MigrantoMigration trends in Kazakhstan
Asia
Kazakhstan loses more people than it takes in: 2.8M emigrants against 2M immigrants. Net balance −810.9K — 4% of the country's population
20.6M
Population
2M
Immigrants
2.8M
Emigrants
−810.9K
Outflow
1 in 10 residents of Kazakhstan was born abroad — and 1 in 8 people born in Kazakhstan lives abroad
#28 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Kazakhstan
Where people come from
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 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 emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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