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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is a country in Europe & Central Asia with a population of approximately ~20.3 million. Its capital is Astana. This is the complete reference for identifying Kazakhstan in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.

Quick facts

Continent / regionEurope & Central Asia
CapitalAstana
Population~20.3 million
ISO codesKZ / KAZ
Coordinates51.19°, 71.44°
Bordering countriesNone on file (island or maritime)

How Kazakhstan appears in daily geography puzzles

In MapDash, Kazakhstan is identified through the clue sequence: europe & central asia first, then population range (~20.3 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Astana), then a famous-for hint.

In Worldle, Kazakhstan is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Europe & Central Asia.

Reading Kazakhstan in MapDash context

The Kazakhstan record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Kazakhstan sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Kazakhstan’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Frequently asked questions

What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana.

What continent is Kazakhstan in?

Kazakhstan is in Europe & Central Asia.

What is the population of Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan has a population of approximately ~20.3 million.

What countries border Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan has no bordering countries on file — likely an island nation or has only maritime neighbors.

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