Kazakstan

Facts

Population:  16,731,303 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  26.73% (male 2,271,866; female 2,200,078) 15-64 years:  66.03% (male 5,358,535; female 5,688,550) 65 years and over:  7.24% (male 412,761; female 799,513) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.03% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  17.3 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  10.61 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -6.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.52 male(s)/female total population:  0.93 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  59.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  63.29 years male:  57.87 years female:  68.97 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.04% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  3,500 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Kazakhstani(s) adjective:  Kazakhstani
Ethnic groups:  Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Uighur 1.4%, other 6.6% (1999 census)
Religions:  Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Languages:  Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 40%, Russian (official, used in everyday business) 66%
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  98% male:  99% female:  96% (1989 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $85.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  10.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  10% industry:  30% services:  60% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  35% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  2.7% highest 10%:  26.3% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  13.4% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  8.8 million (1997)
Labor force - by occupation:  industry 27%, agriculture 23%, services 50% (1996)
Unemployment rate:  13.7% (1998 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $3.1 billion expenditures:  $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:  oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel, nonferrous metal, tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials
Industrial production growth rate:  14.9% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  44.36 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  87.12% hydro:  12.65% nuclear:  0.23% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  44.132 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  200 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  3.077 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; wool, livestock
Exports:  $8.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  oil 40%, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery, chemicals, grain, wool, meat, coal
Exports - partners:  EU 23%, Russia 20%, China 8% (1999)
Imports:  $6.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and parts, industrial materials, oil and gas, vehicles
Imports - partners:  Russia 37%, US, Uzbekistan, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ukraine, South Korea (1999)
Debt - external:  $12.5 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $409.6 million (1995)
Currency:  tenge (KZT)
Currency code:  KZT
Exchange rates:  tenge per US dollar - 145.09 (January 2001), 142.13 (2000), 119.52 (1999), 78.30 (1998), 75.44 (1997), 67.30 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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