Asia · Central Asia
Capital: Astana
Kazakhstan
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #56
Kazakhstan's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
20.8M
#64 of 196
68th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$306.24B
#48 of 196
76th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$1.21B
#82 of 196
58th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$473.4M
#67 of 196
66th percentile
2024 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$38.91B
#45 of 196
77th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Astana
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Central Asia
- Country code
- KAZ
Three interesting facts
Kazakhstan shares land borders with 5 countries: China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Kazakhstan is the 9th-largest country in this factbook by land area.
Kazakhstan’s position in Central Asia places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Kazakhstan on the map
Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, northwest of China, a small portion west of the Ural (Oral) River in easternmost Europe. Its terrain is vast flat steppe extending from the Volga in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east and from the plains of western Siberia in the north to oases and deserts of Central Asia in the south. The climate is continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid. In area, the country is slightly less than four times the size of Texas.
Economy
Economic profile
Kazakhstan's economy is characterized by upper-middle-income Central Asian economy, robust growth due to rising oil production, expansion in manufacturing and services, rising domestic demand, and infrastructure investments, however, rapid growth contributing to high inflation rate, declining unemployment and poverty rates. Major industries include oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, uranium, iron and steel, tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials. Important agricultural products include wheat, milk, barley, potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes/melons, sunflower seeds, maize, onions, tomatoes (2023). Notable exports include crude petroleum, gold, radioactive chemicals, refined copper, copper ore (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Kazakhstan has an estimated population of 20,426,568. Language and cultural traditions vary across Kazakhstan. The population includes Kazakh 71%, Russian 14.9%, Uzbek 3.3%, Ukrainian 1.9%, Uyghurs 1.5%, German 1.1%, Tatar 1.1%, other 4.9%, unspecified 0.3% (2023 est.). The urban population represents 58.2% of total population (2023).
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