| Population :
| 15,143,704 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 24,40%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 1 884 369.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 1 807 585.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 68%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 5 028 455.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 5 268 726.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 7,60%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 404 940.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 749 629.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 28.3 years .
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| Median age male :
| 26.6 years .
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| Median age female :
| 30 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.26% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 15.52 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 9.59 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -3.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.06 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.95 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.54 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 35.24 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 25.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 66.07 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 60.72 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 71.73 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 1.9 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 0.1% (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 6,000 (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| less than 300 (2001 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Kazakhstani(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Kazakhstani .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Uygur 1.4%, other 6.6% (1999 census) .
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| Religions :
| Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7% .
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| Languages :
| Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 98,40%.
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| Literacy male :
| 99,10%.
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| Literacy female :
| 97.7% (1999 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic .
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| Independence :
| 16 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union) .
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| National holiday :
| Republic Day, 25 October (1990) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Kazakhstan, the largest of the former Soviet republics in territory, excluding Russia, possesses enormous fossil fuel reserves as well as plentiful supplies of other minerals and metals. It also is a large agricultural - livestock and grain - producer. Ka.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 26% (2001 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 20%, industry 30%, services 50% (2002 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock .
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| Industries :
| oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials .
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| Exports commodities :
| oil and oil products 58%, ferrous metals 24%, chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001) .
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| Exports partners :
| Bermuda 16.8%, Russia 15.5%, China 10.3%, Germany 9.4%, Switzerland 6.3% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Republic Day, 25 October (1990) .
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| Imports partners :
| Republic Day, 25 October (1990) .
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| Internet users :
| 250,000 (2002) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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