The Republic of Kazakhstan is home to about 17,950,000 people. Today, the Kazakhs are the main population of these territories, the number of which is 63.1% of the total population.
And yet Kazakhstan is a multinational Republic. It is home to representatives of other Nations who preserve the culture of their people and at the same time honor the historical culture of the indigenous people. The number of Russian residents is 23.7%, Ukrainians - 2.1%, Uzbeks - 2.9%, Tatars - 1.3%, Uighurs - 1.4%, Germans - 1.1%. In addition to all these peoples, about 4.5% of people of other nationalities live here.
Most of the population of Kazakhstan are urban residents - about 60%. The most densely populated cities are Almaty (KAZ.yaz.), also the name of Alma-ATA (1 806 833 people for 2018), in second place is the capital Astana (1 035 537 people for 2018), and the third place in the number of residents is the city of Shymkent (1 005 996 people for 2018).