Kazakhstan's population grew by some 170,000 since Jan

ASTANA. KAZINFORM "Population of Kazakhstan increased by 169,700 people or by 1% for the past eight months to reach 17 mln 330 thousand," chairman of the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry Alikhan Smailov said.

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"As of September 1, 2014 the country's population made 17, 330, 500 people, including 9,560,300 of urban population and 7,770,200 of rural. It grew by 1,5% against the same period of 2013," he added. "266,200 infants were born in January-August 2014 that is 5,100 or 2% more against the analogous period of the last year. The number of deaths decreased by 4,7% as compared to the same period of the previous year," he resumed.