Largest Cities by Population in Kazakhstan (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Kazakhstan ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2025)	1 Year Change (over 2024)	Land Area (Km²)	Density (P/Km²)	Global Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Almaty	2,367,611	1.66%	337	7,026	208	2,623,365	3,373,362
2	Shymkent	1,184,337	1.54%	245	4,834	437	1,266,878	1,524,175
3	Astana	1,065,387	0.44%	161	6,617	481	1,079,730	1,110,354
4	Aktobe	416,455	0.69%	90	4,627	1,351	426,479	471,066
5	Karaganda	313,529	0.4%	64	4,899	1,831	316,754	327,323
6	Aktau	310,607	6.13%	82	3,788	1,850	386,151	664,603
7	Semey	298,847	2.22%	91	3,284	1,924	300,176	303,586
8	Pavlodar	279,799	0.34%	62	4,513	2,077	283,260	289,340
9	Kyzylorda	250,557	1.77%	79	3,172	2,322	266,947	324,709
10	Ust-Kamenogorsk	250,372	1.05%	65	3,852	2,328	258,973	267,756
11	Turkestan	218,118	1.61%	74	2,948	2,712	238,977	278,503
12	Atyrau	194,044	0.19%	68	2,854	3,092	194,027	193,324
13	Oral	187,483	1.22%	48	3,906	3,219	190,000	208,881
14	Taraz	180,844	3.32%	42	4,306	3,335	258,041	353,197
15	Kostanay	176,796	−0.32%	42	4,209	3,414	170,739	157,308
16	Taldykorgan	172,763	3.82%	52	3,322	3,511	186,628	247,245
17	Zhanaozen	171,827	4%	41	4,191	3,531	203,927	380,083
18	Temirtau	144,243	4.98%	35	4,121	4,236	146,297	152,475
19	Kokshetau	139,286	0.53%	34	4,097	4,377	140,154	143,588
20	Petropavl	138,908	0.27%	39	3,562	4,390	139,453	147,718
21	Ekibastuz	123,390	0.99%	28	4,407	4,963	124,274	127,915
22	Qızıltöbe	98,888	5.37%	28	3,532	6,245	140,578	256,898
23	Май-Кудук	73,923	0.36%	15	4,928	8,423	74,515	77,182
24	Sarıağaş	73,039	1.7%	26	2,809	8,524	88,670	118,421
25	Aqbay	71,385	3.33%	35	2,040	8,705	76,167	101,968
26	Sayram	70,553	1.43%	27	2,613	8,801	89,481	117,067
27	Balqaş	69,348	0.74%	17	4,079	8,954	70,150	71,875
28	Jezqazğan	62,825	2.04%	17	3,696	9,859	84,649	112,734
29	Jetisay	62,270	1.14%	15	4,151	9,972	81,163	99,863
30	Zharkent	60,277	2.38%	20	3,014	10,274	65,501	81,254
31	Esik	58,794	2.21%	18	3,266	10,510	67,886	113,883
32	Merki	57,638	–	24	2,402	10,693	62,907	85,771
33	Beynew	54,876	–	18	3,049	11,213	63,463	138,900
34	Ayteke Bi	51,914	–	14	3,708	11,838	55,860	66,995

Largest Cities by Population in Kazakhstan (2025)

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