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Kazakhstan

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FOUNDATION OF THE KAZAKH KHANATE BY JANIBEK AND KEREI · C. 1465
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1991 – present · Independent Kazakhstan
4 EVENTS
16 December 1991 · Kazakhstan declares independence 2 REFS
1997 · Capital moved to Astana 2 REFS
1917 – 1991 · Soviet Kazakhstan
4 EVENTS
1930–1933 · The Kazakh famine (Asharshylyk) 2 REFS
5 December 1936 · Kazakh S.S.R. becomes a union republic 2 REFS
1731 – 1917 · The Russian Conquest of the Steppe
4 EVENTS
1731 · The Little Horde accepts Russian protection 2 REFS
1771 · Ablai Khan elected ruler of the Kazakhs 2 REFS
1465 – 1731 · The Kazakh Khanate and the Three Jüz
3 EVENTS
c. 1465 · Foundation of the Kazakh Khanate 2 REFS
16th–17th centuries · The three jüz take shape 2 REFS
1219 – 1465 · The Mongol Conquest and the Golden Horde
3 EVENTS
1219–1221 · Mongol conquest of the Syr Darya and Khwarezm 2 REFS
mid-13th century · The Golden Horde rules the western steppe 2 REFS
c. 700 BCE – 1219 CE · The Saka and the Turkic Steppe
3 EVENTS
c. 4th century BCE · The Saka 'Golden Man' of Issyk 2 REFS
6th century CE · Turkic khaganates dominate the steppe 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Astana
Population
19 m
Area
2,724,900 km²
Region
Central Asia
Languages
Kazakh, Russian
Currency
Kazakhstani tenge (₸)
Demonym
Kazakhstani
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$306 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$14,692’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
6.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
11.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
57.2%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
21 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
74.5 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
62.4%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.0’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.7%’09 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
42.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
61.1’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
54.2’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
55.6’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
50.4’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
46.5’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
3.8%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.75’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
9.4’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
93.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
91.5%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
99.7%’09 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
97.3%’25 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
97.6%’25 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
52.9%’25 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
758’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
93.4%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
127’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
42.2%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
2,699,700 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
1.3%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
79.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
12.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
2.0%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
26.8%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
14.8%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
9.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Copper (mined)
710 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Iron ore
35 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Gold (mined)
130 t’25 USGS-MCS
Bauxite
4.8 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Zinc (mined)
360 kt’25 USGS-MCS
Phosphate rock
1.9 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
0.4%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.2 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
71,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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