Kostanay — UN urban centre
Kostanay: 176,796 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,414 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1094; territory: Kazakhstan (KAZ). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 53.2143, 63.6287. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 266,999 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 270,222 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 267,185 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 270,246 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 250,053 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 216,783 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 212,188 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 211,408 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 199,803 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 179,640 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 176,796 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 170,739 | Projection |
| 2035 | 167,066 | Projection |
| 2040 | 163,379 | Projection |
| 2045 | 160,433 | Projection |
| 2050 | 157,308 | Projection |
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