Population: 15,000,065 *(State Statistics Agency, 24 June 2004)

Administratively Kazakhstan is comprised of 14 provinces (as of 5.05.97) with the cities of Almaty and Astana enjoying a special status

Urban -- 56 percent

Rural -- 44 percent

Men -- 48.2 percent

Women - 51.8 percent

Population of Kazakhstan's provinces: *(Figures below were taken from Kazakhstan State Statistics Agency's "Chislennost' i Razmeshcheniye Naseleniya v Respublike Kazakhstan, Itogi Perepisi Naseleniya 1999 goda v Respublike Kazakhstan," Vol. 1, Almaty, 2000.)

Akmola	836,271
Aktyubinsk	682,558
Almaty	1,558,534
Atyrau	440,286
Eastern-Kazakhstan	1,531,024
Zhambyl	998,840
Western-Kazakhstan	616,800
Karaganda	1,410,218
Kustanai	1,017,729
Kyzylorda	596,215
Mangistau	314,669
Pavlodar	806,983
North-Kazakhstan	725,980
South-Kazakhstan	1,979,339
Astana City	319,324
Almaty	1,129,356

Number of eligable voters: 8,411,757 (1999)

Number of polling stations: 10,253 (1995)