Kazakhstan — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Kazakhstan had an estimated population of 14,757,767 in 2005, with 362 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Kazakhstan today — population now 21,083,626, against 14,757,767 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 14,757,767 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 15,968,117 | 21,083,626 | +32% |
The two sources differ by 8% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almati | 1,342,347 |
Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 362)
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty | Almaty | 1,204,762 | 1,977,011 now |
| 2 | Shymkent | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 414,032 | 1,200,000 now |
| 3 | Qaragandy | Qaragandy | 413,539 | — |
| 4 | Taraz | Taraz | 358,153 | 358,153 now |
| 5 | Astana | Aqmola | 345,604 | — |
| 6 | Pavlodar | Pavlodar | 329,002 | 329,002 now |
| 7 | Öskemen | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 319,067 | — |
| 8 | Semey | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 292,780 | 292,780 now |
| 9 | Aqtöbe | Aqtöbe | 262,457 | — |
| 10 | Qostanay | Qostanay | 230,271 | — |
| 11 | Oral | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 230,194 | 330,000 now |
| 12 | Petropavl | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 200,920 | 200,920 now |
| 13 | Temirtaū | Qaragandy | 172,800 | 170,600 now |
| 14 | Akmechet | Akmechet | 166,217 | — |
| 15 | Aktaū | Maņķıstau | 165,507 | 147,443 now |
| 16 | Atyrau | Atyrau | 146,433 | 290,700 now |
| 17 | Èkibastuz | Pavlodar | 144,088 | 121,470 now |
| 18 | Kökşetaū | Aqmola | 124,444 | — |
| 19 | Rūdnı | Qostanay | 117,939 | — |
| 20 | Taldıķorğan | Almaty | 107,736 | — |
| 21 | Zhezkazgan | Qaragandy | 104,357 | — |
| 22 | Türkistan | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 97,360 | 227,098 now |
| 23 | Balkhash | Qaragandy | 81,364 | — |
| 24 | Sarķand | Almaty | 76,919 | — |
| 25 | Nikolskiy | Qaragandy | 66,897 | — |
| 26 | Kentaū | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 57,408 | 57,408 now |
| 27 | Leninogorsk | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 57,202 | — |
| 28 | Zhanaozen | Maņķıstau | 54,884 | 103,598 now |
| 29 | Arķalıķ | Qostanay | 53,839 | — |
| 30 | Riddir | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 52,664 | — |
| 31 | Shakhtinsk | Qaragandy | 52,635 | 41,602 now |
| 32 | Shuchinsk | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 47,290 | — |
| 33 | Stepnogorsk | Aqmola | 46,736 | 46,736 now |
| 34 | Saraņ | Qaragandy | 46,595 | 42,552 now |
| 35 | Zyryanovsk | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 44,929 | — |
| 36 | Aksu | Pavlodar | 44,808 | 44,808 now |
| 37 | Zhitikara | Qostanay | 43,104 | 43,104 now |
| 38 | Talğar | Almaty | 42,194 | — |
| 39 | Ķapşagay | Almaty | 42,167 | — |
| 40 | Kulsary | Atyrau | 41,108 | — |
| 41 | Shu | Taraz | 39,785 | 39,785 now |
| 42 | Atys | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 38,684 | — |
| 43 | Ķarataū | Taraz | 37,881 | 37,881 now |
| 44 | Arys | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 36,285 | 36,285 now |
| 45 | Ayteke | Akmechet | 35,883 | — |
| 46 | Abay | Qaragandy | 35,454 | 35,454 now |
| 47 | Aksay | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 34,799 | — |
| 48 | Atbasar | Aqmola | 34,797 | 34,797 now |
| 49 | Zharkent | Almaty | 34,422 | 34,422 now |
| 50 | Zhanatas | Taraz | 33,492 | — |
| 51 | Ayagoz | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 33,479 | — |
| 52 | Lisakovsk | Qostanay | 33,457 | 40,000 now |
| 53 | Aralsk | Akmechet | 33,017 | — |
| 54 | Karasay | Almaty | 30,485 | — |
| 55 | Shieli | Akmechet | 29,832 | — |
| 56 | Shalkar | Aqtöbe | 29,666 | — |
| 57 | Zhetysay | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 29,257 | 36,494 now |
| 58 | Oktyabrsk | Aqtöbe | 28,196 | — |
| 59 | Esik | Almaty | 26,447 | — |
| 60 | Aksu | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 26,115 | 44,808 now |
| 61 | Chardara | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 25,356 | — |
| 62 | Saryagash | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 25,139 | — |
| 63 | Khromtau | Aqtöbe | 23,715 | — |
| 64 | Uzynagash | Almaty | 22,712 | — |
| 65 | Tekeli | Almaty | 22,468 | — |
| 66 | Korday | Taraz | 22,047 | — |
| 67 | Zhanakorgan | Akmechet | 21,339 | — |
| 68 | Lenger | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 21,238 | — |
| 69 | Boralday | Almaty | 20,996 | — |
| 70 | Ushtobe | Almaty | 20,492 | — |
| 71 | Shemonaikha | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 20,087 | — |
| 72 | Dzhusaly | Akmechet | 20,065 | — |
| 73 | Balykshi | Atyrau | 19,260 | — |
| 74 | Chunzha | Almaty | 18,776 | — |
| 75 | Emba | Aqtöbe | 18,760 | — |
| 76 | Ryskulov | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 18,421 | — |
| 77 | Makinsk | Aqmola | 17,711 | — |
| 78 | Zaysan | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 17,600 | — |
| 79 | Energeticheskiy | Almaty | 17,463 | — |
| 80 | Mangystau | Maņķıstau | 17,178 | — |
| 81 | Zatobolsk | Qostanay | 16,992 | — |
| 82 | Akkol | Aqmola | 16,773 | — |
| 83 | Fabrichniy | Almaty | 16,656 | — |
| 84 | Tasbuget | Akmechet | 16,455 | — |
| 85 | Tole | Taraz | 16,335 | — |
| 86 | Ķarabulaķ | Almaty | 16,252 | — |
| 87 | Usharal | Almaty | 16,050 | — |
| 88 | Merke | Taraz | 15,934 | — |
| 89 | Mikhaylovka | Taraz | 15,132 | — |
| 90 | Urdzhar | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 14,826 | — |
| 91 | Leninskoye | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 14,737 | — |
| 92 | Beyneu | Maņķıstau | 14,245 | — |
| 93 | Alga | Aqtöbe | 14,228 | — |
| 94 | Zhalagash | Akmechet | 14,226 | — |
| 95 | Ereymentau | Aqmola | 14,169 | — |
| 96 | Makat | Atyrau | 14,082 | — |
| 97 | Saryozek | Almaty | 13,930 | — |
| 98 | Derzhavinsk | Aqmola | 13,856 | — |
| 99 | Karazhal | Qaragandy | 13,807 | — |
| 100 | Esil | Qostanay | 13,504 | — |
| 101 | Zachagansk | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 13,345 | — |
| 102 | Shakhan | Qaragandy | 13,273 | — |
| 103 | Inderborskiy | Atyrau | 13,254 | — |
| 104 | Atasū | Qaragandy | 13,184 | — |
| 105 | Kurchatov | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 13,151 | — |
| 106 | Krasnoarmeysk | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 13,148 | — |
| 107 | Kulan | Taraz | 13,128 | — |
| 108 | Nauryz | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 13,003 | — |
| 109 | Ilyich | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 12,895 | — |
| 110 | Zhansugurov | Almaty | 12,416 | — |
| 111 | Temirlanovka | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 12,245 | — |
| 112 | Toretam | Akmechet | 12,103 | — |
| 113 | Tyulkubas | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 12,028 | — |
| 114 | Kuryk | Maņķıstau | 11,836 | — |
| 115 | Shetpe | Maņķıstau | 11,836 | — |
| 116 | Kirovskiy | Almaty | 11,810 | — |
| 117 | Shubarkuduk | Aqtöbe | 11,733 | — |
| 118 | Zhetybay | Maņķıstau | 11,731 | — |
| 119 | Zhayrem | Qaragandy | 11,670 | — |
| 120 | Serebryansk | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 11,479 | — |
| 121 | Kirovskiy | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 11,378 | — |
| 122 | Glubokoe | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 11,192 | — |
| 123 | Moyynkum | Taraz | 10,923 | — |
| 124 | Chulakkurgan | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 10,836 | — |
| 125 | Ķaracal | Qaragandy | 10,702 | — |
| 126 | Tenga | Maņķıstau | 10,684 | — |
| 127 | Momyshuly | Taraz | 10,623 | — |
| 128 | Lugovoy | Taraz | 10,422 | — |
| 129 | Kachar | Qostanay | 10,285 | — |
| 130 | Kantagi | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 10,186 | — |
| 131 | Kegen | Almaty | 9,993 | — |
| 132 | Aķtaū | Qaragandy | 9,977 | — |
| 133 | Belousovka | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 9,948 | — |
| 134 | Aktas | Qaragandy | 9,888 | — |
| 135 | Bulaevo | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 9,886 | — |
| 136 | Komsomolets | Qostanay | 9,838 | — |
| 137 | Georgiyevka | Taraz | 9,821 | — |
| 138 | Oytal | Taraz | 9,821 | — |
| 139 | Slavyanka | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 9,752 | — |
| 140 | Agadyr | Qaragandy | 9,710 | — |
| 141 | Terenozek | Akmechet | 9,661 | — |
| 142 | Auliekol | Qostanay | 9,659 | — |
| 143 | Borovskoy | Qostanay | 9,659 | — |
| 144 | Komsomolskiy | Qostanay | 9,569 | — |
| 145 | Chayan | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 9,536 | — |
| 146 | Dossor | Atyrau | 9,526 | — |
| 147 | Pervomayskiy | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 9,470 | — |
| 148 | Solnechniy | Pavlodar | 9,406 | — |
| 149 | Zhezkazgan | Qaragandy | 9,353 | — |
| 150 | Mamlyūtka | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 9,328 | — |
| 151 | Irtyshyk | Pavlodar | 9,216 | — |
| 152 | Shar | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 9,087 | — |
| 153 | Shaulder | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 8,994 | — |
| 154 | Kachiry | Pavlodar | 8,931 | — |
| 155 | Sherbakty | Pavlodar | 8,931 | — |
| 156 | Saksaulskiy | Akmechet | 8,918 | — |
| 157 | Ķaraton | Atyrau | 8,905 | — |
| 158 | Makhambet | Atyrau | 8,905 | — |
| 159 | Zhezkent | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 8,896 | — |
| 160 | Sergeyevka | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 8,845 | — |
| 161 | Kurchum | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 8,800 | — |
| 162 | Topar | Qaragandy | 8,730 | — |
| 163 | Derkul | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 8,726 | — |
| 164 | Shubarshi | Aqtöbe | 8,651 | — |
| 165 | Leninskiy | Pavlodar | 8,646 | — |
| 166 | Aķsū | Aqmola | 8,543 | — |
| 167 | Assa | Taraz | 8,418 | — |
| 168 | Ganyushkino | Atyrau | 8,387 | — |
| 169 | Fyodorovka | Qostanay | 8,317 | — |
| 170 | Dzhanybek | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 8,212 | — |
| 171 | Karkaralinsk | Qaragandy | 8,195 | — |
| 172 | Zhaksykylysh | Akmechet | 8,068 | — |
| 173 | Kushmurun | Qostanay | 8,049 | — |
| 174 | Pervomayskiy | Almaty | 7,874 | — |
| 175 | Martuk | Aqtöbe | 7,756 | — |
| 176 | Chapaevsk | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 7,724 | — |
| 177 | Maykain | Pavlodar | 7,695 | — |
| 178 | Bayganin | Aqtöbe | 7,657 | — |
| 179 | Arshaly | Aqmola | 7,501 | — |
| 180 | Bolshenarymskoe | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 7,365 | — |
| 181 | Karagayly | Qaragandy | 7,305 | — |
| 182 | Osakarovka | Qaragandy | 7,305 | — |
| 183 | Bestobe | Aqmola | 7,189 | — |
| 184 | Tobol | Qostanay | 7,155 | — |
| 185 | Zerenda | Aqmola | 7,084 | — |
| 186 | Kievka | Qaragandy | 7,037 | — |
| 187 | Kamenka | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 6,980 | — |
| 188 | Shortandy | Aqmola | 6,980 | — |
| 189 | Bakanas | Almaty | 6,965 | — |
| 190 | Zholymbet | Aqmola | 6,876 | — |
| 191 | Zhumysker | Atyrau | 6,834 | — |
| 192 | Sastobe | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 6,827 | — |
| 193 | Amankaragay | Qostanay | 6,797 | — |
| 194 | Kishkenekol | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 6,779 | — |
| 195 | Borovoe | Aqmola | 6,772 | — |
| 196 | Aksuat | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 6,696 | — |
| 197 | Tugyl | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 6,696 | — |
| 198 | Molodyozhniy | Qaragandy | 6,681 | — |
| 199 | Kazalinsk | Akmechet | 6,582 | — |
| 200 | Leninskoye | Qostanay | 6,529 | — |
| 201 | Astrakhanka | Aqmola | 6,459 | — |
| 202 | Gvardeyskiy | Taraz | 6,414 | — |
| 203 | Zhezdy | Qaragandy | 6,414 | — |
| 204 | Zhympity | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 6,262 | — |
| 205 | Chingirlau | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 6,218 | — |
| 206 | Miyaly | Atyrau | 6,213 | — |
| 207 | Amangeldy | Qostanay | 6,171 | — |
| 208 | Balkashino | Aqmola | 6,147 | — |
| 209 | Ust-Talovka | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 6,122 | — |
| 210 | Novoishimskiy | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 6,062 | — |
| 211 | Zavodskoy | Aqmola | 6,043 | — |
| 212 | Novaya Bukhtarma | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 6,026 | — |
| 213 | Kyzylsay | Maņķıstau | 5,970 | — |
| 214 | Uil | Aqtöbe | 5,966 | — |
| 215 | Dzhangala | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 5,954 | — |
| 216 | Borodulikha | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 5,931 | — |
| 217 | Akkistau | Atyrau | 5,799 | — |
| 218 | Smirnovo | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 5,742 | — |
| 219 | Ulyanovskiy | Qaragandy | 5,701 | — |
| 220 | Bayanaul | Pavlodar | 5,700 | — |
| 221 | Batamshinskiy | Aqtöbe | 5,668 | — |
| 222 | Asubulak | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 5,644 | — |
| 223 | Achisay | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 5,635 | — |
| 224 | Korgalzhyn | Aqmola | 5,626 | — |
| 225 | Shantobe | Aqmola | 5,626 | — |
| 226 | Aksu | Pavlodar | 5,510 | — |
| 227 | Peresnovka | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 5,503 | — |
| 228 | Karmysty | Qostanay | 5,455 | — |
| 229 | Bishkul | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 5,423 | — |
| 230 | Kalkaman | Pavlodar | 5,415 | — |
| 231 | Lepsy | Almaty | 5,350 | — |
| 232 | Fyodorovka | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 5,338 | — |
| 233 | Turgay | Qostanay | 5,277 | — |
| 234 | Karaul | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 5,261 | — |
| 235 | Zhelezinka | Pavlodar | 5,225 | — |
| 236 | Fort-Shevchenko | Maņķıstau | 5,213 | — |
| 237 | Konyrat | Qaragandy | 5,167 | — |
| 238 | Novodolinskiy | Qaragandy | 5,167 | — |
| 239 | Kokpekty | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 5,165 | — |
| 240 | Ulba | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 5,165 | — |
| 241 | Shulbinsk | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 5,070 | — |
| 242 | Zhaksy | Aqmola | 5,001 | — |
| 243 | Aktogay | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 4,974 | — |
| 244 | Yavlenka | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 4,945 | — |
| 245 | Aktogay | Pavlodar | 4,940 | — |
| 246 | Uspenka | Pavlodar | 4,940 | — |
| 247 | Stepnyak | Aqmola | 4,928 | — |
| 248 | Denisovka | Qostanay | 4,919 | — |
| 249 | Dokuchaevka | Qostanay | 4,919 | — |
| 250 | Akchatau | Qaragandy | 4,899 | — |
| 251 | Shiderty | Pavlodar | 4,845 | — |
| 252 | Kaztalovka | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 4,825 | — |
| 253 | Saykhin | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 4,825 | — |
| 254 | Mirniy | Taraz | 4,810 | — |
| 255 | Aksu-Ayuly | Qaragandy | 4,721 | — |
| 256 | Irgiz | Aqtöbe | 4,673 | — |
| 257 | Komsomolskiy | Aqtöbe | 4,574 | — |
| 258 | Dolinka | Qaragandy | 4,543 | — |
| 259 | Sayak | Qaragandy | 4,543 | — |
| 260 | Khobda | Aqtöbe | 4,475 | — |
| 261 | Zhangiztobe | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 4,400 | — |
| 262 | Saryshagan | Qaragandy | 4,365 | — |
| 263 | Pokrovka | Almaty | 4,341 | — |
| 264 | Akkol | Atyrau | 4,245 | — |
| 265 | Auezov | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 4,209 | — |
| 266 | Verkhneberyozovskiy | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 4,209 | — |
| 267 | Timiryazevo | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 4,147 | — |
| 268 | Matay | Almaty | 4,139 | — |
| 269 | Bolshaya | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 4,113 | — |
| 270 | Tokaryovka | Qaragandy | 4,098 | — |
| 271 | Munayshi | Maņķıstau | 4,085 | — |
| 272 | Sarykamys | Atyrau | 4,038 | — |
| 273 | Turlanovka | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 4,009 | — |
| 274 | Peremetnoe | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 4,003 | — |
| 275 | Kushoky | Qaragandy | 3,920 | — |
| 276 | Shalkiya | Akmechet | 3,822 | — |
| 277 | Egindykol | Aqmola | 3,751 | — |
| 278 | Aktogay | Qaragandy | 3,741 | — |
| 279 | Ulken | Almaty | 3,735 | — |
| 280 | Krasnogorskiy | Aqmola | 3,646 | — |
| 281 | Koktobe | Pavlodar | 3,610 | — |
| 282 | Burlin | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 3,593 | — |
| 283 | Karatobe | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 3,593 | — |
| 284 | Oktyabrskiy | Qostanay | 3,577 | — |
| 285 | Akzhal | Qaragandy | 3,563 | — |
| 286 | Shashubay | Qaragandy | 3,563 | — |
| 287 | Brlik | Taraz | 3,507 | — |
| 288 | Yuzhniy | Qaragandy | 3,474 | — |
| 289 | Zaozyorniy | Aqmola | 3,438 | — |
| 290 | Lebyazhye | Pavlodar | 3,420 | — |
| 291 | Bautino | Maņķıstau | 3,247 | — |
| 292 | Karasu | Qostanay | 3,220 | — |
| 293 | Molodyozhniy | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 3,157 | — |
| 294 | Taranovskoe | Qostanay | 3,130 | — |
| 295 | Talshik | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 3,111 | — |
| 296 | Novoishimskaya | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 3,031 | — |
| 297 | Krugloozernoe | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 2,977 | — |
| 298 | Troebratskiy | Qostanay | 2,951 | — |
| 299 | Seyfullin | Qaragandy | 2,940 | — |
| 300 | Kosshagyl | Atyrau | 2,899 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty | 2,714,972 |
| 2 | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 2,141,925 |
| 3 | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 1,464,269 |
| 4 | Qaragandy | 1,257,284 |
| 5 | Aqmola | 1,203,273 |
| 6 | Taraz | 986,038 |
| 7 | Qostanay | 911,822 |
| 8 | Pavlodar | 765,780 |
| 9 | Aqtöbe | 678,939 |
| 10 | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 634,012 |
| 11 | Akmechet | 633,093 |
| 12 | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 578,981 |
| 13 | Atyrau | 455,504 |
| 14 | Maņķıstau | 331,875 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.