Where is Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Crazy but True
Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country on Earth, and for years every human being who traveled to the International Space Station left from it. The Baikonur Cosmodrome sits on Kazakh soil but is leased to Russia, making it a Russian spaceport inside another country.
Kazakhstan facts
- Capital
- Astana
- Population
- 20,843,754 (2025)
- Area
- 2,724,900 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Central Asia
- Currency
- Kazakhstani tenge (KZT)
- Languages
- Kazakh and Russian
- Coordinates
- 48°, 68°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- KZ · KAZ
How Kazakhstan compares
- Kazakhstan is the 9th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Argentina and larger than Algeria.
- It is the 64th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 5 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Asia, it is the 3rd largest of 45 countries by area.