The latest officially reported population of Kazakhstan was 20,592,571 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kazakhstan's population is 21,036,432 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.
Population statistics:
- The United Kingdom's population is 3.32 times bigger than Kazakhstan's.
- Kazakhstan is ranked the 65th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
- The countries together account for 1.1% of the world: 0.25% for Kazakhstan vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
- For the last 10 years, Kazakhstan has had an average growth rate of +1.46% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
- Since 2005, the population of Kazakhstan has increased from 16M people to 21M (31.7% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
- Kazakhstan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 33.7M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.
Kazakhstan vs United Kingdom: live population counter
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| Current population |
21036432
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69945462
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| Population rank | 65/197 | 22/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.25% | 0.85% |
| One net population change |
2 minutes
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43 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.28 minutes
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45.9 seconds
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| One death every |
3.85 minutes
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48.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.19 hours
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1.26 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,368 | +417,114 |
| Daily growth/decline | +719 | +2,011 |
| Annual growth/decline | +262,467 | +734,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.29% | +1.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 84/197 | 99/197 |
Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,429,981 | 52,400,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,742,085 | 52,800,000 | 3.31% | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 10,058,928 | 53,250,000 | 3.25% | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 10,377,466 | 53,650,000 | 3.17% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 10,690,309 | 54,000,000 | 3.01% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 10,993,183 | 54,348,050 | 2.83% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 11,288,989 | 54,648,500 | 2.69% | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 11,584,428 | 54,943,600 | 2.62% | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 11,879,182 | 55,211,700 | 2.54% | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 12,156,212 | 55,441,750 | 2.33% | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 12,419,057 | 55,663,250 | 2.16% | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 12,684,813 | 55,896,223 | 2.14% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 12,951,798 | 56,086,065 | 2.1% | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 13,208,121 | 56,194,527 | 1.98% | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 13,454,570 | 56,229,974 | 1.87% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 13,700,843 | 56,225,800 | 1.83% | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 13,998,738 | 56,211,968 | 2.17% | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 14,353,265 | 56,193,492 | 2.53% | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 14,711,497 | 56,196,504 | 2.5% | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 14,978,696 | 56,246,951 | 1.82% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 15,152,949 | 56,314,216 | 1.16% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 15,323,082 | 56,333,829 | 1.12% | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 15,492,595 | 56,313,641 | 1.11% | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 15,665,551 | 56,332,848 | 1.12% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 15,844,621 | 56,422,072 | 1.14% | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 16,031,090 | 56,550,268 | 1.18% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 16,262,702 | 56,681,396 | 1.44% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 16,527,715 | 56,802,050 | 1.63% | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 16,781,168 | 56,928,327 | 1.53% | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 16,997,013 | 57,076,711 | 1.29% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 17,154,054 | 57,247,586 | 0.92% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 17,278,600 | 57,424,897 | 0.73% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 17,332,625 | 57,580,402 | 0.31% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 17,274,487 | 57,718,614 | -0.34% | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 17,043,771 | 57,865,745 | -1.34% | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 16,730,536 | 58,019,030 | -1.84% | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 16,416,027 | 58,166,950 | -1.88% | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 16,043,251 | 58,316,954 | -2.27% | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 15,647,785 | 58,487,141 | -2.46% | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 15,455,874 | 58,682,466 | -1.23% | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 15,501,103 | 58,892,514 | 0.29% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 15,575,550 | 59,119,673 | 0.48% | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 15,656,677 | 59,370,479 | 0.52% | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 15,747,380 | 59,647,577 | 0.58% | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 15,850,159 | 59,987,905 | 0.65% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 15,968,117 | 60,401,206 | 0.74% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 16,103,716 | 60,846,820 | 0.85% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 16,257,214 | 61,322,463 | 0.95% | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 16,426,525 | 61,806,995 | 1.04% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 16,619,846 | 62,276,270 | 1.18% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 16,836,810 | 62,766,365 | 1.31% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 17,066,002 | 63,258,810 | 1.36% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 17,306,106 | 63,711,000 | 1.41% | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 17,556,502 | 64,139,000 | 1.45% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 17,816,285 | 64,620,000 | 1.48% | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 18,084,169 | 65,088,000 | 1.5% | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 18,363,600 | 65,607,000 | 1.55% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 18,651,931 | 65,966,000 | 1.57% | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 18,932,727 | 66,289,000 | 1.51% | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 19,209,555 | 66,631,000 | 1.46% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 19,482,117 | 66,744,000 | 1.42% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 19,743,603 | 66,984,000 | 1.34% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 20,034,609 | 67,604,000 | 1.47% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 20,330,104 | 68,492,000 | 1.47% | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 20,592,571 | 69,226,000 | 1.29% | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 20,843,753 | 69,639,673 | 1.22% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 21,083,619 | 70,020,350 | 1.15% | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 21,316,177 | 70,382,853 | 1.1% | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 21,547,638 | 70,732,699 | 1.09% | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 21,777,008 | 71,061,482 | 1.06% | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 22,003,192 | 71,377,535 | 1.04% | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 22,227,045 | 71,678,351 | 1.02% | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 22,452,639 | 71,959,934 | 1.01% | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 22,679,377 | 72,234,509 | 1.01% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 22,903,209 | 72,497,650 | 0.99% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 23,125,951 | 72,749,096 | 0.97% | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 23,349,072 | 72,990,847 | 0.96% | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 23,571,233 | 73,218,850 | 0.95% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 23,793,387 | 73,441,349 | 0.94% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 24,017,887 | 73,658,392 | 0.94% | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 24,246,822 | 73,868,334 | 0.95% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 24,477,612 | 74,074,316 | 0.95% | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 24,707,974 | 74,275,779 | 0.94% | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 24,941,020 | 74,475,035 | 0.94% | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 25,175,225 | 74,667,284 | 0.94% | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 25,409,749 | 74,848,605 | 0.93% | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 25,642,870 | 75,020,949 | 0.92% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 25,875,743 | 75,184,478 | 0.91% | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 26,106,834 | 75,337,543 | 0.89% | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 26,328,898 | 75,476,141 | 0.85% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 26,544,261 | 75,600,588 | 0.82% | 0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kazakhstan increased by 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kazakhstan gained 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).
Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd most populous country in 2005 and is 65th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kazakhstan's population will grow by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people with a rank change from 65th to 64th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Almaty | 2.23M |
| Shymkent | 1.19M |
| Nur-Sultan | 1.08M |
| Karaganda | 516K |
| Taraz | 418K |
| Aktobe | 388K |
| Semey | 350K |
| Pavlodar | 333K |
| Oskemen | 333K |
| Atyrau | 295K |
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| City | Population |
| London | 8.8M |
| Birmingham | 1.14M |
| Glasgow | 626K |
| Manchester | 548K |
| Leeds | 536K |
| Sheffield | 518K |
| Liverpool | 513K |
| Edinburgh | 488K |
| Bristol | 472K |
| Leicester | 464K |
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Population differences between Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom
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| Life expectancy | 74.7 years | 81.6 years |
| Average age | 32 years | 41.4 years |
| Median age | 30.5 years | 41 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 3.01 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 19.8 ppl/mi² | 741 ppl/mi² |
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