Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 1,368 m above Russia’s

Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 13% of Russia

Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 6.9 times as many people as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Russia is 14% more densely populated than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 10 years older than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.6 more children on average than in Russia

Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Kazakhstan hosts 2.6 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Russia 1

Kazakhstan: 2 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 8.4 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 12% more per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Russia than in Kazakhstan (Gini 3.8 points higher)

Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · Russia: 33 (2023)

Russia and Kazakhstan are practically level

Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 2.1% in Russia

Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Kazakhstan’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Russia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 2 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Kazakhstan is 80% more likely to die before turning one than in Russia

Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 36% more doctors per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 4% more hospital beds per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 9% higher than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 21% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 0.80 points higher than in Russia

Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 75% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 31% more meat per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 392 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 112 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 0.14 years longer than in Russia

Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Russia: no data

Russia has 26 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (33 against 7)

Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 93% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Kazakhstan and Russia are practically level

Kazakhstan: 100% (2024) · Russia: 100% (2024)

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kazakhstan 127

Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 5.3 times as long as Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 21% more passengers per resident than those from Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 13% more CO₂ than someone in Russia

Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

17% of Russia’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Kazakhstan carries 24% more fine dust than in Russia

Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.1 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Kazakhstan are 52% deadlier than in Russia

Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Kazakhstan is on average 10.4 °C warmer than Russia

Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Russia gets 79% more rain than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)