Kazakhstan People:
Population:
15,185,844 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.7% (male:1,834,535; female:1,758,988)
15-64 years: 68.4% (male:5,075,243; female:5,312,536)
65 years and over: 7.9% (male:424,341; female:780,201) (2005)
Median age:
total: 28.52 years
male: 26.92 years
female: 30.25 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.3% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
15.78 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
9.46 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-3.34 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.54 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 29.21 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 33.85 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 24.3 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 66.55 years (2005 est.)
male: 61.21 years
female: 72.2 years
Total fertility rate:
1.89 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
16,500 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Kazakhstani(s)
adjective: Kazakhstani
Ethnic groups:
Kazakh 53.4% (Qazaq), Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.7%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9% (1999)
Religions:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Languages:
Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the language of interethnic communication) 95% (2001)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (1999)
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