How many people live in Kazakhstan right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
21,157,008
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 65 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.25%
- Median age
- 29.7 years
- Children per woman
- 2.92
- Life expectancy
- 74.8 years
- People per km²
- 8
According to UN estimates, about 21.2 million people live in Kazakhstan right now. It ranks 65th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Chad and Somalia, and it is home to one in every 393 people on the planet.
Every day, about 1,100 people are born there and about 390 die. More people leave than arrive: net migration reduces the population by about 12,800 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 640 people a day (1.11% a year).
In 1950, about 6.8 million people lived there. Today there are 3.1 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 26.5 million people (25% more than today), and by 2100 about 33.7 million.
Half of its people are younger than 30 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.92 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 75 years (worldwide, 74). There are 8 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Kazakhstan in 2026?
- Kazakhstan has about 21.2 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 21,083,626.
- How many people are born each day in Kazakhstan?
- About 1,100 a day (390,000 a year). About 390 people die each day (143,000 a year).
- Is the population of Kazakhstan growing?
- Yes: it grows by 1.11% a year, or about 234,000 people.
- What will the population of Kazakhstan be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 26.5 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Malawi 22,967,872
- Zambia 22,715,481
- Chad 21,753,304
- Somalia 20,510,553
- Chile 19,971,250
- Senegal 19,505,063
More countries in Asia
- India 1,480,585,728
- China 1,411,888,737
- Indonesia 288,550,201
- Pakistan 260,627,823
- Bangladesh 178,484,341
- Japan 122,207,045
- Philippines 118,018,859
- Vietnam 102,351,307
- Iran 93,380,240
- Turkey 88,012,260
- Thailand 71,536,973
- Myanmar 55,285,238
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.