Kazakhstan

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    18,403,860 1
    Urban
    57.4% 1
    Rural
    42.6% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    19.9% 2
    Homicides
    3.19 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Level of Public Corruption
    39 (100 is very clean, 0 is highly corrupt) 4
    Fertility Rate
    3.10 live births per woman 5
    Under-Five Mortality Rate
    10.00 deaths per 1,000 live births 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    69 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    99.73% 6
    Male Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    100% 5
    Female Youth Literacy Rate (15-24 years)
    100% 5
    Internet Users
    92% 6
    GDP per Capita
    US$9,813 5
    Population Living Below US$2.15 per Day
    0.0% 7
    Gender Gap Ranking based on economy, health, education, and politics
    62 (146 is the lowest ranked country; 1 is the highest ranked country) 8
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    7 - Very High
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    1.6 - Moderate

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    125,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    0.66
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    133
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    127
    First Communions per Year
    141
    Confirmations per Year
    113
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    150
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    7
    Church Marriages per Year
    39
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    25
    Priests
    104
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    133
    Catholics per Priest
    1,198
    Parishes
    81
    Mission Stations (no resident priests)
    66
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    2