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Sex structure of the population

Age group	Total population			Men			Women
	1989	1999	2006	1989	1999	2006	1989	1999	2006
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	48.4	48.2	48.1	51.6	51.8	51.9
0-9 years	22.1	17.8	15.2	11.2	9.1	7.8	10.9	8.7	7.4
10-14 years	9.8	10.8	9.0	4.9	5.5	4.6	4.9	5.3	4.4
15-29 years	26.3	25.3	27.8	13.4	12.7	14.0	12.9	12.6	13.7
30-44 years	19.4	22.4	21.79	9.6	10.9	10.6	9.8	11.5	11.1
45-59 years	13.2	12.9	16.2	6.2	5.9	7.4	7.0	7.0	8.8
60 years and over	9.2	10.8	10.1	3.1	4.1	3.7	6.1	6.7	6.5

10. Over the past seven years, there has been a significant increase in both the total number of young persons aged 15-29 (445,800 or 11.8 per cent) and adults aged 45-59 (529,700 or 27.3 per cent) and the share of these groups in the population. At the same time, the overall share of youth (children, adolescents and young persons, i.e. persons aged 0-29) in the population has continued to decline, from 54 per cent (8,079,000) on 1 January 1989 to 52.2 per cent (7,908,900) at the beginning of 2006. In consequence, the population has continued to age: while in 1989 the average age of the Republic’s inhabitants was 28.5 years, in 1999 it stood at 29.9 years, and in 2005, at 31.6 years.

Age structure of the population

Age group	Total population			Men (percentage of total male population)			Women (percentage of total female population)
	1989	1999	2006	1989	1999	2006	1989	1999	2006
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
0-9 years	22.1	17.8	15.2	23.2	18.8	16.2	21.2	16.8	14.3
10-14 years	9.8	10.8	9.0	10.2	11.4	9.5	9.4	10.3	8.5
15-29 years	26.3	25.3	27.8	27.6	26.4	29.2	25.1	24.3	26.5
30-44 years	19.4	22.4	21.7	19.8	22.5	22.0	18.9	22.1	21.5
45-59 years	13.2	12.9	16.2	12.8	12.4	15.4	13.5	13.6	17.0
60 years and over	9.2	10.8	10.1	6.4	8.5	7.7	11.9	12.9	12.3

11. The total number of children and adolescents (0-14 years) in Kazakhstan as at 1 January 2006 was more than 3,680,000, of whom 1,228,800 (33.4 per cent) were children aged 0-4; 1,088,100 (29.6 per cent), children aged 5-9; and 1,363,100 (37 per cent), adolescents aged 10-14. The composition of the young adult population (15-29 years) by sex as at 1 January 2006 reflects the slight numerical and relative superiority of males (in contrast to the overall population structure): in this age group as a whole, the ratio is 50.5 to 49.5 in favour of men; in the age groups 15-19 and 20-24, it is 50.8 to 49.2 and 50.6 to 49.4, respectively; and, in the age group 25-29, it is 50.1 to 49.9.