Our community has grown by a quarter of a million members.
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According to the agency's information, at the beginning of the year, the country's population was 20,286,084 people. Over the past year, the number of Kazakhs increased by 252,242 individuals.
The highest population growth rate was observed in Astana, where the figure reached 6.91%. For comparison, in Almaty it was 2.86%, and in Shymkent, the rate was 2.80%.
12,774,743 Kazakhs live in urban areas, while 7,511,341 are residents of rural regions.
According to the agency's data, more than one million people reside in three cities and four regions of the republic. The most densely populated areas are Almaty and Turkestan Region, with populations of 2,292,333 and 2,154,334, respectively. Approximately 1.5 million Kazakhs live in Astana (1,528,887 people) and Almaty Region (1,560,377 people).
Other cities and regions with populations exceeding one million include Shymkent (1,256,263 people), Zhambyl Region (1,222,513 people), and Karaganda Region (1,133,984 people).