Zhambyl · Kazakhstan
Taraz population
358,153people · latest figure
Taraz has a population of 358,153, making it the 6th largest place we list in Kazakhstan. It is in Zhambyl.
Taraz holds 1.7% of Kazakhstan's 21,083,626 people. Almaty, the largest place we list there, is 5.5 times its size. The World Gazetteer published 358,153 for Taraz in 2005 and GeoNames still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Shymkent | Shymkent | 1,200,000 |
| Aktobe | Aktobe | 500,757 |
| Karagandy | Karaganda | 497,777 |
| Kyzylorda | Kyzylorda | 354,800 |
| Oral | West Kazakhstan | 330,000 |
| Pavlodar | Pavlodar Region | 329,002 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.