MigrantoMigration trends in Kazakhstan
Asia
2.8M people from Kazakhstan have built lives abroad. That's 13.6% of the country population, spread across 45 different countries
20.6M
Population
2M
Immigrants
2.8M
Emigrants
−810.9K
Outflow
Every 8th person born in Kazakhstan now lives abroad
The #28 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Kazakhstan
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
3M immigrants · 3.2M emigrants
1995
- Joined the world's 10 largest diasporas
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 32%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 1.3M
2005
- Slipped out of the world's 10 largest diasporas
2010
- The diaspora abroad peaked at 3.8M and then began to shrink
2015
- Uzbekistan overtook Russia as the largest source of new arrivals
Today
- Since 1990: 974.1K fewer foreign-born residents and 381.6K fewer citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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