Republic of Kazakhstan | |
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.svg) Location of Kazakhstan (green) | |
| Capital | Nur-Sultan 51°10′N 71°26′E / 51.167°N 71.433°E |
| Largest city | Almaty |
| Official languages | |
| Official scripts | |
| Ethnic groups (2018[2]) | |
| Religion |
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| Demonym(s) | Kazakhstani[a][4] |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic |
| Nursultan Nazarbayev | |
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | |
| Askar Mamin | |
| Mäulen Äşimbaev | |
| Nurlan Nigmatulin | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| Mazhilis | |
| Formation | |
| 1465 | |
| 13 December 1917 | |
| 26 August 1920 | |
| 19 June 1925 | |
| 5 December 1936 | |
• Declared Sovereignty | 25 October 1990 |
• Reconstituted as the Republic of Kazakhstan | 10 December 1991 |
• Declared Independence from the USSR | 16 December 1991 |
| 21 December 1991 | |
| 26 December 1991 | |
• Admitted to the United Nations | 2 March 1992 |
| 30 August 1995 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,724,900 km2 (1,052,100 sq mi) (9th) |
• Water (%) | 1.7 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate |  18,711,200[5] (64th) |
• Density | 7/km2 (18.1/sq mi) (236th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $569.813 billion[6] (41st) |
• Per capita | $30,178[6] (53rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $179.332 billion[6] (55th) |
• Per capita | $9,686[6] (69th) |
| Gini (2017) |  27.5[7]low |
| HDI (2019) | 0.817[8] very high · 50th |
| Currency | Tenge (₸) (KZT) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 / +6 (West / East) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +7-6xx, +7-7xx |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ |
| Internet TLD | |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country largely located in Central Asia with the most western parts of it being located in Eastern Europe. It is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth-largest country in the world, with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). Kazakhstan is the most dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.