The share of the urban population rose by 0.8 percentage points of the total population up to a record high urbanization rate of 63% since 2000
According to the National Statistics Bureau estimates, the rural population’s migration balance (arrived minus those who left) in Kazakhstan made 111,400 people in 2024 for the first time since 2000, in other words since records began, Kazinform News Agency reports.
To note, the rural population’s migration balance fell below zero in all regions but for Almaty and Atyrau regions with 7,600 and 275 correspondingly. Thereat, the most densely populated region of Kazakhstan, Turkistan, plays a crucial role in forming the broad indicator. Its share stands at 26% (- 29,200 people).
The natural increase failed to compensate for the negative migration balance: the balance between death rates and birth rates reached 96,800 people. Thus, migration and natural population changes led to the country’s rural population decline by 14,600 compared to the previous year and an increase in urban population by 266,800. Finally, the share of the urban population rose by 0.8 percentage points of the total population up to a record high urbanization rate of 63% since 2000.
It is worth reminding Kazakhstan’s population stood at 20,286,084 as of January 1, 2025, according to figures released by the National Statistics Bureau on Monday.
Collage credit: Kazinform.
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