98.1% of population total: 97.5% of population unimproved: urban: 3% of population rural: 1.9% of population total: 2.5% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.21% (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 23,100 (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 500 (2015 est.) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 23.5% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3.7% (2011) |
Education expenditures | 3.1% of GDP (2009) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2015) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 59,254 percentage: 2% (2006 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 3.9% male: 3.6% female: 4.3% (2013 est.) |