Kazakhs

Turkic people of Eastern Europe and the northern parts of Central Asia

The Kazakhs (also spelled Qazaqs) are a Turkic speaking people who mainly live in the Ural Mountains and northern parts of Central and East Asia (most of them live in Kazakhstan, but also parts of Russia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and China) in Eurasia. The Kazakhs emerged in the 15th century from an amalgam of Turkic tribes and of Mongol tribes.[2]

Kazakhs
қазақтар

قازاقتار

qazaqtar
Total population
c. 16.5 million
Regions with significant populations
 Kazakhstan 13,012,645 (2021)[1]
 China1,862,000
 Uzbekistan870,000
 Russia592,000
 Mongolia127,000
 United States55,000
 Turkey40,000
 Kyrgyzstan37,000
 Turkmenistan32,000
 Germany17,000
 South Korea12,000
 Azerbaijan9,400
 Iran6,700
 United Kingdom5,432
 United Arab Emirates5,000 to 6,000
 Ukraine4,200
 Afghanistan3,500
 Canada3,400
 Belgium2,600
 Sweden2 410
 Australia2,310
 Belarus2,300
 Czech Republic1,900
 Georgia1,700
 Austria1,685
 Norway1,203
 Italy1,200
 Spain1,000
 Moldova900
 Tajikistan800
 Portugal633
 Finland490
 Japan191
 Philippines178–215

References change

  1. "Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Этнодемографический сборник Республики Казахстан 2014". Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  2. "Kazakh | People, Religion, Language, & Culture | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-04.