Population in Kazakhstan compared to Russia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kazakhstan and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kazakhstan	Russia	Kazakhstan	Russia
1960	9,429,981	119,897,000	-	-
1961	9,742,085	121,236,000	3.31%	1.12%
1962	10,058,928	122,591,000	3.25%	1.12%
1963	10,377,466	123,960,000	3.17%	1.12%
1964	10,690,309	125,345,000	3.01%	1.12%
1965	10,993,183	126,745,000	2.83%	1.12%
1966	11,288,989	127,468,000	2.69%	0.57%
1967	11,584,428	128,196,000	2.62%	0.57%
1968	11,879,182	128,928,000	2.54%	0.57%
1969	12,156,212	129,664,000	2.33%	0.57%
1970	12,419,057	130,404,000	2.16%	0.57%
1971	12,684,813	131,155,000	2.14%	0.58%
1972	12,951,798	131,909,000	2.1%	0.57%
1973	13,208,121	132,669,000	1.98%	0.58%
1974	13,454,570	133,432,000	1.87%	0.58%
1975	13,700,843	134,200,000	1.83%	0.58%
1976	13,998,738	135,147,000	2.17%	0.71%
1977	14,353,265	136,100,000	2.53%	0.71%
1978	14,711,497	137,060,000	2.5%	0.71%
1979	14,978,696	138,027,000	1.82%	0.71%
1980	15,152,949	139,010,000	1.16%	0.71%
1981	15,323,082	139,941,000	1.12%	0.67%
1982	15,492,595	140,823,000	1.11%	0.63%
1983	15,665,551	141,668,000	1.12%	0.6%
1984	15,844,621	142,745,000	1.14%	0.76%
1985	16,031,090	143,858,000	1.18%	0.78%
1986	16,262,702	144,894,000	1.44%	0.72%
1987	16,527,715	145,908,000	1.63%	0.7%
1988	16,781,168	146,857,000	1.53%	0.65%
1989	16,997,013	147,721,000	1.29%	0.59%
1990	17,154,054	147,969,406	0.92%	0.17%
1991	17,278,600	148,394,216	0.73%	0.29%
1992	17,332,625	148,538,197	0.31%	0.1%
1993	17,274,487	148,458,777	-0.34%	-0.05%
1994	17,043,771	148,407,912	-1.34%	-0.03%
1995	16,730,536	148,375,787	-1.84%	-0.02%
1996	16,416,027	148,160,129	-1.88%	-0.15%
1997	16,043,251	147,915,361	-2.27%	-0.17%
1998	15,647,785	147,670,784	-2.46%	-0.17%
1999	15,455,874	147,214,776	-1.23%	-0.31%
2000	15,501,103	146,596,869	0.29%	-0.42%
2001	15,575,550	145,976,482	0.48%	-0.42%
2002	15,656,677	145,306,497	0.52%	-0.46%
2003	15,747,380	144,648,618	0.58%	-0.45%
2004	15,850,159	144,067,316	0.65%	-0.4%
2005	15,968,117	143,518,814	0.74%	-0.38%
2006	16,103,716	143,049,637	0.85%	-0.33%
2007	16,257,214	142,805,114	0.95%	-0.17%
2008	16,426,525	142,742,366	1.04%	-0.04%
2009	16,619,846	142,785,348	1.18%	0.03%
2010	16,836,810	142,849,468	1.31%	0.04%
2011	17,066,002	143,018,195	1.36%	0.12%
2012	17,306,106	143,378,447	1.41%	0.25%
2013	17,556,502	143,805,638	1.45%	0.3%
2014	17,816,285	144,237,223	1.48%	0.3%
2015	18,084,169	144,640,716	1.5%	0.28%
2016	18,363,600	145,015,460	1.55%	0.26%
2017	18,651,931	145,293,260	1.57%	0.19%
2018	18,932,727	145,398,106	1.51%	0.07%
2019	19,209,555	145,453,291	1.46%	0.04%
2020	19,482,117	145,245,148	1.42%	-0.14%
2021	19,743,603	144,746,762	1.34%	-0.34%
2022	20,034,609	144,236,933	1.47%	-0.35%
2023	20,330,104	143,826,130	1.47%	-0.28%
2024	20,592,571	143,533,851	1.29%	-0.2%
2025	20,843,753	142,718,132	1.22%	-0.57%
2026	21,083,619	142,120,553	1.15%	-0.42%
2027	21,316,177	141,773,330	1.1%	-0.24%
2028	21,547,638	141,402,326	1.09%	-0.26%
2029	21,777,008	141,021,009	1.06%	-0.27%
2030	22,003,192	140,628,883	1.04%	-0.28%
2031	22,227,045	140,218,596	1.02%	-0.29%
2032	22,452,639	139,807,207	1.01%	-0.29%
2033	22,679,377	139,414,947	1.01%	-0.28%
2034	22,903,209	139,034,543	0.99%	-0.27%
2035	23,125,951	138,666,694	0.97%	-0.26%
2036	23,349,072	138,311,757	0.96%	-0.26%
2037	23,571,233	137,968,177	0.95%	-0.25%
2038	23,793,387	137,643,032	0.94%	-0.24%
2039	24,017,887	137,336,299	0.94%	-0.22%
2040	24,246,822	137,053,347	0.95%	-0.21%
2041	24,477,612	136,795,588	0.95%	-0.19%
2042	24,707,974	136,558,692	0.94%	-0.17%
2043	24,941,020	136,335,849	0.94%	-0.16%
2044	25,175,225	136,124,845	0.94%	-0.15%
2045	25,409,749	135,933,758	0.93%	-0.14%
2046	25,642,870	135,756,848	0.92%	-0.13%
2047	25,875,743	135,574,181	0.91%	-0.13%
2048	26,106,834	135,372,557	0.89%	-0.15%
2049	26,328,898	135,156,911	0.85%	-0.16%
2050	26,544,261	134,923,391	0.82%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,259,884 people (a 14% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kazakhstan gained 2,722,560 (a 14.8% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2006 and is 65th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 25.9% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.