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Kazakhstan: cities by population

Kazakhstan has a population of 18,276,499, with Nur-Sultan as its capital. The 50 largest of its 298 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Almaty	Almaty	1,977,011
2	Astana	Astana	1,544,142
3	Shymkent	Shymkent	1,200,000
4	Aktobe	Aktobe	500,757
5	Karagandy	Karaganda	497,777
6	Taraz	Zhambyl	358,153
7	Kyzylorda	Kyzylorda	354,800
8	Oral	West Kazakhstan	330,000
9	Pavlodar	Pavlodar Region	329,002
10	Ust-Kamenogorsk	East Kazakhstan	319,067
11	Semey	Abai Region	292,780
12	Atyrau	Atyrau Oblisi	290,700
13	Turkistan	Turkistan	227,098
14	Kostanay	Kostanay	210,000
15	Petropavl	North Kazakhstan	200,920
16	Temirtau	Karaganda	170,600
17	Kokshetau	Aqmola	150,649
18	Aktau	Mangystau	147,443
19	Rudnyy	Kostanay	124,000
20	Ekibastuz	Pavlodar Region	121,470
21	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Region	116,558
22	Zhezqazghan	Ulytau Region	104,357
23	Zhanaozen	Mangystau	103,598
24	Balqash	Karaganda	81,364
25	Sarqant	Zhetysu Region	76,919
26	Baikonur	Baikonur	70,000
27	Satpayev	Ulytau Region	69,782
28	Kentau	Turkistan	57,408
29	Ridder	East Kazakhstan	52,664
30	Qulsary	Atyrau Oblisi	51,216
31	Shchuchinsk	Aqmola	47,290
32	Stepnogorsk	Aqmola	46,736
33	Altay	East Kazakhstan	44,929
34	Aksu	Pavlodar Region	44,808
35	Zhitikara	Kostanay	43,104
36	Saran	Karaganda	42,552
37	Talghar	Almaty Region	42,194
38	Konayev	Almaty Region	42,167
39	Arkalyk	Kostanay	42,000
40	Shakhtinsk	Karaganda	41,602
41	Lisakovsk	Kostanay	40,000
42	Shu	Zhambyl	39,785
43	Karatau	Zhambyl	37,881
44	Zhetysay	Turkistan	36,494
45	Arys	Turkistan	36,285
46	Novokazalinsk	Kyzylorda	35,883
47	Abay	Karaganda	35,454
48	Aqsay	West Kazakhstan	34,799
49	Atbasar	Aqmola	34,797
50	Zharkent	Zhetysu Region	34,422

Twenty years earlier: Kazakhstan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 14,757,767.