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Kazakhstan vs Tajikistan
How Kazakhstan and Tajikistan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Kazakhstan was higher: 74.4 years against 71.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Kazakhstan was higher: $12,490 against $1,593
- Population · In 2023, Kazakhstan was higher: 20.3 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Tajikistan was higher: 1.47% of GDP against 0.43% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Kazakhstan was higher: 12.57 tonnes against 0.92 tonnes
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| Measure | Kazakhstan | Tajikistan | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 74.4 | 71.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 0.9 | 2.8 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 8.1 | 24.5 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 89.42021 | 55.3 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.51 | 2.56 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 23 | 5.8 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 20.3 million | 10.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 1.32 | 1.96 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 3.01 | 3.07 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 62.4 | 26.2 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 29.5 | 21.9 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 8.3 | 3.7 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.2 | -1.9 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $12,490 | $1,593 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 52024 | 8.4 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 8.72024 | 3.4 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 24.42024 | 18.6 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 9.1 | 6.8 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2009 | 99.7 | 99.7 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2016 | 892007 | 96 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.26 | 0.16 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.51 | 0.17 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 78 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 0.43 | 1.47 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $1.31B | $220M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $63 | $23 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 2.1 | 4.7 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 71,000 | 17,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.27 | 0.05 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.74 | 0.75 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 18 million | 75 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 9 | 2.9 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 15 | 8.9 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 22.4 | 12.1 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 12.57 | 0.92 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 93.4 | 55.8 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 99.9 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 1.3 | 3.1 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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