Among the EAEU countries, Kazakhstan lost to Belarus and Armenia. However, the country’s indices are higher than those of such neighbors as Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
The TOP-3 countries included Norway, Denmark and Finland. South Sudan closed the rating with the worst index.
Among all three groups, Kazakhstan was assigned the highest mark in the group “basic human needs”, 85.6 points out of 100. The Republic of Kazakhstan scored 76.1 points in the second group of indicators, only 56.2 points out of 100 - in the third.
As of year beginning, 18.9 million people live in the country, which is 1.3% more than a year earlier.
Almost a third of population of the Republic of Kazakhstan lives in densely populated southern regions: Almaty (2.1 million people) and Turkestan (2 million people) regions, as well as Almaty city (2 million people).
The largest population growth is observed in three metropolises. However, the population has decreased within 1% over the year in 6 more regions.
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