Demographics of Kazakhstan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Apr 2026

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As of 2026, the population of Kazakhstan is projected at 21.08 million, compared to 20.84 million in 2025. It ranks 65th in the world by population and 25th in Asia, accounting for 0.43% of Asia's population. The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 1.11%, placing Kazakhstan 88th among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 10.28 million males and 10.81 million females in Kazakhstan. The male population accounts for 48.75%, compared to 51.25% for females. Kazakhstan has 528k more females than males. The sex ratio in 2026 is projected at 95.11 males per 100 females. Kazakhstan ranks 60th globally in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Kazakhstan population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	3,272,941	3,514,207	6,787,149	3.40	93.135
1955	3,855,550	4,138,081	7,993,631	3.21	93.172
1960	4,552,543	4,877,438	9,429,981	3.28	93.339
1965	5,311,374	5,681,810	10,993,183	2.71	93.480
1970	5,997,419	6,421,637	12,419,057	2.12	93.394
1975	6,612,808	7,088,034	13,700,843	1.80	93.295
1980	7,205,616	7,947,333	15,152,949	1.13	90.667
1985	7,650,794	8,380,296	16,031,090	1.19	91.295
1990	8,238,951	8,915,103	17,154,054	0.77	92.416
1995	8,021,343	8,709,192	16,730,536	-1.63	92.102
2000	7,336,216	8,164,887	15,501,103	0.46	89.851
2005	7,581,581	8,386,535	15,968,117	0.79	90.402
2010	8,048,620	8,788,191	16,836,810	1.33	91.584
2015	8,667,148	9,417,021	18,084,169	1.50	92.037
2020	9,452,899	10,029,218	19,482,117	1.35	94.254
2021	9,601,078	10,142,525	19,743,603	1.31	94.662
2022	9,748,452	10,286,156	20,034,609	1.61	94.773
2023	9,897,043	10,433,060	20,330,104	1.32	94.862
2024	10,029,906	10,562,665	20,592,571	1.25	94.956
2025	10,156,785	10,686,969	20,843,754	1.18	95.039
2026	10,277,746	10,805,880	21,083,626	1.11	95.113

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	55.594	22.016	4.560
1955	56.827	22.518	4.506
1960	57.946	22.179	4.495
1965	59.042	22.713	3.881
1970	60.049	21.563	3.505
1975	61.110	22.264	3.398
1980	62.516	21.941	3.092
1985	65.376	23.354	3.208
1990	65.701	24.694	2.745
1995	63.717	25.436	2.253
2000	63.793	26.555	1.898
2005	65.356	27.352	2.274
2010	68.257	27.453	2.610
2015	72.024	28.260	2.755
2020	71.195	29.212	3.130
2021	70.131	29.286	3.320
2022	73.503	29.348	3.050
2023	74.402	29.464	3.012
2024	74.531	29.581	2.984
2025	74.671	29.677	2.950
2026	74.807	29.740	2.922

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Kazakhstan death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	101,350	239,063	14.933	35.223
1955	110,775	282,105	13.858	35.291
1960	121,241	347,266	12.857	36.826
1965	123,201	317,674	11.207	28.897
1970	127,556	319,325	10.271	25.713
1975	135,754	355,491	9.908	25.947
1980	165,303	404,281	10.909	26.680
1985	157,541	451,365	9.827	28.156
1990	158,948	394,068	9.266	22.972
1995	172,512	313,225	10.311	18.722
2000	164,649	245,353	10.622	15.828
2005	163,639	310,259	10.248	19.430
2010	150,281	380,773	8.926	22.615
2015	133,610	407,128	7.388	22.513
2020	167,261	439,716	8.585	22.570
2021	190,427	459,460	9.645	23.271
2022	140,077	417,107	6.992	20.819
2023	136,388	409,417	6.709	20.138
2024	137,903	401,985	6.697	19.521
2025	140,555	395,033	6.743	18.952
2026	143,331	390,247	6.798	18.509

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Kazakhstan
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	2,571,043	4,216,106	37.881
1955	3,307,996	4,685,635	41.383
1960	4,218,258	5,211,723	44.732
1965	5,265,411	5,727,772	47.897
1970	6,266,822	6,152,235	50.461
1975	7,163,207	6,537,635	52.283
1980	8,197,434	6,955,514	54.098
1985	9,051,263	6,979,827	56.461
1990	9,813,467	7,340,587	57.208
1995	9,495,073	7,235,463	56.753
2000	8,684,332	6,816,771	56.024
2005	8,726,286	7,241,830	54.648
2010	9,126,462	7,710,348	54.205
2015	10,147,137	7,937,032	56.111
2020	11,686,761	7,795,356	59.987
2021	12,049,571	7,694,032	61.030
2022	12,310,097	7,724,512	61.444
2023	12,555,078	7,775,026	61.756
2024	12,782,330	7,810,241	62.073
2025	13,003,492	7,840,262	62.386
2026	13,218,280	7,865,346	62.695

Population
Urbanization

Kazakhstan population by Age Group (2026)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,046,203	984,915	2,031,118	9.63	106.223
05-09	1,065,843	1,025,359	2,091,202	9.92	103.948
10-14	998,085	962,739	1,960,823	9.30	103.671
15-19	899,207	858,704	1,757,911	8.34	104.717
20-24	674,729	647,912	1,322,640	6.27	104.139
25-29	602,861	582,259	1,185,120	5.62	103.538
30-34	727,448	710,539	1,437,987	6.82	102.380
35-39	807,334	798,381	1,605,715	7.62	101.121
40-44	714,832	721,829	1,436,661	6.81	99.031
45-49	598,675	632,203	1,230,879	5.84	94.697
50-54	528,125	588,726	1,116,851	5.30	89.706
55-59	459,796	539,824	999,620	4.74	85.175
60-64	421,630	515,932	937,562	4.45	81.722
65-69	345,066	474,385	819,451	3.89	72.740
70-74	213,196	347,608	560,805	2.66	61.332
75-79	111,184	218,957	330,141	1.57	50.779
80-84	33,080	85,995	119,074	0.56	38.467
85-89	24,110	82,555	106,665	0.51	29.205
90-94	5,310	21,485	26,794	0.13	24.715
95-99	968	5,065	6,033	0.03	19.112
100+	64	509	573	0.00	12.574
Total	10,277,746	10,805,881	21,083,625		95.113

Population pyramid
Gender ratio