Kazakhstan Germans
Small Germanic ethnic group in Kazakhstan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[3]
Total population | |
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~2 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Astana and Oskemen | |
Germany | ~1.3 million (2022)[1] |
Kazakhstan | 226,092 (2021)[2] |
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 |
Their number peaked at nearly 1 million (957 thousand people per 1989 census) near the time of the Soviet dissolution, but 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%, though mostly due to changes in patterns of ethnic identity rather than actual population growth.