Population:
15,399,437 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.8% (male 1,717,469/female 1,643,920)
15-64 years: 70.2% (male 5,279,292/female 5,534,607)
65 years and over: 7.9% (male 426,494/female 797,655) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 29.6 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 31.3 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.392% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
16.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
9.39 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate:
-3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 58% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.54 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 25.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.87 years
male: 62.58 years
female: 73.47 years (2009 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.88 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
12,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Kazakhstani(s)
adjective: Kazakhstani

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)

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 est.)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.3% (1999 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2007)