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{{Infobox country demographics
| country            = Kazakhstan
| image              = [[File:Population of Kazakhstan.PNG|250px]]
| caption            = Population of Kazakhstan (in millions) from 1950–2009.
<!-- main demographics -->
| size_of_population = 17,165,239 (Jan, 2013)
| density            = 5.94/km2
| growth             = 13.5/1,000 population (2010 est.)
| birth              = 22.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
| death              = 8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2010 est.)
| life               = 67.87 years
| life_male          = 62.58 years
| life_female        = 73.47 years (2009 est.)
| infant_mortality   = 18.4 deaths/1,000 live births
| fertility          = 2.65 children born/woman (2010 est.)
<!-- age structure -->
| age_0-14_years     = 21.8% (male 1,717,469/female 1,643,920)
| age_15-64_years    = 70.2% (male 5,279,292/female 5,534,607)
| age_65_years       = 7.9% (male 426,494/female 797,655) (2009 est.)
<!-- sex ratio -->
| total_mf_ratio     =
| sr_at_birth        = 0.94 male(s)/female
| sr_under_15        = 1.04 male(s)/female
| sr_15-64_years     = 0.95 male(s)/female
| sr_65_years_over   = 0.54 male(s)/female
<!-- nationality -->
| nation             = Kazakh(s), Kazakhstani
| major_ethnic       = Kazakh
| minor_ethnic       = Russian, Uzbek, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Tatar, German
<!-- language -->
| official           = Kazakh, Russian
| spoken             = Kazakh, Russian
}}
  
The '''demographics of Kazakhstan''' enumerate the [[demographics|demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Kazakhstan]], including population growth, [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. Some use the word '''Kazakh''' to refer to the [[Kazakhs|Kazakh ethnic group]] and [[Kazakh language|language]] (autochthonous to Kazakhstan as well as parts of Russia, China and Mongolia) and '''Kazakhstani''' to refer to Kazakhstan and its citizens regardless of ethnicity,<ref>Schreiber, Dagmar and Tredinnick, Jeremy. ''Kazakhstan''. Odyssey Publications, 2010, p. 82.</ref><ref name=USStateDept>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5487.htm|title=Kazakhstan|work=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> but it is not uncommon to use '''Kazakh''' in both senses.<ref name=FCO>[http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/asia-oceania/kazakhstan?profile=all UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, ''Kazakhstan'', 2 Feb 2011].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kazakhembus.com/|title=News & featured articles|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.erlanidrissov.com/ Ambassador Erlan A Idissov, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the USA.]</ref>

==Demographic trends==
Official estimates put the population of Kazakhstan at 16,500,000 as of April 2011, of which 46% is rural and 54% urban population.<ref>[http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Pages/n_04_02_10.aspx], Statistical Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan {{ru icon}}</ref> The 2009 population estimate is 6.8% higher than the population reported in the last census from January 1999 (slightly less than 15 million). These estimates have been confirmed by the 2009 population census, and this means that the decline in population that began after 1989 has been arrested and reversed.

The proportion of men makes up 48.3%, the proportion of women 51.7%. The proportion of Kazakhs makes up 63.6%, Russians 23.7%, Uzbeks 2.9%, Ukrainians 2.1%, Uygur 1.4%, Tatars 1.3%, Germans 1.1%, others 3.9%.

The population of Kazakhstan increased steadily from 6.1 million in the 1939 census to 16.5 million in the 1989 census. Official estimates indicate that the population continued to increase after 1989, peaking out at 17 million in 1993 and then declining to 15 million in the 1999 census. The downward trend continued through 2002, when the estimated population bottomed out at 14.9 million, and then resumed its growth.<ref name=demoscope>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2003/0103/analit03.php Population dynamics and ethnic composition of Kazakhstan in the second half of the 20th century], ''Demoscope Weekly'', No. 103-104, 3–16 March 2003 {{ru icon}}</ref>  Significant amounts of Russians returned to Russia.  Kazakhstan underwent significant urbanization during the first 50 years of the Soviet era, as the share of rural population declined from more than 90% in the 1920s to less than 50% since the 1970s.<ref name=yb/>

===Population of Kazakhstan 1939–2014===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year (January)
!Population ('000)
!Rural, %
!Urban, %
!Source
|----
|1939
|6,081
|72
|28
|census
|----
|1959
|9,295
|56
|44
|census
|----
|1970
|13,001
|50
|50
|census
|----
|1979
|14,685
|46
|54
|census
|----
|1989
|16,537
|43
|57
|census
|----
|1999
|14,953
|43
|57
|census
|----
|2002
|14,851
|43
|57
|estimate
|----
|2005
|15,075
|43
|57
|estimate
|----
|2008
|15,572
|47
|53
|estimate
|----
|2009
|15,982
|46
|54
|census
|----
|2010
|16,203
|46
|54
|estimate
|----
|2011
|16,440
|45
|55
|estimate
|----
|2012
|16,673
|45
|55
|estimate
|----
|2013
|16,909
|45
|55
|estimate
|----
|2014
|17,160
|45
|55
|estimate
|----
|}
:''Data sources'': Population 1939-1999 from demoscope.ru,<ref name=demoscope/> 2002-2008 from Kazakhstan Statistical Agency web site.<ref name=agency>[http://www.stat.kz/digital/naselsenie/Pages/default.aspx Population and social policy], Statistical Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan {{ru icon}}</ref> Rural/urban shares 1939-1993 from statistical yearbooks, print editions,<ref name=yb>''Statistical Yearbook of Kazakhstan'', Almaty, various years since 1980 {{ru icon}}</ref> 2002-2008 from Kazakhstan Statistical Agency web site.<ref name=agency/> 2009-2014 from Kazakhstan Statistical Agency web site.<ref name=statgovkz>[http://www.stat.gov.kz] Statistical Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan {{ru icon}}</ref>

As of 2003, there were discrepancies between Western sources regarding the population of Kazakhstan. [[United States]] government sources, including the [[CIA World Fact Book]] and the [[US Census Bureau International Data Base]], listed the population as 15,340,533,<ref name=cia>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html CIA Factbook (Kazakhstan)] Retrieved on May 2, 2008</ref> while the [[World Bank]] gave a 2002 estimate of 14,858,948.<ref name="World Databank">{{cite web|title=World DataBank>World Development Indicators|url=http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&country=KAZ|website=databank.worldbank.org|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref> This discrepancy was presumably due to difficulties in measurement caused by the large migratory population in [[Kazakhstan]], emigration, and low population density - only about 5.5 persons per km² in an area the size of [[Western Europe]].

==Vital statistics==

===Births and deaths===
<ref>http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001 United nations. Demographic Yearbooks</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.kz/faces/wcnav_externalId/homeNumbersPopulation?_afrLoop=508986152316893#%40%3F_afrLoop%3D508986152316893%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D1bdj3767u5_113|title=Халық|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_ed_1935.php |script-title=ru:Естественное движение населения республик СССР, 1935 |trans-title=Natural population growth of the Republics of the USSR, 1935 |language=ru |publisher=Demoscope.ru |date= |accessdate=31 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125545/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_ed_1935.php |archivedate=2 April 2015 |df= }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80pt"|Average population (x 1000)
! width="80pt"|Live births<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|Deaths<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|Natural change<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="80pt"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="80pt"|Natural change (per 1000)
! width="80pt"|Fertility rates
|-
| 1950
| align="right" | 6 703
| align="right" | 254 169
| align="right" | 79 005
| align="right" | 175 164
| align="right" | 37.9
| align="right" | 11.8
| align="right" | 26.1
|-
| 1951
| align="right" | 6 946
| align="right" | 272 354
| align="right" | 80 553
| align="right" | 191 801
| align="right" | 39.2
| align="right" | 11.6
| align="right" | 27.6
|-
| 1952
| align="right" | 7 133
| align="right" | 265 235
| align="right" | 85 241
| align="right" | 179 994
| align="right" | 37.2
| align="right" | 12.0
| align="right" | 25.2
|-
| 1953
| align="right" | 7 271
| align="right" | 262 758
| align="right" | 73 930
| align="right" | 188 828
| align="right" | 36.1
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 26.0
|-
| 1954
| align="right" | 7 528
| align="right" | 278 420
| align="right" | 76 092
| align="right" | 202 328
| align="right" | 37.0
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 26.9
|-
| 1955
| align="right" | 7 992
| align="right" | 299 854
| align="right" | 73 283
| align="right" | 226 571
| align="right" | 37.5
| align="right" | 9.2
| align="right" | 28.3
|-
| 1956
| align="right" | 8 426
| align="right" | 305 430
| align="right" | 64 807
| align="right" | 240 623
| align="right" | 36.3
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 28.6
|-
| 1957
| align="right" | 8 722
| align="right" | 326 766
| align="right" | 68 050
| align="right" | 258 716
| align="right" | 37.5
| align="right" | 7.8
| align="right" | 29.7
|-
| 1958
| align="right" | 9 077
| align="right" | 336 020
| align="right" | 62 680
| align="right" | 273 340
| align="right" | 37.0
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 30.1
|-
| 1959
| align="right" | 9 516
| align="right" | 349 794
| align="right" | 69 602
| align="right" | 280 192
| align="right" | 36.8
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 29.4
|-
| 1960
| align="right" | 9 996
| align="right" | 372 595
| align="right" | 65 667
| align="right" | 306 928
| align="right" | 37.2
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 30.7
|-
| 1961
| align="right" | 10 480
| align="right" | 377 789
| align="right" | 68 610
| align="right" | 309 179
| align="right" | 36.1
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 29.5
|-
| 1962
| align="right" | 10 958
| align="right" | 369 002
| align="right" | 70 952
| align="right" | 298 050
| align="right" | 33.7
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 27.2
|-
| 1963
| align="right" | 11 321
| align="right" | 346 084
| align="right" | 67 218
| align="right" | 278 866
| align="right" | 30.6
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 24.6
|-
| 1964
| align="right" | 11 610
| align="right" | 324 412
| align="right" | 66 197
| align="right" | 258 215
| align="right" | 27.9
| align="right" | 5.7
| align="right" | 22.2
|-
| 1965
| align="right" | 11 909
| align="right" | 314 533
| align="right" | 69 803
| align="right" | 244 730
| align="right" | 26.4
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 20.6
|-
| 1966
| align="right" | 12 185
| align="right" | 307 905
| align="right" | 69 402
| align="right" | 238 503
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 5.7
| align="right" | 19.6
|-
| 1967
| align="right" | 12 456
| align="right" | 301 715
| align="right" | 71 824
| align="right" | 229 891
| align="right" | 24.2
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 18.5
|-
| 1968
| align="right" | 12 694
| align="right" | 296 882
| align="right" | 73 496
| align="right" | 223 386
| align="right" | 23.4
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 17.6
|-
| 1969
| align="right" | 12 901
| align="right" | 297 129
| align="right" | 78 660
| align="right" | 218 469
| align="right" | 23.0
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 16.9
|-
| 1970
| align="right" | 13 106
| align="right" | 301 451
| align="right" | 77 619
| align="right" | 223 832
| align="right" | 23.0
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 17.1
|-
| 1971
| align="right" | 13 321
| align="right" | 317 423
| align="right" | 79 881
| align="right" | 237 542
| align="right" | 23.8
| align="right" | 6.0
| align="right" | 17.8
|-
| 1972
| align="right" | 13 534
| align="right" | 318 551
| align="right" | 85 122
| align="right" | 233 429
| align="right" | 23.5
| align="right" | 6.3
| align="right" | 17.2
|-
| 1973
| align="right" | 13 742
| align="right" | 321 075
| align="right" | 90 282
| align="right" | 230 793
| align="right" | 23.4
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 16.8
|-
| 1974
| align="right" | 13 955
| align="right" | 338 291
| align="right" | 93 582
| align="right" | 244 709
| align="right" | 24.2
| align="right" | 6.7
| align="right" | 17.5
|-
| 1975
| align="right" | 14 136
| align="right" | 343 668
| align="right" | 101 865
| align="right" | 241 803
| align="right" | 24.3
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 17.1
|-
| 1976
| align="right" | 14 279
| align="right" | 350 362
| align="right" | 103 892
| align="right" | 246 470
| align="right" | 24.5
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 17.3
|-
| 1977
| align="right" | 14 425
| align="right" | 349 379
| align="right" | 105 376
| align="right" | 244 003
| align="right" | 24.2
| align="right" | 7.3
| align="right" | 16.9
|-
| 1978
| align="right" | 14 589
| align="right" | 355 337
| align="right" | 107 293
| align="right" | 248 044
| align="right" | 24.4
| align="right" | 7.4
| align="right" | 17.0
|-
| 1979
| align="right" | 14 743
| align="right" | 354 320
| align="right" | 113 687
| align="right" | 240 633
| align="right" | 24.0
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 16.3
|-
| 1980
| align="right" | 14 884
| align="right" | 356 013
| align="right" | 119 078
| align="right" | 236 935
| align="right" | 23.9
| align="right" | 8.0
| align="right" | 15.9
|-
| 1981
| align="right" | 15 033
| align="right" | 367 950
| align="right" | 120 974
| align="right" | 246 976
| align="right" | 24.5
| align="right" | 8.0
| align="right" | 16.4
|-
| 1982
| align="right" | 15 185
| align="right" | 373 416
| align="right" | 120 165
| align="right" | 253 251
| align="right" | 24.6
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 16.7
|-
| 1983
| align="right" | 15 334
| align="right" | 378 577
| align="right" | 123 807
| align="right" | 254 770
| align="right" | 24.7
| align="right" | 8.1
| align="right" | 16.6
|-
| 1984
| align="right" | 15 481
| align="right" | 399 403
| align="right" | 129 796
| align="right" | 269 607
| align="right" | 25.8
| align="right" | 8.4
| align="right" | 17.4
|-
| 1985
| align="right" | 15 623
| align="right" | 396 929
| align="right" | 126 786
| align="right" | 270 143
| align="right" | 25.4
| align="right" | 8.1
| align="right" | 17.3
|-
| 1986
| align="right" | 15 776
| align="right" | 410 846
| align="right" | 119 149
| align="right" | 291 697
| align="right" | 26.0
| align="right" | 7.6
| align="right" | 18.5
|-
| 1987
| align="right" | 15 948
| align="right" | 417 139
| align="right" | 122 835
| align="right" | 294 304
| align="right" | 26.2
| align="right" | 7.7
| align="right" | 18.5
|-
| 1988
| align="right" | 16 188
| align="right" | 407 116
| align="right" | 126 898
| align="right" | 280 218
| align="right" | 25.3
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 17.4
|-
| 1989
| align="right" | 16 243
| align="right" | 382 269
| align="right" | 126 378
| align="right" | 255 891
| align="right" | 23.5
| align="right" | 7.8
| align="right" | 15.8
|-
| 1990
| align="right" | 16 328
| align="right" | 362 081
| align="right" | 128 576
| align="right" | 233 505
| align="right" | 22.2
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 14.3
|-
| 1991
| align="right" | 16 405
| align="right" | 353 174
| align="right" | 134 324
| align="right" | 218 850
| align="right" | 21.5
| align="right" | 8.2
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.67
|-
| 1992
| align="right" | 16 439
| align="right" | 337 612
| align="right" | 137 518
| align="right" | 200 094
| align="right" | 20.5
| align="right" | 8.4
| align="right" | 12.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.62
|-
| 1993
| align="right" | 16 381
| align="right" | 315 482
| align="right" | 156 070
| align="right" | 159 412
| align="right" | 19.3
| align="right" | 9.5
| align="right" | 9.7
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.54
|-
| 1994
| align="right" | 16 146
| align="right" | 305 624
| align="right" | 160 339
| align="right" | 145 285
| align="right" | 18.9
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 9.0
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.43
|-
| 1995
| align="right" | 15 816
| align="right" | 276 125
| align="right" | 168 656
| align="right" | 107 469
| align="right" | 17.5
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 6.8
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.21
|-
| 1996
| align="right" | 15 578
| align="right" | 253 175
| align="right" | 166 028
| align="right" | 87 147
| align="right" | 16.3
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 5.6
| align="right" | 2.02
|-
| 1997
| align="right" | 15 334
| align="right" | 232 356
| align="right" | 160 138
| align="right" | 72 218
| align="right" | 15.2
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" | 1.93
|-
| 1998
| align="right" | 15 072
| align="right" | 222 380
| align="right" | 154 314
| align="right" | 68 066
| align="right" | 14.8
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 4.5
| align="right" | 1.81
|-
| 1999
| align="right" | 14 939
| align="right" | 217 578
| align="right" | 147 416
| align="right" | 70 162
| align="right" | 14.6
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 4.7
| align="right" style="color: red" | 1.79
|-
| 2000
| align="right" | 14 915
| align="right" | 222 054
| align="right" | 149 778
| align="right" | 72 276
| align="right" | 14.9
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 4.8
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| 2001
| align="right" | 14 910
| align="right" | 221 487
| align="right" | 147 876
| align="right" | 73 611
| align="right" | 14.9
| align="right" | 9.9
| align="right" | 4.9
| align="right" | 1.84
|-
| 2002
| align="right" | 14 931
| align="right" | 227 171
| align="right" | 149 381
| align="right" | 77 790
| align="right" | 15.2
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 5.2
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| 2003
| align="right" | 15 002
| align="right" | 247 946
| align="right" | 155 277
| align="right" | 92 669
| align="right" | 16.5
| align="right" | 10.4
| align="right" | 6.2
| align="right" | 2.03
|-
| 2004
| align="right" | 15 126
| align="right" | 273 028
| align="right" | 152 250
| align="right" | 120 778
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 8.0
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.21
|-
| 2005
| align="right" | 15 281
| align="right" | 278 977
| align="right" | 157 121
| align="right" | 121 856
| align="right" | 18.3
| align="right" | 10.3
| align="right" | 8.0
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.22
|-
| 2006
| align="right" | 15 463
| align="right" | 301 756
| align="right" | 157 210
| align="right" | 144 546
| align="right" | 19.5
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 9.3
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.36
|-
| 2007
| align="right" | 15 659
| align="right" | 321 963
| align="right" | 158 297
| align="right" | 163 666
| align="right" | 20.6
| align="right" | 10.1
| align="right" | 10.5
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.47
|-
| 2008
| align="right" | 15 870
| align="right" | 356 575
| align="right" | 152 706
| align="right" | 203 869
| align="right" | 22.5
| align="right" | 9.6
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.68
|-
| 2009
| align="right" | 16 093
| align="right" | 356 378
| align="right" | 143 238
| align="right" | 213 140
| align="right" | 22.1
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 13.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.55
|-
| 2010
| align="right" | 16 322
| align="right" | 367 942
| align="right" | 146 370
| align="right" | 221 572
| align="right" | 22.5
| align="right" | 8.9
| align="right" | 13.6
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.60
|-
| 2011
| align="right" | 16 557
| align="right" | 372 801
| align="right" | 144 944
| align="right" | 227 857
| align="right" | 22.5
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 13.8
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.59
|-
| 2012
| align="right" | 16 791
| align="right" | 381 005
| align="right" | 142 880
| align="right" | 238 125
| align="right" | 22.7
| align="right" | 8.5
| align="right" | 14.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.62
|-
| 2013
| align="right" | 17 035
| align="right" | 393 421
| align="right" | 137 630
| align="right" | 255 791
| align="right" | 22.7
| align="right" | 8.0
| align="right" | 14.7
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.64
|-
| 2014
| align="right" | 17 289
| align="right" | 401 066
| align="right" | 132 236
| align="right" | 268 830
| align="right" | 23.1<ref>file:///E:/Demography/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5%20%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5%202014.pdf</ref>
| align="right" | 7.6
| align="right" | 15.5
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.76
|-
| 2015
| align="right" | 17 557
| align="right" | 398 561
| align="right" | 131 867
| align="right" | 266 694
| align="right" | 22.7
| align="right" | 7.5
| align="right" | 15.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" | 2.73
|-
|}
<sup>1</sup> {{small|Births and deaths until 1979 are estimates.}}

=== Structure of the population <ref>http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm</ref> ===

Structure of the population (01.07.2008) (Estimates) :
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 7 541 053
| align="right" | 8 132 947
| align="right" | 15 674 000
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 748 150
| align="right" | 709 793
| align="right" | 1 457 943
| align="right" | 9.30
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 564 701
| align="right" | 537 847
| align="right" | 1 102 548
| align="right" | 7.03
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 617 314
| align="right" | 592 199
| align="right" | 1 209 513
| align="right" | 7.72
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 755 608
| align="right" | 730 830
| align="right" | 1 486 438
| align="right" | 9.48
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 784 675
| align="right" | 765 803
| align="right" | 1 550 478
| align="right" | 9.89
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 651 820
| align="right" | 644 059
| align="right" | 1 295 879
| align="right" | 8.27
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 580 262
| align="right" | 596 220
| align="right" | 1 176 482
| align="right" | 7.51
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 533 348
| align="right" | 559 349
| align="right" | 1 092 697
| align="right" | 6.97
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 501 603
| align="right" | 543 293
| align="right" | 1 044 896
| align="right" | 6.67
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 515 147
| align="right" | 580 290
| align="right" | 1 095 437
| align="right" | 6.99
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 404 797
| align="right" | 482 577
| align="right" | 887 374
| align="right" | 5.66
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 306 307
| align="right" | 394 131
| align="right" | 700 438
| align="right" | 4.47
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 160 524
| align="right" | 222 349
| align="right" | 382 873
| align="right" | 2.44
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 168 503
| align="right" | 271 744
| align="right" | 440 247
| align="right" | 2.81
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 131 480
| align="right" | 222 294
| align="right" | 33 774
| align="right" | 2.26
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 68 446
| align="right" | 140 506
| align="right" | 208 952
| align="right" | 1.33
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 36 112
| align="right" | 98 418
| align="right" | 134 530
| align="right" | 0.86
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 9 112
| align="right" | 30 681
| align="right" | 39 793
| align="right" | 0.25
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 2 091
| align="right" | 8 213
| align="right" | 10 304
| align="right" | 0.07
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 731
| align="right" | 1 947
| align="right" | 2 678
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 322
| align="right" | 404
| align="right" | 726
| align="right" | <0.01
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 1 930 165
| align="right" | 1 839 839
| align="right" | 3 770 004
| align="right" | 24.05
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 5 194 091
| align="right" | 5 518 901
| align="right" | 10 712 992
| align="right" | 68.35
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 416 797
| align="right" | 774 207
| align="right" | 1 191 004
| align="right" | 7.60
|-
|}

===Total fertility rate===

Total fertility rate by regions of Kazakhstan: Mangystau - 3.80, South Kazakhstan - 3.71, Kyzylorda - 3.42, Atyrau - 3.29, Jambyl - 3.20, Aqtobe - 2.70, Almaty (province) - 2.65, Almaty (city) - 2.65, City of Astana - 2.44, West Kazakhstan - 2.29, Aqmola - 2.19, East Kazakhstan - 2.07, Qaragandy - 2.04, Pavlodar - 1.98, North Kazakhstan - 1.72, Qostanay - 1.70, Republic of Kazakhstan - 2.65. Thus it can be seen that fertility rate is higher in more traditionalist and religious south and west, and lower in the north and east, where the percentage of Slavic and German population is still relatively high.<ref>[http://www.stat.kz/digital/naselsenie/Pages/default.aspx]</ref><ref name="spo">{{cite journal |last1=Spoorenberg |first1=Thomas |year=2013 |title=Fertility changes in Central Asia since 1980|journal=Asian Population Studies |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=50–77 |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441730.2012.752238#.VW9dTc_BzRY |doi=10.1080/17441730.2012.752238 }}</ref><ref name="spoo">{{cite journal |last1=Spoorenberg |first1=Thomas |year=2015 |title=Explaining recent fertility increase in Central Asia |journal=Asian Population Studies |publisher=Routledge |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441730.2015.1027275 |doi=10.1080/17441730.2015.1027275 }}</ref>

According to the Kazakhstan Demographic and Health Survey in 1999, the [[Total fertility rate|TFR]] for Kazakhs was 2.5 and that for Russians was 1.38. TFR in 1989 for Kazakhs & Russians were 3.58 and 2.24 respectively.<ref>[http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR111/04Chapter4.pdf Kazakhstan: Demographic and Health Survey, 1999 - Final Report, Chapter 4: Fertility]</ref>

==Ethnic groups==
[[File:Kazakhstan demographics 1897-1970 en.png|right|thumb|400 px|Kazakhstan demographics 1897-1970. Major ethnic groups. Famines of 1920s and 1930s are marked with shades.]]
{{main article|Ethnic demography of Kazakhstan}}
{{bar box
|title=Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan (2009)<ref name="CIATONGA"/>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Ethnic groups
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Kazakhs|Kazakh]]|blue|63.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Russians in Kazakhstan|Russian]]|yellow| 23.7}}
{{bar percent|Other |silver|4.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] |brown|2.9}}
{{bar percent|[[Ukrainians in Kazakhstan|Ukrainian]]|green|2.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Uyghurs in Kazakhstan|Uighur]]|orange|1.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Tatars|Tatar]]|pink|1.3}}
{{bar percent|[[Germans of Kazakhstan|German]]|cyan|1.1}}
}}

=== History of ethnic composition ===
Kazakhstan's dominant ethnic group [[Kazakhs]], traces its origin to 15th century, when a number of [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] and some [[mongols|Mongol]] tribes united to establish the [[Kazakh Khanate]]. With cohesive culture and national identity, they constituted absolute majority on the land until Russian colonization.<br>
Russian advancement into the territory of Kazakhstan began in the late 18th century, when the Kazakhs nominally accepted Russian rule in exchange for protection against repeated attacks by the western Mongolian Kalmyks. In the 1890s, Russian peasants began to settle the fertile lands of northern Kazakhstan, causing many Kazakhs to move eastwards into Chinese territory in search of new grazing grounds. The 1906 completion of the Trans-Aral Railway between Orenburg and Tashkent further facilitated Russian colonization.<ref name="Olcott, M. B. 1995">Olcott, M. B. (1995). The Kazakhs. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.</ref><ref>Pierce, A. R. (1960) Russian Central Asia, 1867-1917: A study in colonial rule. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref> The first collectivized farms opened in Kazakhstan in 1921, populated primarily by Russians and Soviet deportees. In 1930, as part of the first Five Year Plan, the Kazakh Central Committee decreed the sedentarization of nomads and their incorporation into collectivized farms. This movement resulted in devastating famine, claiming the lives of an estimated 40% of ethnic Kazakhs (1.5 million), between 1930-33.<ref>Pianciola, N. (2001). The collectivization famine in Kazakhstan, 1931–1933. Harvard Ukrainian Studies, 25(3/4), 237–251. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41036834</ref> Hundreds of thousands also fled to China, Iran and Afghanistan. The famine rendered Kazakhs a minority within Kazakhstan, and only after the republic gained independence in 1991 did Kazakhs recover a slim demographic majority within Kazakhstan.<ref name="Olcott, M. B. 1995"/>

Demographics would continue to shift in the 1950-1960s, wherein as part of Nikita Khrushchev's [[Virgin Lands Campaign]], hundreds of thousands of Soviet deportees were relocated to the Kazakh steppes in order to farm. As recognized in the 1959 census, the Kazaks became a minority in for the first time in history, composing just  30% of the total population of Kazakhstan. Russians numbered 42.7%.<ref>Zardykhan, Z. (2004). Russians in Kazakhstan and demographic change: Imperial legacy and the Kazakh way of nation building. Asian Ethnicity, 5(1), 61–79.</ref>

According to the 2009 census, the ethnic composition of Kazakhstan is approximately: 63.1% Kazakh, 23.7% Russian, 2.9% Uzbek, 2.1% Ukrainian, 1.4% Uyghur, 1.3% Tatar, 1.1% German, 1% Kyrgyz, and <1% Korean, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Dungan, Zaza, Tajik, Pole, Chechen.<ref>Central Intelligence Agency. (2014). Kazakhstan. In The World Factbook 2013-14. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
'''Population of Kazakhstan according to ethnic group 1897–1999'''
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan=2 | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan=2 | census 1897<sup>1</sup>
! colspan=2 | census 1926<sup>2</sup>
! colspan=2 | census 1939<sup>3</sup>
! colspan=2 | census 1959<sup>4</sup>
! colspan=2 | census 1970<sup>5</sup>
! colspan=2 | census 1979<sup>6</sup>
! colspan=2 | census 1989<sup>7</sup>
! colspan=2 | census 1999<sup>8</sup>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
|-
| [[Kazakhs]]
| align="right" | 3,392,751
| align="right" | 73.9
| align="right" | 3,627,612
| align="right" | 58.5
| align="right" | 2,327,625
| align="right" | 37.8
| align="right" | 2,794,966
| align="right" | 30.0
| align="right" | 4,161,164
| align="right" | 32.4
| align="right" | 5,289,349
| align="right" | 36.0
| align="right" | 6,534,616
| align="right" | 39.7
| align="right" | 8,011,452
| align="right" | 53.5
|-
| [[Russians]]
| align="right" | 454,402
| align="right" | 12.8
| align="right" | 1,275,055
| align="right" | 20.6
| align="right" | 2,458,687
| align="right" | 40.0
| align="right" | 3,974,229
| align="right" | 42.7
| align="right" | 5,499,826
| align="right" | 42.8
| align="right" | 5,991,205
| align="right" | 40.8
| align="right" | 6,227,549
| align="right" | 37.8
| align="right" | 4,480,675
| align="right" | 29.9
|-
| [[Uzbeks]]
| align="right" | 29,564
| align="right" | 1.3
| align="right" | 129,407
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 120,655
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 136,570
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 207,514
| align="right" | 1.6
| align="right" | 263,295
| align="right" | 1.8
| align="right" | 332,017
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 370,765
| align="right" | 2.5
|-
| [[Ukrainians]]
| align="right" | 860,201
| align="right" | 13.9
| align="right" | 860,201
| align="right" | 13.9
| align="right" | 658,319
| align="right" | 10.7
| align="right" | 762,131
| align="right" | 8.2
| align="right" | 930,158
| align="right" | 7.2
| align="right" | 897,964
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 896,240
| align="right" | 5.4
| align="right" | 547,065
| align="right" | 3.7
|-
| [[Uygurs]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 11,631
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 35,409
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 59,840
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 120,784
| align="right" | 0.9
| align="right" | 147,943
| align="right" | 1.0
| align="right" | 185,301
| align="right" | 1.1
| align="right" | 210,377
| align="right" | 1.4
|-
| [[Tatars]]
| align="right" | 55,984
| align="right" | 1.1
| align="right" | 79,758
| align="right" | 1.3
| align="right" | 108,127
| align="right" | 1.8
| align="right" | 191,802
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 281,849
| align="right" | 2.2
| align="right" | 312,626
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 327,982
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 249,052
| align="right" | 1.7
|-
| [[Germans of Kazakhstan|Germans]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 51,094
| align="right" | 0.8
| align="right" | 92,571
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 659,800
| align="right" | 7.1
| align="right" | 839,649
| align="right" | 6.5
| align="right" | 900,207
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 957,518
| align="right" | 5.8
| align="right" | 353,462
| align="right" | 2.4
|-
| [[Koreans]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 42
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 96,453
| align="right" | 1.6
| align="right" | 74,019
| align="right" | 0.8
| align="right" | 78,078
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 91,984
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 103,315
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 99,944
| align="right" | 0.7
|-
| [[Turkish people|Turks]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 46
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 523
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 9,916
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 18,397
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 25,820
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 49,567
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 75,950
| align="right" | 0.5
|-
| [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijanis]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 20
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 12,996
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 38,362
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 56,166
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 73,345
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" | 90,083
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" | 78,325
| align="right" | 0.5
|-
| [[Belarusians]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 25,584
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 31,614
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" | 107,463
| align="right" | 1.2
| align="right" | 197,592
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 181,491
| align="right" | 1.2
| align="right" | 182,601
| align="right" | 1.1
| align="right" | 111,924
| align="right" | 0.7
|-
| [[Dungans]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 8,455
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 7,415
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 9,980
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 17,283
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 22,491
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 30,165
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 36,945
| align="right" | 0.2
|-
| [[Zazas]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 2,387
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 6,109
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 12,299
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 17,692
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 25,425
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 32,764
| align="right" | 0.2
|-
| [[Tajiks]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 7,599
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 11,229
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 8,075
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 7,166
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 19,293
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 25,514
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 25,673
| align="right" | 0.2
|-
| [[Poles]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3,742
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 54,809
| align="right" | 0.9
| align="right" | 53,102
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 61,355
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" | 61,136
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 59,956
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 47,302
| align="right" | 0.3
|-
| [[Chechens]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 3
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 2,639
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 130,232
| align="right" | 1.4
| align="right" | 34,492
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 38,256
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 49,507
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 31,802
| align="right" | 0.2
|-
| [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 10,200
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 5,033
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 6,810
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 9,474
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 9,352
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 14,112
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 10,925
| align="right" | 0.1
|-
| Others
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 108,016
| align="right" | 1.7
| align="right" | 124,611
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 286,441
| align="right" | 3.1
| align="right" | 315,347
| align="right" | 2.5
| align="right" | 340,834
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" | 372,996
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" | 206,879
| align="right" | 1.4
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="left" | Total
! colspan=2 | 
! colspan=2 | 6,198,465
! colspan=2 | 6,151,102
! colspan=2 | 9,309,847
! colspan=2 | 12,848,573
! colspan=2 | 14,684,283
! colspan=2 | 16,464,464
! colspan=2 | 14,981,281
|-
| colspan=17 | <small><sup>1</sup> Excluding the Kara-Kalpak AO; source:.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_26.php |title=Äåìîñêîï Weekly - Ïðèëîæåíèå. Ñïðàâî÷íèê ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèõ ïîêàçàòåëåé. |publisher= |accessdate=18 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321203605/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_26.php |archivedate=21 March 2016 |df= }}</ref> <sup>2</sup> Source:.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php|title=Äåìîñêîï Weekly - Ïðèëîæåíèå. Ñïðàâî÷íèê ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèõ ïîêàçàòåëåé.|publisher=|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> <sup>3</sup> Source:.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php |title=Äåìîñêîï Weekly - Ïðèëîæåíèå. Ñïðàâî÷íèê ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèõ ïîêàçàòåëåé. |publisher= |accessdate=18 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172652/http://demoscope.ru:80/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php? |archivedate=16 March 2010 |df= }}</ref> <sup>4</sup> Source:.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php |title=Äåìîñêîï Weekly - Ïðèëîæåíèå. Ñïðàâî÷íèê ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèõ ïîêàçàòåëåé. |publisher= |accessdate=18 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203151519/http://demoscope.ru:80/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php |archivedate=3 December 2009 |df= }}</ref> <sup>5</sup> Source:.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php |title=Äåìîñêîï Weekly - Ïðèëîæåíèå. Ñïðàâî÷íèê ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèõ ïîêàçàòåëåé. |publisher= |accessdate=18 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324145212/http://demoscope.ru:80/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php? |archivedate=24 March 2010 |df= }}</ref> <sup>6</sup> Source:.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php |title=Äåìîñêîï Weekly - Ïðèëîæåíèå. Ñïðàâî÷íèê ñòàòèñòè÷åñêèõ ïîêàçàòåëåé. |publisher= |accessdate=18 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316172713/http://demoscope.ru:80/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php? |archivedate=16 March 2010 |df= }}</ref> <sup>7</sup> Source:<ref>http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Documents/Перепись%20рус.pdf {{dead link|date=February 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref></small>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+
'''Population of Kazakhstan according to ethnic group 2009–2014'''
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan=2 | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan=2 | census 2009<sup>8</sup>
! colspan=2 | 2014<sup>9</sup>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
|-
| [[Kazakhs]]
| align="right" | 10,096,763
| align="right" | 63.1
| align="right" | 11,244,547
| align="right" | 65.5
|-
| [[Russians]]
| align="right" | 3,793,764
| align="right" | 23.7
| align="right" | 3,685,009
| align="right" | 21.5
|-
| [[Uzbeks]]
| align="right" | 456,997
| align="right" | 2.9
| align="right" | 521,252
| align="right" | 3.0
|-
| [[Ukrainians]]
| align="right" | 333,031
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 301,346
| align="right" | 1.8
|-
| [[Uygurs]]
| align="right" | 224,713
| align="right" | 1.4
| align="right" | 246,777
| align="right" | 1.4
|-
| [[Tatars]]
| align="right" | 204,229
| align="right" | 1.3
| align="right" | 203,108
| align="right" | 1.2
|-
| [[Germans of Kazakhstan|Germans]]
| align="right" | 178,409
| align="right" | 1.1
| align="right" | 181,928
| align="right" | 1.1
|-
| [[Koreans]]
| align="right" | 100,385
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 105,400
| align="right" | 0.6
|-
| [[Turkish people|Turks]]
| align="right" | 97,015
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 104,792
| align="right" | 0.6
|-
| [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijanis]]
| align="right" | 85,292
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" | 98,646
| align="right" | 0.6
|-
| [[Dungans]]
| align="right" | 51,944
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 62,029
| align="right" | 0.4
|-
| [[Belarusians]]
| align="right" | 66,476
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 60,295
| align="right" | 0.4
|-
| [[Zazas]]
| align="right" | 38,325
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 42,312
| align="right" | 0.3
|-
| [[Tajiks]]
| align="right" | 36,277
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 42,143
| align="right" | 0.3
|-
| [[Poles]]
| align="right" | 34,057
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 32,661
| align="right" | 0.2
|-
| [[Chechens]]
| align="right" | 31,431
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 32,252
| align="right" | 0.2
|-
| [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]]
| align="right" | 23,274
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 29,803
| align="right" | 0.2
|-
| Others
| align="right" | 157,215
| align="right" | 1.0
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="left" | Total
! colspan=2 | 16,009,597
! colspan=2 | 17,160,774
|-
| colspan=5 | <small><sup>8</sup> Source: <sup>9</sup> Source:<ref>[http://www.stat.gov.kz/faces/wcnav_externalId/publBullS14-2014?_afrLoop=6667041570942797#%40%3F_afrLoop%3D6667041570942797%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dzg0yillq1_89]</ref></small>
|}

==Religions==
{{Main article|Religion in Kazakhstan}}
{{bar box
|title=Religions  of  Kazakhstan (2009 )<ref name="CIATONGA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html|title= Central Asia:: KAZAKHSTAN|publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Religions  
|right1=percent
|float=center
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Kazakhstan|Islam]] |green|70.2}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Kazakhstan|Christian]] (mainly [[Russian Orthodox]])|red|26.2}}
{{bar percent|[[Atheist]] |black|2.8}}
{{bar percent|Unspecified |Orange| 0.5}}
{{bar percent|Other|cyan|0.2}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== Bibliography ==
{{refbegin}} 
*{{citation |last1=Rasuly-Paleczek|first1=Gabriele|last2=Katschnig|first2=Julia|year=2005|title=Central Asia on Display: Proceedings of the VIIth Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies|place=|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=3-8258-8309-4}}.
{{refend}}

==External links==
For current data, use these sites.
*[http://www.stat.kz/digital/naselsenie/Pages/default.aspx Population and social policy, Statistical Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (kaz]
*[http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/ World Bank Database]
*[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html CIA World Fact Book page on Kazakhstan]
*[http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html US Census Bureau International Data Base]
*[http://countrystudies.us/kazakstan/12.htm countrystudies.us]
*[http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Asia/kazakhsp.htm WESP population statistics]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4420922.stm Russians left behind in Central Asia]

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