Kazakhstan's population amounted to 16.6 million people - Statistics Agency

TANA. November 14. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ The population of Kazakhstan has amounted to more than 16.6 million people as of December 1, 2011 and in comparison with January 1, 2011, increased by 1.1 percent.

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Chairman of the Kazakh Agency of Statistics Alikhan Smailov has announced at a briefing.

According to him, the number of births for nine months made 280,460 people, and the number of deaths - 109,785 people.

"There is positive dynamics of natural population increase," A.Smailov noted.