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title: "Kazakhstan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Kazakhstan: capital Astana, area 2,724,900 km², population 20,843,754 (2025), currency Kazakhstani tenge. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/kazakhstan/
site: "At One Place"
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# Kazakhstan

**Kazakhstan: Capital Astana**

2,724,900 km² · 20,843,754 people (2025) · Kazakhstani tenge

The largest landlocked country in the world, roughly the size of Western Europe, and the ninth largest overall. The steppe running across it is the largest dry steppe region on Earth. The Aral Sea, once the fourth-largest lake in the world, has lost most of its volume since the 1960s.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Astana
- **Largest city:** Almaty
- **Area:** 2,724,900 km² — 1,052,089 sq mi
- **Population:** 20,843,754 (2025)
- **Density:** 7.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Kazakhstani tenge (KZT, ₸)
- **Official languages:** Kazakh, Russian
- **Time zone:** UTC+05:00
- **Calling code:** +7
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** KZ · KAZ
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 9 of 200
- **By population:** 65 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 3,287,263 | 1,463,865,525 |
| Argentina | 2,780,400 | 45,851,378 |
| Kazakhstan ← | 2,724,900 | 20,843,754 |
| Algeria | 2,381,740 | 47,435,312 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 | 112,832,473 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

Astana

### What currency does Kazakhstan use?

The Kazakhstani tenge (KZT).

### How big is Kazakhstan?

2,724,900 km², or 1,052,089 square miles — 9 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Kazakhstan drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Algeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/algeria/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]