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 18,276,499, against 14,757,767 in 2005.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almati | 1,342,347 |
Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 362)
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty | Almaty | 1,204,762 |
| 2 | Shymkent | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 414,032 |
| 3 | Qaragandy | Qaragandy | 413,539 |
| 4 | Taraz | Taraz | 358,153 |
| 5 | Astana | Aqmola | 345,604 |
| 6 | Pavlodar | Pavlodar | 329,002 |
| 7 | Öskemen | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 319,067 |
| 8 | Semey | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 292,780 |
| 9 | Aqtöbe | Aqtöbe | 262,457 |
| 10 | Qostanay | Qostanay | 230,271 |
| 11 | Oral | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 230,194 |
| 12 | Petropavl | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 200,920 |
| 13 | Temirtaū | Qaragandy | 172,800 |
| 14 | Akmechet | Akmechet | 166,217 |
| 15 | Aktaū | Maņķıstau | 165,507 |
| 16 | Atyrau | Atyrau | 146,433 |
| 17 | Èkibastuz | Pavlodar | 144,088 |
| 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 |
| 23 | Balkhash | Qaragandy | 81,364 |
| 24 | Sarķand | Almaty | 76,919 |
| 25 | Nikolskiy | Qaragandy | 66,897 |
| 26 | Kentaū | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 57,408 |
| 27 | Leninogorsk | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 57,202 |
| 28 | Zhanaozen | Maņķıstau | 54,884 |
| 29 | Arķalıķ | Qostanay | 53,839 |
| 30 | Riddir | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 52,664 |
| 31 | Shakhtinsk | Qaragandy | 52,635 |
| 32 | Shuchinsk | Soltüstik Ķazaķstan | 47,290 |
| 33 | Stepnogorsk | Aqmola | 46,736 |
| 34 | Saraņ | Qaragandy | 46,595 |
| 35 | Zyryanovsk | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 44,929 |
| 36 | Aksu | Pavlodar | 44,808 |
| 37 | Zhitikara | Qostanay | 43,104 |
| 38 | Talğar | Almaty | 42,194 |
| 39 | Ķapşagay | Almaty | 42,167 |
| 40 | Kulsary | Atyrau | 41,108 |
| 41 | Shu | Taraz | 39,785 |
| 42 | Atys | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 38,684 |
| 43 | Ķarataū | Taraz | 37,881 |
| 44 | Arys | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 36,285 |
| 45 | Ayteke | Akmechet | 35,883 |
| 46 | Abay | Qaragandy | 35,454 |
| 47 | Aksay | Batıs Ķazaķstan | 34,799 |
| 48 | Atbasar | Aqmola | 34,797 |
| 49 | Zharkent | Almaty | 34,422 |
| 50 | Zhanatas | Taraz | 33,492 |
| 51 | Ayagoz | Şıgıs Ķazaķstan | 33,479 |
| 52 | Lisakovsk | Qostanay | 33,457 |
| 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 |
| 58 | Oktyabrsk | Aqtöbe | 28,196 |
| 59 | Esik | Almaty | 26,447 |
| 60 | Aksu | Oņtüstik Ķazaķstan | 26,115 |
| 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 |
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.