Kazakhstan
Қазақстан
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About the country
Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia, stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Altai mountains. For centuries its steppe kept the nomadic way of life, and with it the respect for aqsaqals, the white-bearded elders whose advice settles family and village matters.
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 9%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.9M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 13.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20.4 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 25.2%
- women 32%, men 13%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2024
Languages
27 languages, 19 of them endangered
- Ili TurkiCritically endangered
- DaurDefinitely endangered
- ErzyaDefinitely endangered
- NogaiDefinitely endangered
- Southern AltaiDefinitely endangered
- UdmurtDefinitely endangered
- BashkirVulnerable
- ChechenVulnerable
- ChuvashVulnerable
- DargwaVulnerable
- DunganVulnerable
- Karachay-BalkarVulnerable
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- KumykVulnerable
- LakVulnerable
- LezgianVulnerable
- Meadow MariVulnerable
- OiratVulnerable
- TabasaranVulnerable
- XibeVulnerable
- Karakalpak
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Russian
- Serbisk
- Tatar
- Uyghur
- Uzbek
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Aitysh/Aitys, art of improvisation2015
- Kazakh traditional art of Dombra Kuy2014
- Kazakh traditional Assyk games2017
- Betashar, traditional wedding ritual2024
- Traditional knowledge and skills in making Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Karakalpak yurts (Turkic nomadic dwellings)2025
- Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz2024
List and years: ich.unesco.org
Holidays
- Independence Day
- · 2 days
- New Year's Day
- Orthodox Christmas
- International Women's Day
- Constitution Day
- · 3 days
- Nowruz Holiday
- Kazakhstan's People Solidarity Holiday
- Defender of the Fatherland Day
- Victory Day
- · date not final
- Eid al-Adha
- Capital Day
- Republic Day
Sources: python-holidays 0.106
Proverb
Қарты бар үйдің қазынасы бар
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