Kazakhstan Population Pyramid 2000
Kazakhstan in 2000
As of 2000, Kazakhstan counted 15,501,102 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1990, the population was still 17,154,055; it has declined by 9.6% since.
With a median age of 27.6 years, Kazakhstan had a youth dependency ratio of 42.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 10.2 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
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 | 15,501,103 | 27.6 | |
| Tajikistan | 6,284,736 | 18.5 | |
| Uzbekistan | 24,787,055 | 21.4 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,025,146 | 22.4 | |
| Turkmenistan | 4,582,677 | 20.9 |





