CHAPTER X. APPENDICES A -- D: Country Data, Domestic Economy, Trade, Foreign Direct Investment Statistics
APPENDIX A: COUNTRY DATA
POPULATION (in millions): 14.9 (March, 1999)
AREA: 2.7 million square km
POPULATION DENSITY: 5.5 people per square km
BIRTH RATE (1997): 14.7 births per 1,000
LIFE EXPECTANCY (1997):
MALE: 59.0 years
FEMALE: 70.2 years
ETHNIC COMPOSITION (1999)
Kazak 52.0%
Russian 31.4%
Other 16.6% (This includes mostly Ukrainians, Tatars,
and Germans, in descending numbers.)
POPULATION GROWTH RATE (1998): -1.2%
Urban: 55.1%
Rural: 44.9%
RELIGIONS (based on 1991 data):
Sunni-Muslim: 47%
Russian Orthodox: 44%
Protestant: 2%
Other: 7%
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM: Parliamentary Democracy
Main Government Officials (see Appendix E, Sect. H)
President: Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister: Kasymzhomart Tokayev
First Deputy Prime Minister: Alexander Pavlov
Deputy Prime Minister: Daniyal Akhmetov
Deputy Prime Minister: Erzhan Utembayev
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Yerlan Idrisov
Minister of Finance, Mazhit Esembayev
Minister of Agriculture: Sauat Mynbayev
Minister of State Revenues: Zeynulla Kakimzhanov
Minister of Economy: Zhaksybek Kulekeyev
Minister of Energy, Industry and Trade: Vladimir Shkolnik
Minister of Transport, Communication: Serik Burkitbayev
President of National Oil Company "Kazakhoil": Nurlan Balgimbayev
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources: Serikbek Daukeyev
LANGUAGES:
Kazak: State language
Russian: Official language (used routinely in business)
WORK WEEK: Monday through Friday, 9-6
APPENDIX B: DOMESTIC ECONOMY
1996 1997 1998
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GDP ($ billion) 22.1 22.5 21.9
Real GDP (Pct change) 1.1 2.0 -2.5
GDP Per Capita ($) 1,408 1,433 1,395
Gov't Spending (Pct of GDP) 19.8 20.0 20.0
Inflation (Pct change) 27.5 11.2 1.9
Unemployment (Pct) 13.0 13.0 15.0
Foreign Exchange Reserves 1,244 2,200 1,350
($ million)
Average Exchange Rate 67 75 80
Tenge/$
Gross External Debt 4,205 5,951 7.543
($ million)
Debt Service Ratio 11.8 14.6 N/A
(Pct)
U.S. Economic Assistance 34 36 38
($ million, U.S. fiscal years)
APPENDIX C: TRADE - 1996, 1997 AND 1998
(in $ Millions)
1996 1997 1998
Kazakhstani Exports 6292 6769 5,470
Kazakhstani Imports 6618 7154 7,120
Exports to U.S. 59 139 76
Imports from U.S. 66 202 268
(Note: The above figures should be used only as baseline estimates.)
APPENDIX D: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics
See Chapter VII, F, for FDI statistics.
Joint Ventures in Kazakhstan
According to the National Statistics Agency of the Republic
of Kazakhstan, by January 1, 1998 there were 1,388 joint
ventures registered in Kazakhstan. The following is a
partial list:
1. Russia 237
2. Turkey 228
3. Germany 116
4. USA 115
5. China 79
6. UK 53
7. Iran 45
8. S. Korea 38
9. Others 477
