The population of Kazakhstan as of May 1 amounted to 20,353,265 people. This was reported in the Bureau of National Statistics.
According to the report, the total population growth since the beginning of the year amounted to 69.8 thousand people. Of these, due to natural growth – for 63.4 thousand people, due to migration – for 6.3 thousand people.
“The highest population growth rates were observed in the capital. The population of Astana is increasing due to migration flows. So, the number of capital residents from the beginning of the year has increased by 29.7 thousand people, 78.3% of them due to migration, – follows from the message.
It is noted that the positive balance of migration since the beginning of the year has been observed in 5 regions – Almaty and Mangistau regions, as well as cities of republican significance – Astana, Almaty and Shymkent.