Kazakhstan
Asia · Central Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Astana
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Central Asia
- Population (2025)
- 20.8 million (20,843,754) · rank 64 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 2,724,902 km² · rank 9 of 193
- People per km²
- 7.6 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Kazakhstan, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Kazakhstan in the map data: 5.
- China capitals 3,650 km apart
- Kyrgyzstan capitals 950 km apart
- Russia capitals 2,270 km apart
- Turkmenistan capitals 1,790 km apart
- Uzbekistan capitals 1,100 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Tuvalu, Palau, Somalia, Botswana.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Kazakhstan is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Asia | Easy · Medium | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by area | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Kazakhstan | Astana |
| Italiano | Kazakistan | Astana |
| Magyar | Kazahsztán | Asztana |
| Suomi | Kazakstan | Astana |