Distillers Kazakhstan
A one-page guide to Kazakhstan for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Astana
- Official languages
- Kazakh (state language), Russian (official use)
- Currency
- Kazakhstani tenge (KZT)
- Time zone
- UTC+5
- Area
- 2,724,910 km²
People
- Population
- 20.4 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 62.4%
- Aged under 15
- 29.1%
- Aged 65 and over
- 9.0%
- Life expectancy
- 74.5 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$306.0 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$15,006 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 6.5% (2025)
- Inflation
- 11.4% (2025)
Climate
Extreme continental, cold-steppe climate with hot summers and cold winters inside the Eurasian steppe. Winter cold affects bulk liquid and bottled stock moving by road or rail, and long overland distances dominate logistics.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 21 (Code of Administrative Offences, as cited by Wikipedia)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 5.96 litres of pure alcohol (2024)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Legal drinking age; Wikipedia - Beer in Kazakhstan; Wikipedia - Kazakhstan; State Revenue Committee; PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries: Kazakhstan - other taxes; EntryBrief: Kazakhstan customs allowances (secondary; cites national customs); ProWein, Dusseldorf (international wine and spirits fair); WHO GISAH country profile - Kazakhstan (2018). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.