Kazakhstan has a land size of 2.7 million sq km and is the ninth largest country in the world – equivalent to the size of Western Europe.
Population of 15.4 million with GDP per capita of US$5,100 as at end-2006. The country's total GDP is US$77.9bil with latest GDP growth of 10.6%. Besides massive oil reserves, Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources such as copper, zinc, gold, silver, iron ore, cobalt, manganese, chrome and uranium. Based on an official announcement by the Kazakhstan government current daily production of crude oil was 64 million tonnes per year or 1.34 million barrels per day. Preliminary studies by the Government revealed that projected reserves were 100 to 110 billion barrels – the third largest after Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Source: Internet research
Population of 15.4 million with GDP per capita of US$5,100 as at end-2006. The country's total GDP is US$77.9bil with latest GDP growth of 10.6%. Besides massive oil reserves, Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources such as copper, zinc, gold, silver, iron ore, cobalt, manganese, chrome and uranium. Based on an official announcement by the Kazakhstan government current daily production of crude oil was 64 million tonnes per year or 1.34 million barrels per day. Preliminary studies by the Government revealed that projected reserves were 100 to 110 billion barrels – the third largest after Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Source: Internet research
