Aktobe Region: population, GRP, wages, unemployment, poverty, health, schools and investment
Aktobe Region is a region of Kazakhstan, number 8 of 20 by population. Aktobe Region had 955,970 residents at the end of 2025, 4.7% of the 20,499,822 people of Kazakhstan; it is ranked 8th largest of 20 regions and cities (the 17 regions and 3 cities of republican significance are ranked together).
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Aktobe Region: The economy of Aktobe Region produced 4.96 trillion tenge of gross regional product (GRP) in 2024, 3.6% of Kazakhstan's 136.69 trillion tenge; it is ranked 10th highest of 20 regions and cities (current prices).
- Health in Aktobe Region: Life expectancy at birth in Aktobe Region was 76.2 years in 2025 (72.0 for men and 80.1 for women), ranked 6th highest of 20 regions and cities (Kazakhstan: 76.0 years).
- Education in Aktobe Region: In the 2024/25 school year Aktobe Region had 434 general education schools with 185,900 pupils, an average of 428 pupils per school (Kazakhstan: 493).
- Poverty and living standards in Aktobe Region: 4.5% of people in Aktobe Region had incomes below the subsistence level in 2024, ranked joint 10th highest of 20 regions and cities (Kazakhstan: 5.0%); this is the Bureau of National Statistics poverty measure.
- Government budget and revenue in Aktobe Region: Investment in fixed assets in Aktobe Region funded from budgets was 196.5 billion tenge in 2024: 72.4 billion tenge from the republican (national) budget and 124.1 billion tenge from the local budget; this is 21.6% of all investment in Aktobe Region (Kazakhstan: 21.6%).
Is the population of Aktobe Region growing?
The population of Aktobe Region grew from 916,750 at the end of 2021 to 955,970 at the end of 2025, a change of +4.3% in four years (Kazakhstan: +5.1%).
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow many people live in rural areas of Aktobe Region?
On 1 January 2025, 717,622 people (75.6%) in Aktobe Region lived in urban areas and 231,902 in rural areas; across Kazakhstan 63.0% of people are urban.
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyWhat is the age structure of Aktobe Region?
At the end of 2025 Aktobe Region had 556 children below working age and 207 people above working age for every 1,000 people of working age (Kazakhstan: 527 and 218); in all, 763 dependants per 1,000 workers.
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyWhat is the birth rate in Aktobe Region?
The total fertility rate in Aktobe Region was 2.68 children per woman in 2025, ranked 10th highest of 20 regions and cities (Kazakhstan: 2.57; in 2021 it was 3.36 in Aktobe Region).
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow many babies are born each year in Aktobe Region?
In 2024 there were 19.0 births and 6.2 deaths per 1,000 residents of Aktobe Region, a natural increase of 12.8 per 1,000 (Kazakhstan: 18.1 births, 6.6 deaths).
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyAre people moving to Aktobe Region?
In 2024 the population of Aktobe Region changed by 10,119 people: natural increase 12,076 and net migration -1,957 (more people left than arrived), based on registered births, deaths and migration.
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow big is Aktobe Region?
Aktobe Region covers 300,629 square kilometres and had 3.2 people per square kilometre in 2025 (Kazakhstan: 7.5); ranked joint 2nd least densely populated of 20 regions and cities (the three cities are small areas and rank highest).
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow regions are governed in Kazakhstan
Regions (oblys, 17) and cities of republican significance (Astana, Almaty, Shymkent). Akim appointed by the President, who must propose at least two candidates for a vote of consent by the maslikhat deputies (2026 Constitution); maslikhat directly elected for five years. Regional budgets, development programmes, health, education and infrastructure.
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Other regions of Kazakhstan
- Almaty City 2,348,103
- Turkistan Region 2,149,205
- Astana 1,639,176
- Almaty Region 1,596,532
- Shymkent 1,294,050
- Zhambyl Region 1,215,656
- Karaganda Region 1,131,353
- Kyzylorda Region 846,312
- Kostanay Region 821,473
- Mangystau Region 819,824
- Akmola Region 789,608
- Pavlodar Region 745,243
- East Kazakhstan Region 718,995
- Atyrau Region 716,071
- West Kazakhstan Region 695,649
- Jetisu Region 687,701
- Abai Region 595,720
- North Kazakhstan Region 514,132
- Ulytau Region 219,049
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Sources
- Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan: Demographic Yearbook of Kazakhstan 2021-2025 (English edition), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c2ca14ffe74f…)
- Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan: Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan 2019-2023: statistical compilation (English edition), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 5341ced12209…)
- Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan: The regions of Kazakhstan in 2024: Statistical Yearbook (English edition, 414 pages), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3456cb173460…)
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