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Releases of the Territorial Statistics Office, newest first. Figures are published at 10:00 Irad Time on the day shown.
2026
The first census of business entities in the Zone runs from 15 October to 30 November 2026. Please receive the enumerators. See the census.
Consumer prices rose 7.9% on September 2025. Domestic food prices were stable or lower after the harvest. See prices.
Training of 1,140 enumerators and 96 instructors for the census of business entities ended on 29 August at Talas State University, the Nurzhan Polytechnic and School No. 3, Iyık Janyl.
The quarterly bulletin is out. Gross wages are reported in som, as paid. See wages and pensions.
By order of the Director the questionnaire TSO-26 (four pages, in the three languages) and the census slip are approved. The slip is proof of enumeration and is asked for by the Register of Firms until 30 November 2026.
Prices rose 5.6% on April 2025. Imported goods priced from the dollar rose faster than domestic goods; fuel and medicines led the rise.
The average gross monthly wage in 2025 was 3,250 som: Nurzhan 3,900, Talas 3,550, Iyık Janyl 2,450, the six districts 2,150. The highest was in oil and gas, about 9,800 som; the lowest in farming, about 1,600.
Consumer prices rose 4.8% in 2025, December on December (2024: 5.1%). Food rose 3.9%, other goods 5.7%, services 5.2%.
2025
The official estimate of gross domestic product for 2024 is US$18.4 billion at current prices, with real growth of 1.5%. The estimate covers the whole territory and includes an imputed estimate for the Autonomous Tribal Regions.
Consumer prices rose 5.1% in 2024, December on December. Bread and flour rose 2.2% after the good wheat harvest; heating and electricity were unchanged.
2024
Life expectancy at birth in 2023 was 71.4 years (men 67.2, women 75.6). Infant mortality was 14 per 1,000 live births. The leading causes of death were diseases of the circulatory system, cancers and injuries. See indicators.
Border records show about 214,000 arrivals of foreign citizens in 2023, a third of them for leisure, pilgrimage or family visits. Arrivals peaked in August, the month of the Feast of St. Janyl.
2023
On reports from the district administrations, the 2023 wheat harvest in the Zone is estimated 14% below 2022, with the largest falls on rain-fed land in Chu and Kara-Buura districts.
2021
The second printing of Population Census of 2018: Main Results corrects Tables 3 and 8 (age groups in Nurzhan; households by size in the districts). Holders of the first printing may exchange the corrected sheets at the reading…
2020
The last of the detailed volumes, on the labour force, employment and education, is published. With the volumes on housing (2019) and migration (2020) it completes the census programme.
The volume gives place of birth, previous residence and year of arrival for the enumerated population of the Zone. Workers abroad for more than a year were not counted in the resident population.
2019
Dwellings by type, year built, heating and water supply. 61% of dwellings in the three cities are flats; in the districts 88% are private houses.
Population Census of 2018: Main Results. Statistical tables is signed for printing today. The official population of the whole territory is 4,626,000, of which the enumerated Zone 2,630,000 and the Autonomous Tribal Regions an…