Population
1,528,703 persons
Period: 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)
Kazakhstan: 20,283,399

City akim (mayor): Zhenis Kassymbek
The population is 1,528,703 people (data for 2025), which is 7.5% of the population of Kazakhstan. From 2015 to 2025 the population changed by +79.3% (from 852,803 to 1,528,703 people). The urban population is 100.0% and the rural population is 0.0%. Gross regional product for 2025 is KZT 18,928,077 million (11.9% of the national GRP); per capita it is KZT 12,381,788. The unemployment rate is 4.3% (Q2 2025) and the employment rate is 67.4% (2024). The consumer price index relative to the same month of the previous year is 113.0 (October 2025). All figures are based on data from the Bureau of National Statistics; below you will find the dynamics and a full table of values with sources.
1,528,703 persons
Period: 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)
Kazakhstan: 20,283,399
2.7 %
Period: 2024 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)
Kazakhstan: 5.0
4.3 %
Period: Q2 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)
Kazakhstan: 4.6
18,928,077 KZT million
Period: 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)
In the BNS CSV the values are given with a factor of 10^12 relative to the stated unit "KZT million"; normalised by dividing by 10^12 (the original string is preserved).
Kazakhstan: 159,608,553
12,381,788 KZT per person
Period: 2025 · Source: KYRAN calculation based on BNS datacalculated
KYRAN calculation: GRP (KZT million) × 10^6 ÷ BNS population for the same year (period label as in the source).
Kazakhstan: 7,868,925
113.0 % of the same month of the previous year
Period: October 2025 · Source: Bureau of National Statistics (BNS)
Kazakhstan: 112.6
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,528,703 | persons | 2025 |
| Urban population | 1,528,703 | persons | 2025 |
| Births | 27,416 | persons | 2025 |
| Crude birth rate | 17.31 | per 1,000 people | 2025 |
| Deaths | 6,187 | persons | 2025 |
| Crude death rate | 3.91 | per 1,000 people | 2025 |
| Infant mortality rate | 4.13 | per 1,000 live births | 2025 |
| Natural increasecalculated* | 21,229 | persons | 2025 |
| Rate of natural increasecalculated* | 13.40 | per 1,000 people | 2025 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 2.7 | % | 2024 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | % | Q2 2025 |
| Employment rate | 67.4 | % | 2024 |
| Employed: agriculture, forestry and fishing | 5,128 | persons | 2024 |
| Employed: industry and construction | 133,146 | persons | 2024 |
| Employed: services | 546,829 | persons | 2024 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross regional product* | 18,928,077 | KZT million | 2025 |
| GRP per capitacalculated* | 12,381,788 | KZT per person | 2025 |
| GVA: wholesale and retail trade* | 4,152,086 | KZT million | 2024 |
| GVA: transport and storage* | 1,146,639 | KZT million | 2024 |
| GVA: information and communication* | 980,829 | KZT million | 2024 |
| GVA: real estate* | 921,547 | KZT million | 2024 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVA: mining and quarrying* | 20 | KZT million | 2024 |
| GVA: manufacturing* | 1,169,016 | KZT million | 2024 |
| Electricity generation | 3,893.0 | million kWh | 2024 |
| Flour production | 130,120 | tonnes | 2025 |
| Bread production | 22,145 | tonnes | 2025 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVA: agriculture, forestry and fishing* | 3,632 | KZT million | 2024 |
| Harvested area: cereals and pulses | 965 | hectares | 2025 |
| Harvested area: fodder crops | 886 | hectares | 2025 |
| Harvested area: vegetables | 16 | hectares | 2025 |
| Milk production | 0.1 | thousand tonnes | 2025 |
| Wool production | 0.4 | tonnes | 2025 |
| Egg production | 0.1 | million pcs | 2025 |
| Roundwood harvest | 400 | m³ | 2005 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| GVA: construction* | 1,107,373 | KZT million | 2024 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer price index (year over year) | 113.0 | % of the same month of the previous year | October 2025 |
| Consumer price index (month over month) | 100.1 | % of the previous month | October 2025 |
| Consumer price index (since December) | 110.2 | % of December of the previous year | October 2025 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| University students | 101,600 | persons | 2025 |
| University teaching staff | 5,959 | persons | 2025 |
| University graduates | 15,713 | persons | 2025 |
| TVET graduates | 12,083 | persons | 2025 |
| TVET teachers | 2,370 | persons | 2025 |
| School students | 311,282 | persons | 2025 |
| School teachers | 21,180 | persons | 2025 |
| Adjusted net enrolment, primary education | 99.33 | % | 2025 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds | 7,834 | beds | 2024 |
| Hospitals | 39 | units | 2024 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exports of goods | 9,712.5 | USD million | 2025 |
| Imports of goods | 10,113.9 | USD million | 2025 |
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 96.4 | % | 2025 |
| Mobile phone owners | 99.0 | % | 2025 |