Kazakhstan
Republic of Kazakhstan · Central Asia
Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia, with Astana as its capital, home to about 20,843,754 people. Kazakhstan shares land borders with 5 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Astana |
|---|---|
| Region | Central Asia |
| Currency | Kazakhstani tenge (KZT ₸) |
| Calling code | +76, +77 |
| ISO codes | KZ / KAZ / 398 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇰🇿 |
| Population | 20,843,754 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 2,724,900 km² |
| Languages | Kazakh, Russian |
| Internet domain | .kz |
| Demonym | Kazakhstani |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Kazakhstan mean?
Kazakhstan's turquoise field stands for the endless sky and for water, and carries religious weight for Turkic peoples as a sign of cultural and ethnic unity. The golden sun above the centre has 32 rays, one for each of the 32 Turkic ethnicities, and the rays are shaped like grain, the basis of abundance and prosperity. Beneath it flies a steppe eagle, a bird that has appeared on Kazakh tribal banners for centuries and stands for freedom, power and the flight into the future. The gold band down the hoist is the qoshqar-muiiz, 'the horns of the ram', a traditional national ornament. The flag was designed by Shaken Niyazbekov and adopted on 4 June 1992; the ornament was red at first and was changed to gold the following month.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Kazakhstan
About Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially Republic of Kazakhstan, is a United Nations member state in Central Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Astana. It is landlocked, sharing all of its borders with neighbouring countries and no coastline. The official currency is the Kazakhstani tenge (₸), using the code KZT.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Kazakhstan for Astana’s own facts and history.
To call Kazakhstan from abroad, dial the country code +76 or +77. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes KZ (alpha-2) and KAZ (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 20,843,754.
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How Kazakhstan compares
- Area: 2,724,900 km², ranking 9 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 20,843,754, ranking 64 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 8 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 5, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Kazakhstan
4 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.