Kazakhs
Sign in to saveThe Kazakhs are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. They share a common culture, language and history that is closely related to those of other Turkic peoples. The majority of ethnic Kazakhs live in their transcontinental nation state of Kazakhstan.
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The Kazakhs are a Turkic ethnic group from Central Asia and Eastern Europe who share a distinct culture, language, and history with other Turkic peoples. Most Kazakhs live in Kazakhstan, their nation state that spans two continents, making them a significant population in the region.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Kazakhs
- Ethnic group.image
- Map_of_the_Kazakh_Diaspora_in_the_World.png
- Ethnic group.caption
- Map of the Kazakh people around the world
- Ethnic group.total
- 18 million
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 14,456,709 (2025)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 1,562,518 (2020)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 821,172 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 591,970 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 120,999 (2020)
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 44,445 (2024)
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 28,244 (2022)
- Ethnic group.pop8
- 21,913 (2022)
Article
34 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early Mentions of the Kazakhs in Western Literature
- Oral history
- Kazakh clan structure and genealogy
- Origin of Kazakh Tribes and сlans
- Three Kazakh hordes
- History of the Hordes
- Language
- Genetic studies
- Paternal lineages
- Maternal lineages
- Population
- Kazakh minority communities
- Russia
- China
- Mongolia
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Iran
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
- Culture
- Cuisine
- Clothing
- Religion
- Traditions
- Music
- Notable Kazakhs
- Kazakhs in philately
- See also
- Notes
- References
- "Kazakh"External links
The Kazakhs are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. They share a common culture, language and history that is closely related to those of other Turkic peoples. The majority of ethnic Kazakhs live in their transcontinental nation state of Kazakhstan.
Ethnic Kazakh communities are present in Kazakhstan's border regions in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, northern Uzbekistan, northwestern China (Xinjiang), western Mongolia (Bayan-Ölgii), and northern Iran (Golestan). The Kazakhs arose from the merging of various medieval tribes of Turkic and Turkified Mongolic origin in the 15th century.