List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan

This is a list of all cities and settlements in Kazakhstan with a population of at least fifty thousand people as of official population estimates in 2023. The three largest cities are Almaty, Astana (the national capital), and Shymkent; as cities of republican significance, they are administratively independent and belong to no region. Two of the listed settlements, Zashagan and Beyneu, are officially designated as villages rather than cities.

List

Rank	City or Settlement	Population (January 2023 estimate) [1]	Population (October 2021 census) [1]	Change	Region
1	Almaty	2,161,797	2,030,285	+6.48%	–
2	Astana	1,354,507	1,234,042	+9.76%	–
3	Shymkent	1,192,120	1,112,478	+7.16%	–
4	Aktobe	559,911	540,493	+3.59%	Aktobe
5	Karaganda	515,632	508,824	+1.34%	Karaganda
6	Taraz	427,356	418,368	+2.15%	Jambyl
7	Oskemen	352,894	349,463	+0.98%	East Kazakhstan
8	Pavlodar	334,096	333,190	+0.27%	Pavlodar
9	Atyrau	316,468	306,548	+3.24%	Atyrau
10	Semey	308,143	303,210	+1.63%	Abai
11	Kyzylorda	278,638	271,309	+2.70%	Kyzylorda
12	Kostanay	264,466	258,990	+2.11%	Kostanay
13	Aktau	263,893	251,855	+4.78%	Mangystau
14	Oral	253,773	247,467	+2.55%	West Kazakhstan
15	Petropavl	222,636	222,076	+0.25%	North Kazakhstan
16	Turkistan	220,159	207,605	+6.05%	Turkistan
17	Kokshetau	174,614	171,630	+1.74%	Akmola
18	Temirtau	171,893	171,019	+0.51%	Karagandy
19	Taldykorgan	168,686	165,325	+2.03%	Jetisu
20	Ekibastuz	129,000	129,748	−0.58%	Pavlodar
21	Rudny	112,078	112,052	+0.02%	Kostanay
22	Jezkazgan	89,092	88,320	+0.87%	Ulytau
23	Kaskelen	82,393	79,482	+3.66%	Almaty
24	Kentau	74,474	72,573	+2.62%	Turkistan
25	Zhanaozen	74,360	72,425	+2.67%	Mangystau
26	Balkash	73,730	73,785	−0.07%	Karagandy
27	Satbayev	68,395	67,456	+1.39%	Ulytau
28	Kulsary	65,963	64,458	+2.33%	Atyrau
29	Talgar	64,895	63,883	+1.58%	Almaty
30	Saryagash	61,485	59,606	+3.15%	Turkistan
31	Zashagan	61,224	58,356	+4.91%	West Kazakhstan
32	Beyneu	57,682	55,842	+3.30%	Mangystau
33	Qonayev	55,200	54,245	+1.76%	Almaty
34	Jarkent	52,819	52,361	+0.87%	Jetisu
35	Arys	51,996	50,370	+3.23%	Turkistan
36	Qosshy	51,664	48,630	+6.24%	Akmola
37.	Arys	43,912	23,567	+86.33%	Turkistan Province
38.	Talgar	43,190	43,353	−0.38%	Almaty Province
39.	Zharkent	42,598	32,656	+30.44%	Almaty Region
40.	Lisakovsk	40,440	35,161	+15.01%	Kostanay Province
41.	Baikonur	39,323	28,776	+36.65%	Kyzylorda Province
42.	Ayagoz	38,496	38,470	+0.07%	East Kazakhstan Region
43.	Shu	36,496	34,999	+4.28%	Jambyl Province
44.	Zyryanovsk	36,462	43,894	−16.93%	East Kazakhstan Region
45.	Kandyagash	35,392	25,553	+38.50%	Aktobe Province
46.	Aksay	35,341	28,953	+22.06%	West Kazakhstan Region
47.	Zhetikara	34,704	36,359	−4.55%	Kostanay Province
48.	Esik	33,731	31,254	+7.93%	Almaty Province
49.	Aral	32,991	30,801	+7.11%	Kyzylorda Province
50.	Tekel	31,784	23,982	+32.53%	Almaty Province
51.	Karatau	30,207	28,281	+6.81%	Jambyl Province
52.	Saryagash	30,146	25,914	+16.33%	Turkistan Province
53.	Atbasar	28,735	32,288	−11.00%	Akmola Province
54.	Arkalyk	28,384	45,736	−37.94%	Kostanay Province
55.	Abay	28,261	33,066	−14.53%	Karagandy Province
56.	Shardara	28,209	25,452	+10.83%	Turkistan Province
57.	Shalkar	27,913	26,329	+6.02%	Aktobe Province
58.	Khromtau	26,901	21,740	+23.74%	Aktobe Province
59.	Lenger	23,756	22,038	+7.80%	Turkistan Province
60.	Ushtobe	22,990	22,472	+2.31%	Almaty Province
61.	Zhanatas	22,307	25,927	−13.96%	Jambyl Province
62.	Alga	20,429	15,372	+32.90%	Aktobe Province
63.	Shemonaikha	18,212	19,924	−8.59%	East Kazakhstan Region
64.	Makinsk	17,761	18,540	−4.20%	Akmola Province
65.	Usharal	17,218	15,379	+11.96%	Almaty Province
66.	Zaisan	15,883	16,021	−0.86%	East Kazakhstan Region
67.	Akkol	13,690	15,682	−12.70%	Akmola Province
68.	Priozersk	13,308	11,033	+20.62%	Karagandy Province
69.	Kurchatov	12,372	9,305	+32.96%	East Kazakhstan Region
70.	Embi	11,768	12,345	−4.67%	Aktobe Province
71.	Sarkand	11,563	15,347	−24.66%	Almaty Province
72.	Taiynsha	11,422	13,233	−13.69%	North Kazakhstan Region
73.	Esil	10,584	13,096	−19.18%	Akmola Province
74.	Ereymentau	9,111	15,087	−39.61%	Akmola Province
75.	Serebryansk	8,581	11,903	−27.91%	East Kazakhstan Region
76.	Karkaraly	8,396	8,773	−4.30%	Karagandy Province
77.	Karazhal	8,358	12,658	−33.97%	Karagandy Province
78.	Bulayevo	7,723	9,638	−19.87%	North Kazakhstan Region
79.	Charsk	7,430	9,482	−21.64%	East Kazakhstan Region
80.	Sergeyev	7,344	9,470	−22.45%	North Kazakhstan Region
81.	Mamlyut	7,024	9,018	−22.11%	North Kazakhstan Region
82.	Kazaly	6,820	7,298	−6.55%	Kyzylorda Province
83.	Derzhavinsk	6,323	7,868	−19.64%	Akmola Province
84.	Fort-Shevchenko	5,559	3,624	+53.39%	Mangystau Province
85.	Stepnyak	3,738	5,329	−29.86%	Akmola Province
86.	Temir	2,162	2,310	−6.41%	Aktobe Province
87.	Zhem	1,761	1,142	+54.20%	Aktobe Province

References

1. Brinkhoff, Thomas (18 December 2023). "Kazakhstan". City Population. Retrieved 31 October 2024.