People [1]

People

Population 19,621,972 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 3.216 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 60.537 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 57.99 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 9.1 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 70.23 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 104.48 billion kWh (2021) #35
Consumption 96.58 billion kWh (2021) #35
Exports 2.42 billion kWh (2021) #51
Imports 1.57 billion kWh (2021) #65
Renewable Electricity Generation 12.62 billion kWh (2021) #57

Oil

Ranking
Production 1,863.56 thousand bbl/day (2021) #13
Consumption 300.09 thousand bbl/day (2021) #44
Exports (Refined) [3] 1,466 thousand bbl/day (2013) #11
Imports (Refined) [3] 142.4 thousand bbl/day (2013) #38
Proved Reserves (Crude) 30 billion bbl (2021) #12

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 1,868.148 billion cu ft (2017) #19
Consumption (Dry) 581.97 billion cu ft (2021) #42
Exports (Dry) 301.17 billion cu ft (2021) #21
Imports (Dry) 170.06 billion cu ft (2021) #38
Proved Reserves 85 trillion cu ft (2021) #15

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 96 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 26,065,600 (2018 est.)
Highways 95,409 km (2017)
Internet Users 14,100,751 (2016 est.)
Railways 16,614 km (2017)
Telephones 3,350,900 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationCentral Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Zhayyq) River in eastern-most Europe
Total Area2,724,900 sq. km
Land Area2,699,700 sq. km
Water Area25,200 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatecontinental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
Terrainvast 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
Lowest PointVpadina Kaundy -132 m
Highest Point Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020