Kazakhstan

Country in Central Asia

Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia, with its capital in Astana. About 20.8 million people live there (2025), making it the 64th most populous of the 195 countries. At 2,724,900 km², it is the 9th largest country by area. It is landlocked, bordered by China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan at a glance

Capital: Astana
Population (2025): 20.8 million
Area: 2,724,900 km²
Density: 8 per km²
Official languages: Kazakh, Russian
Currency: Kazakhstani tenge
People: Kazakhstani
Calling code: +7
Internet domain: .kz
Coast: Landlocked

Where is Kazakhstan?

How Kazakhstan compares

Population rank

64th of 195

24th of 47 in Asia

Size rank

9th of 195

3rd of 47 in Asia

Crowding

8 per km²

More crowded than 5% of countries

Similar in size: Argentina (2,780,400 km²).
Similar population: Chad (21 million).
Kazakhstan is the only place that uses the Kazakhstani tenge.
Kazakh is not an official language anywhere else.
Russian is also an official language in 7 other countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The flag of Kazakhstan

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Its outline

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How players do with Kazakhstan

Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Kazakhstan so far, from 101 answers up to November 2026.

On the map

72% right

145th hardest of 176 · 76 answers

Its flag

68% right

45th hardest of 145 · 25 answers

Players find Kazakhstan on the map in 72% of tries, which makes it one of the easiest. The most common wrong answer is Uzbekistan.
Players recognise the flag of Kazakhstan in 68% of tries.

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Countries that border Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan borders 5 countries: China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Quick quiz: Kazakhstan

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1. Which is the flag of Kazakhstan?
2. What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
3. Which of these borders Kazakhstan?

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Questions about Kazakhstan

Is Kazakhstan a country?

Yes. Kazakhstan is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.

What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana. Astana replaced Almaty as the capital in 1997, and was called Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022.

Which countries border Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan borders 5 countries: China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

How many countries border Kazakhstan?

5. Kazakhstan shares a land border with 5 countries.

How big is Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan covers 2,724,900 km², about the same size as Argentina (2,780,400 km²).

Is Kazakhstan hard to find on a map?

Not for most players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find Kazakhstan in 72% of 76 tries, 145th hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is Uzbekistan.

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