Geography - note:
landlocked; Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of territory
enclosing the Baykonur Cosmodrome; in January 2004, Kazakhstan and
Russia extended the lease to 2050
People Kazakhstan
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 est.)
Median age:
total: 28.52 years
male: 26.92 years
female: 30.25 years (2005 est.)
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
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.54 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005 est.)