Kazakhstan Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Kazakhstan vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Kazakhstan	World
1960	23.2	22.5
1961	23.2	22.5
1962	23.3	22.4
1963	23.3	22.2
1964	23.3	22
1965	23.2	21.8
1966	23.2	21.7
1967	23.2	21.6
1968	23.1	21.5
1969	22.9	21.5
1970	22.8	21.4
1971	22.9	21.4
1972	22.9	21.5
1973	23.1	21.5
1974	23.2	21.6
1975	23.3	21.7
1976	23.3	21.9
1977	23.2	22
1978	23.2	22.2
1979	23	22.3
1980	22.9	22.5
1981	23.2	22.6
1982	23.5	22.7
1983	23.8	22.9
1984	24.1	23
1985	24.3	23.2
1986	24.6	23.3
1987	24.9	23.4
1988	25.2	23.6
1989	25.5	23.8
1990	25.7	23.9
1991	25.8	24.1
1992	25.9	24.3
1993	26.1	24.5
1994	26.3	24.7
1995	26.5	25
1996	26.7	25.2
1997	26.9	25.4
1998	27.1	25.7
1999	27.4	25.9
2000	27.6	26.1
2001	27.8	26.3
2002	28	26.5
2003	28.2	26.7
2004	28.3	27
2005	28.4	27.2
2006	28.4	27.4
2007	28.5	27.6
2008	28.4	27.8
2009	28.5	28
2010	28.6	28.2
2011	28.7	28.4
2012	28.8	28.6
2013	28.9	28.9
2014	29.1	29.1
2015	29.3	29.3
2016	29.5	29.5
2017	29.7	29.8
2018	29.9	30
2019	30.1	30.3
2020	30.2	30.6
2021	30.3	30.8
2022	30.3	31
2023	30.4	31.3
2024	30.5	31.6
2025	30.7	31.9
2026	30.7	32.1
2027	30.7	32.3
2028	30.7	32.6
2029	30.6	32.8
2030	30.5	33
2031	30.4	33.2
2032	30.2	33.4
2033	30.1	33.6
2034	30.1	33.8
2035	30	34
2036	30.1	34.2
2037	30.2	34.4
2038	30.3	34.6
2039	30.4	34.8
2040	30.6	35
2041	30.7	35.2
2042	30.9	35.4
2043	31	35.6
2044	31.2	35.8
2045	31.3	36
2046	31.5	36.2
2047	31.7	36.4
2048	31.8	36.6
2049	32	36.8
2050	32.2	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Kazakhstan was 23.2 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 30.5 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 53rd for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Kazakhstan ranks 99th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Kazakhstan is expected to increase to around 32.2 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Kazakhstan demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Kazakhstan
	Male	Female
0-4	5.27%	4.99%
5-9	5.01%	4.84%
10-14	4.73%	4.54%
15-19	3.97%	3.79%
20-24	3.02%	2.9%
25-29	3.12%	3.02%
30-34	3.8%	3.71%
35-39	3.86%	3.81%
40-44	3.25%	3.31%
45-49	2.8%	3%
50-54	2.48%	2.78%
55-59	2.22%	2.61%
60-64	2.03%	2.49%
65-69	1.53%	2.17%
70-74	0.9%	1.49%
75-79	0.41%	0.84%
80+	0.32%	0.99%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Kazakhstan has low demographic potential with 56.7% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 99/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Kazakhstan			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	73.9%	64.7%	9.15%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	75.9%	66.9%	8.98%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	76.5%	67.7%	8.75%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	76.4%	67.9%	8.52%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	75.9%	67.5%	8.34%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	74.9%	66.7%	8.2%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	73.8%	65.7%	8.1%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	72.6%	64.6%	8.06%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	71.4%	63.4%	8.04%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	70.2%	62.2%	8.04%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	69.1%	61%	8.05%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	67.9%	59.8%	8.04%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	66.6%	58.6%	8.02%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	65.3%	57.3%	8%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	64%	56%	8.01%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	62.8%	54.8%	8.04%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	62.2%	54%	8.27%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	62.3%	53.7%	8.67%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	62.3%	53.3%	9.02%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	64.9%	54.2%	10.7%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	67.1%	55.1%	12%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	66.3%	54.5%	11.7%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	65.5%	54.1%	11.4%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	64.9%	53.8%	11.1%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	64.4%	53.6%	10.8%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	64.1%	53.6%	10.6%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	63.4%	53.2%	10.2%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	62.1%	52.4%	9.64%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	60.8%	51.6%	9.23%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	60.1%	51%	9.08%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	59.9%	50.7%	9.17%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	59.7%	50.4%	9.33%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	59.6%	50.1%	9.58%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	59.5%	49.6%	9.87%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	59.3%	49.1%	10.2%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	58.9%	48.4%	10.4%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	58.1%	47.5%	10.5%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	57%	46.4%	10.5%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	55.5%	45.1%	10.4%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	53.9%	43.6%	10.3%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	52.3%	42.1%	10.2%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	50.9%	40.6%	10.3%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	49.7%	39.2%	10.5%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	48.8%	38.1%	10.7%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	48.1%	37.2%	10.9%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	47.7%	36.7%	11%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	47.4%	36.3%	11%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	47.1%	36.3%	10.8%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	46.9%	36.5%	10.4%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	46.8%	36.9%	9.91%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	46.8%	37.2%	9.55%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	47.3%	37.9%	9.4%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	48.3%	38.8%	9.46%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	49.5%	39.9%	9.66%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	51%	41%	9.96%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	52.5%	42.2%	10.3%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	54%	43.3%	10.7%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	55.4%	44.3%	11.1%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	56.5%	45.1%	11.4%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	57.5%	45.7%	11.8%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	58.4%	46.3%	12.1%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	59.4%	47%	12.4%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	60.3%	47.5%	12.8%	54%	39%	15%
2023	60.9%	47.5%	13.4%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	61.4%	47.4%	14%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Kazakhstan increased from 48.1% to 61.4% between 2004 and 2024 with a increased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Kazakhstan working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Kazakhstan	World
1960	57.5%	57.6%
1961	56.9%	57.5%
1962	56.7%	57.4%
1963	56.7%	57.2%
1964	56.9%	57%
1965	57.2%	56.9%
1966	57.5%	56.8%
1967	57.9%	56.9%
1968	58.3%	56.9%
1969	58.7%	56.9%
1970	59.2%	57%
1971	59.6%	57.1%
1972	60%	57.2%
1973	60.5%	57.3%
1974	61%	57.3%
1975	61.4%	57.4%
1976	61.6%	57.5%
1977	61.6%	57.7%
1978	61.6%	58%
1979	60.6%	58.4%
1980	59.8%	58.7%
1981	60.1%	59%
1982	60.4%	59.3%
1983	60.6%	59.6%
1984	60.8%	59.9%
1985	60.9%	60.1%
1986	61.2%	60.4%
1987	61.7%	60.5%
1988	62.2%	60.7%
1989	62.5%	60.8%
1990	62.5%	60.9%
1991	62.6%	61%
1992	62.6%	61.1%
1993	62.7%	61.2%
1994	62.8%	61.3%
1995	62.9%	61.5%
1996	63.3%	61.7%
1997	63.7%	61.9%
1998	64.3%	62.2%
1999	65%	62.5%
2000	65.7%	62.8%
2001	66.3%	63.1%
2002	66.8%	63.4%
2003	67.2%	63.7%
2004	67.5%	64%
2005	67.7%	64.3%
2006	67.9%	64.5%
2007	68%	64.7%
2008	68.1%	64.9%
2009	68.1%	65%
2010	68.1%	65.1%
2011	67.9%	65.2%
2012	67.4%	65.2%
2013	66.9%	65.2%
2014	66.2%	65.2%
2015	65.6%	65.1%
2016	64.9%	65.1%
2017	64.3%	65%
2018	63.9%	64.9%
2019	63.5%	64.9%
2020	63.1%	64.8%
2021	62.7%	64.9%
2022	62.4%	64.9%
2023	62.2%	65%
2024	62%	65.1%
2025	61.9%	65.2%
2026	61.8%	65.3%
2027	61.8%	65.4%
2028	61.8%	65.4%
2029	61.9%	65.4%
2030	62%	65.4%
2031	62.1%	65.4%
2032	62.2%	65.4%
2033	62.4%	65.4%
2034	62.5%	65.3%
2035	62.7%	65.2%
2036	62.9%	65%
2037	63.1%	64.9%
2038	63.1%	64.7%
2039	63.1%	64.6%
2040	63.1%	64.5%
2041	63%	64.4%
2042	62.9%	64.3%
2043	62.7%	64.2%
2044	62.6%	64.1%
2045	62.4%	63.9%
2046	62.2%	63.8%
2047	62.1%	63.7%
2048	61.9%	63.6%
2049	61.7%	63.4%
2050	61.5%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Kazakhstan changed from 67.5% to 62% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	World
1960	37.2%	37.4%
1961	38%	37.5%
1962	38.4%	37.6%
1963	38.5%	37.8%
1964	38.4%	38%
1965	38.1%	38%
1966	37.8%	38%
1967	37.4%	38%
1968	37%	37.9%
1969	36.5%	37.8%
1970	36.1%	37.7%
1971	35.6%	37.6%
1972	35.2%	37.5%
1973	34.7%	37.3%
1974	34.1%	37.2%
1975	33.6%	37.1%
1976	33.3%	36.9%
1977	33.1%	36.7%
1978	32.8%	36.3%
1979	32.9%	35.9%
1980	33%	35.5%
1981	32.8%	35.2%
1982	32.7%	34.9%
1983	32.6%	34.6%
1984	32.6%	34.3%
1985	32.6%	34%
1986	32.6%	33.8%
1987	32.4%	33.6%
1988	32.1%	33.4%
1989	31.9%	33.2%
1990	31.7%	33%
1991	31.6%	32.9%
1992	31.4%	32.7%
1993	31.1%	32.5%
1994	30.8%	32.3%
1995	30.5%	32.1%
1996	30.1%	31.8%
1997	29.6%	31.5%
1998	29%	31.1%
1999	28.3%	30.8%
2000	27.6%	30.4%
2001	26.9%	30%
2002	26.2%	29.6%
2003	25.6%	29.2%
2004	25.1%	28.8%
2005	24.8%	28.5%
2006	24.7%	28.1%
2007	24.7%	27.9%
2008	24.9%	27.6%
2009	25.1%	27.5%
2010	25.4%	27.3%
2011	25.7%	27.1%
2012	26.2%	27%
2013	26.7%	26.9%
2014	27.2%	26.8%
2015	27.7%	26.6%
2016	28.1%	26.5%
2017	28.5%	26.4%
2018	28.8%	26.2%
2019	29%	26%
2020	29.2%	25.8%
2021	29.5%	25.6%
2022	29.6%	25.3%
2023	29.5%	25%
2024	29.4%	24.7%
2025	29.1%	24.4%
2026	28.9%	24.1%
2027	28.5%	23.8%
2028	28.2%	23.4%
2029	27.9%	23.1%
2030	27.5%	22.8%
2031	27.1%	22.6%
2032	26.8%	22.3%
2033	26.5%	22.1%
2034	26.1%	21.9%
2035	25.8%	21.7%
2036	25.4%	21.6%
2037	25%	21.5%
2038	24.8%	21.4%
2039	24.7%	21.3%
2040	24.6%	21.2%
2041	24.5%	21.1%
2042	24.5%	21%
2043	24.6%	21%
2044	24.6%	20.9%
2045	24.6%	20.8%
2046	24.7%	20.7%
2047	24.7%	20.7%
2048	24.7%	20.6%
2049	24.7%	20.5%
2050	24.7%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Kazakhstan increased from 25.1% to 29.4% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Kazakhstan	World
1960	5.27%	4.97%
1961	5.1%	4.99%
1962	4.96%	5.01%
1963	4.83%	5.02%
1964	4.74%	5.04%
1965	4.69%	5.08%
1966	4.66%	5.12%
1967	4.67%	5.16%
1968	4.69%	5.2%
1969	4.73%	5.24%
1970	4.76%	5.28%
1971	4.79%	5.32%
1972	4.81%	5.37%
1973	4.84%	5.42%
1974	4.88%	5.47%
1975	4.94%	5.53%
1976	5.1%	5.59%
1977	5.34%	5.65%
1978	5.56%	5.71%
1979	6.46%	5.77%
1980	7.2%	5.81%
1981	7.07%	5.81%
1982	6.91%	5.8%
1983	6.75%	5.79%
1984	6.59%	5.8%
1985	6.44%	5.82%
1986	6.22%	5.86%
1987	5.95%	5.91%
1988	5.74%	5.95%
1989	5.67%	6.01%
1990	5.74%	6.07%
1991	5.84%	6.14%
1992	6%	6.21%
1993	6.19%	6.29%
1994	6.39%	6.37%
1995	6.56%	6.45%
1996	6.67%	6.53%
1997	6.71%	6.61%
1998	6.7%	6.68%
1999	6.67%	6.76%
2000	6.69%	6.84%
2001	6.81%	6.92%
2002	7%	7.01%
2003	7.22%	7.1%
2004	7.38%	7.18%
2005	7.47%	7.26%
2006	7.48%	7.34%
2007	7.35%	7.41%
2008	7.08%	7.47%
2009	6.75%	7.52%
2010	6.5%	7.58%
2011	6.38%	7.66%
2012	6.38%	7.78%
2013	6.46%	7.92%
2014	6.6%	8.08%
2015	6.76%	8.26%
2016	6.94%	8.45%
2017	7.12%	8.65%
2018	7.3%	8.88%
2019	7.48%	9.1%
2020	7.65%	9.33%
2021	7.78%	9.53%
2022	7.99%	9.74%
2023	8.31%	9.98%
2024	8.65%	10.2%
2025	9%	10.4%
2026	9.34%	10.6%
2027	9.66%	10.8%
2028	9.96%	11.1%
2029	10.2%	11.5%
2030	10.5%	11.7%
2031	10.8%	12%
2032	11%	12.3%
2033	11.2%	12.6%
2034	11.4%	12.8%
2035	11.5%	13.1%
2036	11.7%	13.4%
2037	11.9%	13.7%
2038	12%	13.9%
2039	12.2%	14.1%
2040	12.3%	14.3%
2041	12.5%	14.5%
2042	12.6%	14.7%
2043	12.7%	14.9%
2044	12.8%	15%
2045	13%	15.2%
2046	13.1%	15.4%
2047	13.2%	15.7%
2048	13.4%	15.9%
2049	13.6%	16.1%
2050	13.8%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Kazakhstan increased from 7.38% to 8.65% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.