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Top 20 most populous cities · 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan

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Updated 2 h ago · population (people)

Top 20 in (7):

Abai Region Aktobe Region Atyrau Region East Kazakhstan Region Jambyl Region Karaganda Region Pavlodar Region

Why these 20

City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.

1

Almaty

largest city of Kazakhstan

2,228,675
2

Shymkent

city in Kazakhstan

1,191,877
3

Astana

capital of Kazakhstan

1,078,362
4

Karaganda

city in Kazakhstan

515,632
5

Taraz

city in Kazakhstan

418,368
6

Aktobe

city in Kazakhstan

387,807
7 S

Semey

city in Eastern Kazakhstan, capital of Abay Region

350,201
8

Pavlodar

city in Kazakhstan, former capital of the Kimek Khanate

333,190
9

Oskemen

city in East Kazakhstan

333,113
10

Atyrau

city in Kazakhstan

323,295

How it is measured

Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.

References

Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 19:22 UTC.

Photo: Shinjuku skyline, Tokyo - Sony A7R (11831328835) by Luke Ma from Taipei, Taiwan ROC, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in rows: Wikimedia Commons, GitHub and the linked pages.

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