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General information

Kazakhstan is situated in Central Asia, bordering with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and streches 1 600 km from north to south and over 2 800 km from west to east.

The territory of Kazakhstan is 2,7 mln. sq. km. Kazakhstan is the world's 9th largest country. Total border length is 12 187 km.

The climate is continental. The average temperature in january is -19 to -4 degrees Celsius, and in july +19 to +26 degrees Celsius.

The population of Kazakhstan is 14 869 100 (as of january 2001). The average population density - 5,5 per sq. km.

Over 100 nationalities comprise the populace of Kazakhstan. Approximately 51% of the population are Kazakh, 32% Russian, 5% Ukrainian, and German, Uzbek and Tatar are 2% each.

The official language is Kazakh.

National holidays:
16 december Independence Day

State holidays:
1-2 january New Year
8 march International Women's Day
22 march Nauryz Meyramy
1 may Unity Day
9 may Victory Day
30 august Constitution Day
25 october Republic Day


Administrative units:

Oblasts (regions):
  • Akmolinskaya

  • Aktjubinskaya

  • Almatinskaya

  • Atyrauskaya

  • Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaja

  • Zhambylskaja

  • Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaja

  • Karagandinskaya

  • Kostanajskaya

  • Kyzylordinskaya

  • Mangistauskaya

  • Pavlodarskaya

  • Severo-Kazakhstanskaya

  • Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya


    • Cities:
  • Astana

  • Almaty


    • Economic indicators:

    National currency is tenge, introduced on 15 november 1993.
    1 tenge = 100 tiyns.

    Gross domestic product (bln. tenge)*
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    1 014 1 416 1 672 1 733 2 016 2 600 3 251 3 747

    GDP (mln. US dollars - official rate)*
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    16 645 21 041 22 172 22 139 16 854 18 292 22 154 24 447

    GDP per capita (mln. US dollars - official rate)*
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    1 052,4 1 350,7 1 445,9 1 468,8 1 129,1 1 230,2 1 493,7 1 645,8

    Consumer price index (percent)*
    at the end of period to December of previous year
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    160,3 128,7 111,2 101,9 117,8 109,8 106,4 106,6

    Investment in fixed capital (bln. tenge)*
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    148,6 119,0 139,8 263,9 368,9 595,7 943,4 1 010

    Foreign direct investment (mln. US dollars)**
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    984,3 1 673,7 2 106,9 1 232,8 1 852,1 2 781,2 4 556,2 4 098,7


    State budget revenue (% of GDP)***
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    21,6 17,2 16,7 17,9 19,8 23,0 23,0 21,7

    State budget expenditure (% of GDP)***
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    25,7 19,8 20,4 21,8 23,2 23,1 23,4 22,1

    State budget deficit (-) / surplus (+)
    (% of GDP)***
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    -4,0 -2,6 -3,7 -3,9 -3,5 -0,1 -0,4 -0,3

    National Fund (at the end of period, mln. US dollars)**
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    - - - - - - 1 240,4 1 917,3


    Export (FOB, mln. US dollars)**
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    5 440 6 292 6 899 5 871 5 989 9 288 8 928 10 028

    Import (FOB, mln. US dollars)**
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    5 326 6 627 7 176 6 672 5 648 6 848 7 607 7 726

    Exchange rate (tenge per 1 US dollar)*
    1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
    60,93 67,29 75,42 78,29 119,64 142,14 146,73 153,28


    * - data of Statistics Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
    ** - data of National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
    *** - data of Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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