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The People of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstani People

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Population: 15,399,437 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 21.8% (male 1,717,469/female 1,643,920) 15-64 years: 70.2% (male 5,279,292/female 5,534,607) 65 years and over: 7.9% (male 426,494/female 797,655) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 29.6 years male: 28.1 years female: 31.3 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.392% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 9.39 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.54 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 25.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 67.87 years male: 62.58 years female: 73.47 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.88 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 12,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Kazakhstani(s) adjective: Kazakhstani

Ethnic groups: Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.7%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9% (1999 census)

Religions: Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%

Languages: Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.8% female: 99.3% (1999 est.)