| People | Kazakhstan |
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Population:
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15,522,373 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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6 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 59% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Almaty 1.383 million; ASTANA (capital) 650,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 21.6% (male 1,709,929/female 1,637,132)
15-64 years: 71% (male 5,373,755/female 5,654,461)
65 years and over: 7.4% (male 392,689/female 754,407) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 30.2 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 31.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.4% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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16.65 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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9.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.058 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.53 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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45 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 24.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 68.51 years
male: 63.24 years
female: 74.08 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.87 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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4.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.877 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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7.6 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 90% of population
total: 95% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 10% of population
total: 5% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 97% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3% of population
rural: 2% of population
total: 3% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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13,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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4.9% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Kazakhstani(s)
adjective: Kazakhstani |
Ethnic groups:
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Kazakh (Qazaq) 63.1%, Russian 23.7%, Uzbek 2.8%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Uighur 1.4%, Tatar 1.3%, German 1.1%, other 4.5% (2009 census) |
Religions:
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Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7% |
Languages:
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Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.3% (1999 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2010) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.8% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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