Population in Kazakhstan

The population of Kazakhstan was 20,843,754 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kazakhstan, 2025 20,843,754 People
Change from 2024 +1.2% 2024: 20,592,571 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 64th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Kazakhstan over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period KazakhstanWorld
2025 20,843,754 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 20,592,571 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 20,330,104 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 20,034,609 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 19,743,603 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 19,482,117 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 19,209,555 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 18,932,727 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 18,651,931 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 18,363,600 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 18,084,169 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 17,816,285 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 17,556,502 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 17,306,106 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 17,066,002 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 16,836,810 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 16,619,846 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 16,426,525 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 16,257,214 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 16,103,716 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 15,968,117 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 15,850,159 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 15,747,380 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 15,656,677 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 15,575,550 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2% from 20,592,571 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 18,084,169 people, the figure has changed by +15.3%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Kazakhstan has the 64th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Kazakhstan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects