Location: Central Asia, northwest of China
Area:
total area:
2,717,300 sq km
land area:
2,669,800 sq km
comparative area:
slightly less than four times the size of Texas
Land boundaries:
total 12,012 km ;
China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km,
Russia 6,846km, Turkmenistan 379 km,
Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 17,376,615 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
30% (female 2,589,509; male 2,664,952)
15-64 years:
63% (female 5,531,519; male 5,371,563)
65 years and over:
7% (female 820,900; male 398,172)
Population growth rate: 0.62% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 19.26 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 7.93 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -5.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 40 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.25 years
male:
63.61 years
female:
73.13 years
Total fertility rate: 2.43 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Kazakh (Qazaq) 41.9%, Russian 37%,
Ukrainian 5.2%, German 4.7%, Uzbek2.1%, Tatar 2%,
other 7.1% (1991 official data)
Religions:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%,
Protestant 2%, other 7%
Languages:
Kazakh (Qazaqz) official language spoken
by over 40% of population,Russian (language of
interethnic communication) spoken by two-thirds
of population and used in everyday business
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
98%
male:
99%
female:
96%
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Kazakhstan
conventional short form:
Kazakhstan
Type: republic
Capital: Almaty
Independence: 16 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Constitution: adopted 28 January 1993
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $55.2 billion
National product real growth rate: -25%
National product per capita: $3,200
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 24%
Unemployment rate:
1.1% includes only officially registered unemployed;
also large numbersof underemployed workers
Electricity:
capacity:
17,380,000 kW
production:
65.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
3,750 kWh
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