Demographics of Kazakhstan

The total population of Kazakhstan is 18,403,860 people. People in Kazakhstan speak the Kazakh, and Russian languages. The linguistic diversity of Kazakhstan is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Kazakhstan is 0.6621. The median age is approximately 29.7 years. Life expectancy in Kazakhstan is 68. The female fertility rate in Kazakhstan is 3. Around 24% of the population of Kazakhstan are obese. The ethnic diversity is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Kazakhstan is 0.6171. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Kazakhstan see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population

In Kazakhstan, the population density is 6.31 people per square kilometer (16 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be very sparsely. The total population of Kazakhstan is 18,403,860 people. Kazakhstan has approximately 3,546,778 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Kazakhstan represent 1.5 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Kazakhstan represent 21.1 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Kazakhstan is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Kazakhstan is 0.6171. This means that there is a relatively high number of unique ethnic groups in Kazakhstan. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Kazakhstan on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age

The median age is approximately 29.7 years. The median age for men is 28.4, while the median age for women is 31.1.

Gender

The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.06. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.04; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.95; sex ratio over 64 - 0.54; total sex ratio - 0.92. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion

The majority religion of Kazakhstan is Islam, the followers of which comprise 70.4% of all religious believers in the country. Islam (Arabic: الإسلام‎) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Quran, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allāh), and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example (called the sunnah, Arabic سنة, composed of accounts called hadith, Arabic حديث) of Muhammad, considered by most of them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. The religious diversity of Kazakhstan is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Kazakhstan. The index of religious fractionalization in Kazakhstan is 0.5898. This score means that there are several major religions distributed evenly within Kazakhstan.

General development

Kazakhstan is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Kazakhstan may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Kazakhstan, 53.32 in every 100 people use internet. Kazakhstan has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.757. Kazakhstan has a high HDI score. This indicates that the majority of citizens will be able to attain a desirable life while providing substantial aid and assistance to citizens with lower living standards. The migration rate in Kazakhstan is 0.41%. In Kazakhstan, 2.6% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Kazakhstan is low, indicating that it has a stable economy. Investors should consider Kazakhstan to be a safe location for investments and other financial ventures.

Language

People in Kazakhstan speak the Kazakh, and Russian languages. The linguistic diversity of Kazakhstan is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Kazakhstan. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Kazakhstan is 0.6621. This means that there are several major languages spoken in Kazakhstan. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.