Kazakhstan Germans
The Germans of Kazakhstan or German Kazakhstanis (German: Kasachstandeutsche, Deutsch-Kasachen) are a minority in Kazakhstan, and make up a small percentage of the population. Today they live mostly in the northeastern part of the country between the cities of Astana and Oskemen, the majority being urban dwellers. Numbering nearly a million at the time of the Soviet dissolution, most have emigrated since then, usually to Germany or Russia. However, after a significant decrease from 1989 to 2009, by 2015 the number had seen a slight increase of a few thousand, the first time since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Between 2009 and 2021 the German population had increased by 26.7%.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~2 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Astana and Oskemen | |
| Germany | ~1.3 million (2022) |
| Kazakhstan | 226,092 (2021) |
| Kyrgyzstan | ~10,000 |
| Languages | |
| German, Kazakh and Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism; minorities of Roman Catholics, Irreligious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Volga Germans, Germans in Russia and Kyrgyzstan Germans | |
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