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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Kazakhstan is 27% bigger than Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 4,010 m above Saudi Arabia’s

Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 79% of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Saudi Arabia has 77% more people than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Saudi Arabia is 2.2 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kazakhstan are 4.8 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kazakhstan are 2.9 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Kazakhstan is 0.22 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kazakhstan have 0.7 more children on average than in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kazakhstan hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1

Kazakhstan: 2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 4.2 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Saudi Arabia produces 67% more per person than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Kazakhstan’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Kazakhstan’s

Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Saudi Arabia spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Saudi Arabia live 4.5 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kazakhstan is 57% more likely to die before turning one than in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 10% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Kazakhstan has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 8.3 times that in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 22% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.18 points higher than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Kazakhstan has 12% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Saudi Arabia has 524 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 150 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 0.94 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Saudi Arabia welcomed 67% more tourists per resident than Kazakhstan (2019)

Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Saudi Arabia has 1 more World Heritage site than Kazakhstan (8 against 7)

Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 93% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 19% faster than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Kazakhstan: 100% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kazakhstan 127

Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Kazakhstan’s railway network is 5.4 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 46% more CO₂ than someone in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

15% of Kazakhstan’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 3.2 times as much fine dust as in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Kazakhstan as in Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 5% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Saudi Arabia is on average 19.0 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Kazakhstan gets 5.4 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Kazakhstan bigger than Saudi Arabia?

Kazakhstan is larger. Kazakhstan is 27% bigger than Saudi Arabia.

Which has more people, Kazakhstan or Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia has 77% more people than Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Kazakhstan or Saudi Arabia?

People in Saudi Arabia live 4.5 years longer than in Kazakhstan. Life expectancy at birth is 74.5 years in Kazakhstan and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.

Are people taller in Kazakhstan or Saudi Arabia?

Men in Kazakhstan are 4.8 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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