Demographic situation for January-February 2021

The population of the country as of March 1, 2021 amounted to 18 917.2 thousand people, including urban – 11 187.2 thousand people (59.1%), rural – 7 730.0 thousand people (40.9%). Compared to March 1, 2020 the population increased by 245.3 thousand people or 1.3%.

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Natural increase

Natural population increase of the republic in January-February 2021 compared to January-February 2021 increased by 0.2% and amounted to 42.1 thousand people. Natural population increase rate amounted to 13.71 people per 1000 population.

As a result of processing the information contained in the СIVIL status provided by civil register offices, in January-February 2021 the number of births amounted to 65.7 thousand people, which is 1.6% more than in January-February 2020 (64.7 thousand people). Crude birth rate amounted to 21.41 births per 1000 population.

In the period under review the number of deaths amounted to 23.7 thousand people, which is 4,2% more than in January-February 2020 (22.7 thousand people). Crude death rate amounted to 7.70 births per 1000 population.

In January-February 2021, 517 infant deaths under one year of age were registered in the republic. Compared to January-February 2020 (583 infant deaths) decreased by 11.3%. Infant mortality rate amounted to 7.86 per 1000 live births.

Population migration

As a result of processing the information provided by migration authorities, in January-February 2021, 1 398 immigrants were registered in the country, number of emigrants amounted to 3 422 people, net-migration -2 024 people.

The main migration exchange of the country takes place with the CIS countries. The share of immigrants and emigrants to and from CIS countries amounted to 83.4% and 82.8% of the total number of migrants.

The number of internal migrants decreased by 19.7%. In terms of interregional migration, a positive net-migration was formed in 4 regions of the country: Almaty (5 834 people), Shymkent (4 842 people), Nur-Sultan (4 516 people) cities and Mangystay oblast (216 people).

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