Kazakhstan

Adventist Members: 3,807

Adventist Churches: 70

Number of Ordained Ministers: 12

Net Membership Growth Over Past 10 Years: 137%

(Statistics current Dec. 31, 2000)

Official name: Qazaqstan Respublikasy (Republic of Kazakhstan).

Head of state and government: President assisted by Prime Minister.

Capital: Astana.

Official language: Kazakh.

Monetary unit: Tenge.

Population (2001 est.): 16,731,303.

Urban-rural (1996): urban 56.0%; rural 44.0%.

Ethnic composition (1999): Kazakh 53.4%; Russian 30.0%; Ukrainian 3.7%; Uzbek 2.5%; German 2.4%; Uighur 1.4%; other 6.6%.

Religious affiliation (1995): Muslim (mostly Sunni) 47.0%; Russian Orthodox 8.2%; Protestant 2.1%; other (mostly nonreligious) 42.7%.

Major cities (1995): Almaty (Alma-Ata) 1,172,400; Qaraghandy (Karaganda) 573,700; Shymkent (Chimkent) 397,600; Pavlodar 340,700.

Divorce rate per 1,000 population (1994): 2.5.

Life expectancy at birth (2001 est.): male 57.87 years; female 68.97 years; total pop. 63.29 years.

Population below poverty line: 35% (1999 est.).

Sources:

Encyclopedia Britannica

www.countryreports.org