regions of Kazakhstan

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|#530132|≥70%

|#82004D|60.0 – 69.9%

|#B4006B|50.0 – 59.9%

|#FF0097|40.0 – 49.9%

|#FF9AC7|30.0 – 39.9%

|#FCC7DF|20.0 – 29.9%

|#FBE7F0|10.0 – 19.9%

|#ffffff|0.0 – 9.9%

}}]]

In 2022, three new regions were created - Abai (from part of East Kazakhstan), Jetisu (from part of Almaty Region) and Ulytau (from part of Karaganda Region). In the following table, the 2009 population totals have been amended to reflect the population in the new or altered regions.

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Over the last 60 years, both the distribution and names of regions of Kazakhstan have changed considerably. Major changes were several fusions and splits between Guryev and Mangystau, Karaganda and Dzhezkazgan, Almaty and Taldy-Kurgan, East Kazakhstan and Semipalatinsk and Kostanay, Turgay and Tselinograd, respectively. Changes in region names were often in line with the renaming of cities, such as in the case of Alma-Ata/Almaty. After the administrative reform in 1997, the last change happened since then took place in 1999, when parts of North Kazakhstan that originally belonged to Kokshetau region became part of Akmola. The 1990s merges were in order to dilute the Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form a majority.{{cite news |url=http://carnegie.ru/commentary/2016/08/25/ru-64345/j3vs |script-title=ru:Три угрозы для Назарбаева: насколько стабилен Казахстан |title=Tri ugrozy dlya Nazarbayeva: naskol'ko stabilen Kazakhstan |trans-title=Three threats to Nazarbayev: how stable is Kazakhstan |last=Bologov |first=Pyotr |date=25 August 2016 |publisher=carnegie.ru |language=ru |access-date=29 August 2016}}

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:{{note|1|1}} Almaty, Astana and Shymkent have the status of the city of republican significance, and as such do not relate to any region.

:{{note|2|2}} The West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions are both partly located in Eastern Europe as the Ural River runs through Atyrau and Oral, their respective capital cities.

:{{note|3|3}} Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia along with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year 2050.

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