UN Population Fund views Kazakhstan as regional hub
Kazakhstan is becoming a regional hub and we have to see how Kazakhstan grows, develops and renders support to the neighboring countries in this region: UNFPA head.
Two-thirds of Australians overweight: study
Two-thirds of Australia's adult population are overweight or obese, a key study found Monday, with rates continuing to climb despite a drop in smoking and drinking.
World must work out how to grey gracefully: UN
Governments around the world must work out how to cope with ageing, a UN report said Monday, warning developing economies with lots of young workers may one day find their populations a drag.
More than half of Brazil population middle class
Fifty-three percent of Brazil's population of 194 million is now middle class, as tens of millions of people are lifted out of poverty.
Saiga population increased by one third in Kazakhstan
Saiga antelopes population has increased by more than one third in Kazakhstan in two years.
Astana population reached 775 thousand people
The population of the capital of Kazakhstan has exceeded 775 thousand people.
Kazakhstan faces a 30-fold gap between rich and poor
Kazakhstan is scoгrged by an almost 30-fold difference between incomes of the richest and the poorest classes.
5 million Chinese will settle in Kazakhstan
8 million Chinese will be living in Central Asia in the nearest time.
Over half a million left Kazakhstan for other countries for permanent residence in the recent decade
The country’s population as of March 1, 2012 stands at 16.7 million people, with 9.1 million (54.7%) of them being urban residents.
Kazakhstan population will go 2 million up by 2020
With the annual growth of 200 thousand people, the country's population will reach 18.7 million people by 2020: Statistics Agency.
Kazakhstan is the fourth by number of Muslims in CIS
Kazakhstan is at the fourth place among CIS countries by the number of Muslims among its population.
Migration has been down for the last 10-15 years in Kazakhstan
The migration rate has significantly declined in comparison with the previous decades.
106 boys per every 100 girls were born in Kazakhstan in 2011
106 boys per every 100 girls were born in Kazakhstan in 2011, Alikhan Smailov, head of the Statistics Agency said.
Every 8th person in Kazakhstan lives in Almaty
The number of residents in the metropolis has reached 2 million people, one eighth of the total population of Kazakhstan.
Deputies concerned over shrinking population of Kazakhstan
MP Gulnar Seitmaganbetova cited statistics data and warned of expected demographic recession.
Kazakhstan expects a baby-boom in near years
According to Makash Tatimov, a prominent scientist and demographer, Kazakhstan could expect a baby-boom in the nearest future.
Kazakhstan and Turkey are best in OSCE by demography
The forecast of demographic future of the OSCE region was discussed in Washington by historians, sociologists and demographists.
Date and place of launch set for Kazakhstan population employment program
Population employment program until 2020 will be launched in Karaganda, Pavlodar and East-Kazakhstan oblasts on July 1, 2011.