Kazakhstan Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Kazakhstan Country Formation Date 1991 Kazakhstan USSR December 16, 1991

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 10.1 Wikipedia

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Wheel about 3500 BC Russia/Kazakhstan or Mesopotamia Asia Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 proto-Aryan people or Sumerians

Database: World Gold Mining Production By Country

Record Name Country Metal 1999 (Kilograms) 2000 (Kilograms) 2001 (Kilograms) 2002 (Kilograms) 2003 (Kilograms) Source
Gold production for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Gold 20,236 28,171 27,100 27,000 30,000 United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
KAZAKH World Wide Language Speakers KAZAKH Kazakhstan 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 93 8,000,000

Database: World's largest lakes

Record Name Country Region Area (Square Miles) Deepest Depth (Feet)
Caspian Sea Kazakhstan Asia 143,244 3,363
Lake Balkhash Kazakhstan Asia 7,114 85

Database: List of Expeditions to the Mir Space Station

Record Name Country Year Expedition Flight Up Flight Down Crew Member Crew Member Launch Date Launch Time Landing Date Landing Time Duration (Days) Source
Expedition Mir Austromir (October 2,1991) Austria 1991 Mir Austromir Soyuz TM-13 Soyuz TM-12 Franz Viehböck Toktar Aubakirov Kazakhstan October 2,1991 05:59:38 UTC October 10, 1991 04:12:18 UTC 7.93 Wikipedia

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Kazakhstan Life Expectancy Kazakhstan World Fact Book 67.22 150

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Kazakhstan Oil Production Kazakhstan 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 1,300,000

Database: World's Tallest Buildings

Record Name City Country Height in Meters Height in Feet
Alma-Ata Tower Alma-Ata Kazakhstan 370 1214

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2007 97 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Qazaqstan

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7.40 2006 est. Wikipedia

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Kazakhstan Literacy Rate Kazakhstan UNESCO 99.6 percent 99.7 percent 99.5 percent 1995

Database: World Wide Wheat Production

Record Name Country Commodity 2007/2008 Production (1000 MT) Source
Wheat Production for Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Wheat 16,600 US Department of Agriculture

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Kazakhstan Railway Length Kazakhstan 2005 Train 14,204 Wikipedia

Database: List of longest suspension bridge spans

Record Name Year Constructed Country Bridge Location Length (Meters) Length (Feet) Note Source
Semipalatinsk Bridge 2000 Kazakhstan Semipalatinsk Bridge Semipalatinsk (Irtysh river), Kazakhstan 750 2,461 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
KZ Kazakhstan Kazakhstan KZ

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for Kazakhstan 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: Sucide Rates By Country

Record Name Country Source Year Male (per 100,000) Female (per 100,000)
KAZAKHSTAN suicide rate Kazakhstan World Health Organization 03 51.0 8.9

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan n/a n/a 2.96 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Astana 2002 2,717,300 16,741,519 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Kazakhstan CO2 Carbon Emissions Kazakhstan World Resources Institute 123,686 8.14471

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Kazakhstan Ocean Coastline Length Kazakhstan 0 (Landlocked)

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
KAZAKHSTAN Inflation Rate Kazakhstan International Monetary Fund 5.1 6.4 8.3 13.3

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan Astana Republic of Kazakhstan KZ

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 100 tiyn tenge

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Kazakhstan GDP Kazakhstan 2005 The World Factbook 2006 124.3 billion 8,200 9.2 7.4

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