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Kazakhstan: map and facts
Kazakhstan is in Central Asia. It has about 20.8 million people (2025), the 64th largest population. It covers 2,724,902 km², the 9th largest by area. That is about 7.6 people per km². Its highest point is Khan Tengri, at 7,010 m. The longest river on its map is the Irtysh, 4,248 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 20,843,754 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 2,724,902 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Astana
- Highest point: Khan Tengri, 7,010 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 1.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Kazakhstan, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Irtysh: 4,248 km
- Ishim: 2,450 km
- Ural: 2,428 km
- Syr Darya: 2,212 km
- Tobol: 1,591 km
- Emba: 712 km
- Ilek: 623 km
- Or: 332 km
- Shagan: 264 km
Also on the map: Ili.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Khan Tengri: 7,010 m (its highest point)
- Pik Talghar: 4,979 m
- Semenov-Tyan-Shansky Peak: 4,622 m
- Belukha: 4,506 m
- Gora Tastau: 2,992 m
Mountain ranges: Altai Mountains, Tarbagatay Range, Dzungarian Alatau and Karatau Range.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Kazakh Steppe, Betpaqdala Desert, Turan Lowland, Caspian Depression, Kyzylkum Desert, Kazakh Upland and Ustyurt Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 84.8%, bare ground 6.8%, farmland 4.2%, water 2.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 55.2%, plateaus 31%, hills 9.2%, mountains 3.8%.
Forests covered 1.3% of its land in 2024, up from 1.2% in 1995 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #3 in chromium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #3 in tungsten among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in barite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in molybdenum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in sulfur among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in coal among the countries EIA lists (2024)
- World #8 in gold among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in antimony among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in copper among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in zinc among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #10 in bauxite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Kazakhstan shares land borders with China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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