Kazakhstan
Central Asia
General matters
Republic of Kazakhstan (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Capital: Astana's '97/December Capital / About 1.33 million people ('22.August))
Population: 196.4 million ('22. August)
Area: 2,724,900㎢
Languages: Kazakh (official language), Russian (common)
Religion: Islam (73%), Russian Orthodox (20%), Protestant (2%), others (5%)
Ethnicities: Kazakhs (70.35%), Russians (15.54%), Uzbeks (3.20%), Ukrainians (2.02%), Uighurs (1.51%), Germans (1.18%), Tatar (1.14%), Azerbaijan (0.76%), Koryoin (0.02).62%) etc
Climate: High Temperature Dry Continental Climate
Politics
Form of Government: Presidential System (7 years in office)
a key figure
President: Tokayev (Kassym-Jomart Tokayev)
Senate President: Maureen Ashimbayev
Speaker of the House: Yerlan Koshanov
Prime Minister: Alikhan Smailov
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mukhtar Tileuberdi - Deputy Prime Minister
Congressional composition: Congress composition (156 seats in total)
Senate: 49 seats
House of Representatives: 107 seats
Major political parties: Amanat Party, Akzol Party, People's Party, etc
*Enrollment in international organizations
Economy
GDP: $170.1 billion ('21,WB)
GDP per capita: $10,374 ('21, National Statistical Office)
Economic growth rate: 4.1% ('21, National Statistical Office)
Currency Unit: Tenge / (US$1 ≒460.8 Tenge) ('22)
Trade: $134.55 billion ('22, central bank, estimated)
Export value: $84.84 billion
Revenue: $49.77 billion
Inflation: 20.3% ('22, National Statistical Office)
Key Resources:
* Key Resources ('21 BP and '18 USGS, Kazakh Invest)
- Crude oil and gas (confirmed reserves, world ranking): Crude oil (30 billion barrels, 12th),
Gas (2.3 trillion㎥, 16th place)
- Mineral presence status (world ranking): uranium (2nd), zinc (6th),
Coal (No. 8)) , Copper (10th), Iron Ore (11th) and others