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Kazakhstan
presidential republic
<p>Ethnic Kazakhs derive from a mix of Turkic nomadic tribes that migrated to the region in the 15th century. The Russian Empire conquered the Kazakh steppe in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1925. Forced agricultural collectivization led to repression and starvation, resulting in more than a million deaths in the early 1930s.
Profile
CapitalAstana
Population20.4M
GDP$739.4B
Area2,724,900 km²
LanguageKazakh (official, Qazaq) 80.1%, Russian 83.7%, English 35.1% (2021 est.)
Currencytenge (KZT) per US dollar -
Leadership
Head of State
Qasym-Jomart Toqaev
Since 2019
Head of Government
Älihan Smaiylov
Since 2022
At a Glance
Population
20.4M
GDP (PPP)
$739B
