Kazakhstan Population Pyramid 1996
Kazakhstan in 1996
As of 1996, Kazakhstan counted 16,416,027 inhabitants. That is 0.9% more than in 1986, when the population stood at 16,262,702.
Half of the population was younger than 26.7 years; 30.1% were children under 15 and 6.7% were 65 or older. The broad-based, expansive shape of the pyramid points to high fertility and strong population growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Kazakhstan had on average 3.01 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 74.4 years in 2023: 78.4 for women and 70.1 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
1,985,693 immigrants live in Kazakhstan, 9.6% of the population.
| Uzbekistan | 744,161 |
| Russian Federation | 552,258 |
| China | 196,398 |
| Turkmenistan | 117,117 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100,242 |
2,796,562 people born in Kazakhstan live in other countries.
| Russian Federation | 1,321,004 |
| Germany | 896,268 |
| Ukraine | 228,982 |
| Turkey | 84,823 |
| Belarus | 68,126 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 16,416,027 | 26.7 | |
| Uzbekistan | 23,351,981 | 20.5 | |
| Tajikistan | 6,066,523 | 17.7 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4,782,882 | 21.5 | |
| Turkmenistan | 4,263,819 | 19.9 |





