Recognised as Country
Kazakhstan
- KZ
- Asia
- KZT
- .kz
Kazakhstan (KZ/KAZ) is a country in Asia with its capital at Astana. It covers about 2,724,900 km² with a population of roughly 20,000,000, uses the KZT, dials on +7, owns the .kz internet domain and keeps its capital on Asia/Almaty. It borders 5 countries.
Identity
Official short nameKazakhstan
CapitalAstana
ContinentAsia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2KZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3KAZ
Internet TLD.kz
Calling code+7
Currency codeKZT
Geography
Latitude48.0196° N
Longitude66.9237° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area2,724,900 km²1,052,090 square miles
Land neighbours5
Distance from London4,661 kmto the approximate centre of Kazakhstan, not to Astana. ENE, bearing 67.2°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAsia/Almatythe IANA zone for Astana; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+05:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+05:00
Offset in JulyUTC+05:00
Current offsetUTC+05:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 23:39
Hours ahead of UTC5
Population & scale
Population20,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density7.3 per km²≈
Share of world population0.247%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset9 of 196
Population rank in this dataset63 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Kyrgyzstan979 km centre to centre
Uzbekistan761 km centre to centre
Turkmenistan1,167 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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