Kazakhstan
Republic of Kazakhstan · Қазақстан · Казахстан
Kazakhstan (KZ, KAZ) is a country in Central Asia, with Astana as its capital. The currency is the Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT, KZT). The international dialling code is +7 and the trunk prefix is 8; mobile numbers are written like 8 (771) 000 9998. There are 7 time zones: Asia/Almaty, Asia/Qyzylorda, Asia/Qostanay, Asia/Aqtobe, Asia/Aqtau, and Asia/Atyrau and more. Official languages: Russian and Kazakh.
CurrencyKZTKZT
Dial code+7e.g. 8 (771) 000 9998
Time zone7 zonesUTC+05:00 … UTC+05:00
LanguageRussian+1 more
CapitalAstana
Population20.3M2.7M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- Native name
- Қазақстан · Казахстан
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- KZ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- KAZ
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 398
- IOC code
- KAZ
- Demonym
- Kazakhstani
- Capital
- Astana
- Region
- Asia › Central Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Central Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .kz, .қаз
- Coordinates
- 48, 68
- Area
- 2,724,900 km²
- Population
- 20,260,000
- GDP
- $705.5B ($34.8K per person)
- Literacy
- 99.7%
- Landlocked
- Yes
Currency
Kazakhstani Tenge KZT
- Symbol
- KZT narrow ₸
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- 1 234,50 ₸
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russian ru | Official | 72% (14.6M) | |
| Kazakh kk | Official | 64% (13M) | |
| English en | 15% (3M) | ||
| German de | 6.4% (1.3M) | ||
| Uyghur (Cyrillic) ug-Cyrl | 2% (405.2K) | ||
| Kara-Kalpak kaa | 0.018% (3.6K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Almaty | UTC+05:00 | none | Kazakhstan Time | |
| Asia/Qyzylorda | UTC+05:00 | none | Kazakhstan Time | |
| Asia/Qostanay | UTC+05:00 | none | Kazakhstan Time | |
| Asia/Aqtobe | UTC+05:00 | none | Kazakhstan Time | |
| Asia/Aqtau | UTC+05:00 | none | Kazakhstan Time | |
| Asia/Atyrau | UTC+05:00 | none | Kazakhstan Time | |
| Asia/Oral | UTC+05:00 | none | Kazakhstan Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +7 (+76, +77)
- Shared with
- Dial-out prefix
- 810 preferred 8~10
- Trunk prefix
- 8
- National number length
- 10–14 digits
- Emergency number
- 101 pattern 1(?:0[1-3]|12)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 8 (71234) 5 67 89 | +7 71234 5 67 89 | X (XXXXX) X XX XX | 10 |
| Mobile | 8 (771) 000 9998 | +7 771 000 9998 | X (XXX) XXX XXXX | 10 |
| Toll free | 8 (800) 123-45-67 | +7 800 123 45 67 | X (XXX) XXX-XX-XX | 10, 14 |
| Premium rate | 8 (809) 123-45-67 | +7 809 123 45 67 | X (XXX) XXX-XX-XX | 10 |
| Personal number | 8 (808) 123-45-67 | +7 808 123 45 67 | X (XXX) XXX-XX-XX | 10 |
| VoIP | 8 (751) 123 4567 | +7 751 123 4567 | X (XXX) XXX XXXX | 10 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Postal code}
{State/province}
{City}
{Street address}
{Organization}
{Name}
- Predefined regions
- 20
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{6}- Examples
- 040900 · 050012
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Russian (Kazakhstan) locale (ru-KZ), amounts in KZT.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7 %
- Currency (KZT)
- 1 234 567,89 ₸
- Accounting
- -1 234 567,89 ₸
- Currency, name
- 1 234 567,89 казахского тенге
- Compact short
- 1,2 млн
- Compact long
- 1,2 миллиона
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 километров в час
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- пятница, 27 марта 2026 г.
- Date, long
- 27 марта 2026 г.
- Date, medium
- 27 мар. 2026 г.
- Date, short
- 27.03.2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 мар. 2026 г., 15:04
- Month and year
- март 2026 г.
- Weekday
- пятница
- Relative time
- вчера · через 3 дня · 2 часа назад
- List: and
- A, B и C
- List: or
- A, B или C