| Population | 15,284,929 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 22.5% (male 1,758,782/female 1,683,249)
15-64 years: 69.2% (male 5,169,314/female 5,407,661)
65 years and over: 8.3% (male 446,549/female 819,374) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 29.1 years
male: 27.5 years
female: 30.8 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 0.352% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 16.23 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | -3.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.045 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.956 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.545 male(s)/female
total population: 0.932 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 27.41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 67.22 years
male: 61.9 years
female: 72.84 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.89 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 16,500 (2001 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 200 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Kazakhstani(s)
adjective: Kazakhstani |
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| Ethnic groups | Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.7%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9% (1999 census) |
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| Religions | Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7% |
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| Languages | Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.3% (1999 est.) |
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