Kazakhstan on the map of Central Asia

An introduction in facts and figures to this landlocked country in the north of Central Asia

Official Name

• Republic of Kazakhstan

President of Kazakhstan

• Nursultan Nazarbayev

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

• Karim Massimov

Total land area of Kazakhstan

• 2,724,900 km2 

Nationality of Kazakhstan

Population – 16,600,000 million

Life expectancy at birth: 

• total population: 68.51 years 
• male: 63.24 years 
• female: 74.08 years (2011 est.)

Population living in cities – 56%

Capital of Kazakhstan

• The capital is Astana – 708,794 inhabitants as of 1 August 2010

Regional centres of Kazakhstan:

• Kokshetau  - 124,000 inhabitants
• Aktobe  –  340,000 inhabitants 
• Taldykorgan – 118,400 inhabitants
• Atyrau – 142,500 inhabitants 
• Oskemen (also referred to as Ust-Kamenogorsk) – 320,000 inhabitants
• Karaganda - 437,000 inhabitants 
• Kostanay - 207,000 inhabitants
• Kyzylorda - 157,400 inhabitants
• Aktau - 154,500 inhabitants
• Petropavl - 193,300 inhabitants
• Pavlodar - 300,200 inhabitants
• Shymkent - 539,600 inhabitants
• Oral - 200,000 inhabitants
• Taraz - 335,100 inhabitants

Ethnicity

• Kazakh - 63.1%
• Russian - 23.7%
• Uzbek - 2.9%
• Ukrainian - 2.1%
• Uyghur - 1.4%
• Tatar - 1.3%
• German - 1.1%
• Other - 4.5% 

(Source: 2009 census)

Languages spoken in Kazakhstan

• Kazakh (1st official language)
• Russian (2nd official language)

National holidays in Kazakhstan

• Independence Day, December 16 

Currency of Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstan tenge (KZT)

Economic indicators

• GDP (PPP)2011 estimate
• Total       $214.840 billion
• Per capita$13,060 

Main Business Partners of Kazakhstan

• European Union
• Russia
• China

Main Industries of Kazakhstan

• oil
• coal
• iron ore
• manganese
• chromite
• lead 
• zinc
• copper
• titanium
• bauxite
• gold
• silver
• phosphates
• sulfur
• uranium
• iron and steel 
• tractors and other agricultural machinery
• electric motors
• construction materials

Area of farmland in Kazakhstan

• 130062,7 thousands hectares

Agriculture

• Areas of speciality in agriculture: grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock

Natural resources

• oil
• coal
• iron ore
• manganese 
• chromite
• lead 
• zinc 
• copper 
• titanium
• bauxite
• gold
• silver
• phosphates
• sulfur
• uranium
• iron and steel

Number of people in employment

• 8,2 million (2010)

Unemployment in Kazakhstan

• 524,3 thousand unemployed (2010)

Communication Facilities in Kazakhstan

• Telephone: main telephone equipment – about 3.763 million (2009), users of mobile phones – 14.995 million (2009)
• Internet users: more than 5.299 million (2009)

Transportation

• Airports - 97 (Airports - with paved runways: total: 65; Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 32)
• Railways – 15,079 km
• Roadways - paved: 84,100 km and unpaved: 9,512 km (2008)

Pipelines:

• Oil pipelines – 11,201 km
• Gas pipelines – 12,317 km
• refined products 1,095 km
• water 1,465 km