Within the field of economics, demographics is a very powerful tool for analysis and forecasting. The application of the economic analysis techniques to demographics can provide us with a wide variety of information for purposes ranging from economic market research to economic policy development. According to the Committee on Statistics of Kazakhstan (Kazstat), in June 2017 the population of the country exceeded 18 million people making it the 65th most populous nation in the world, according to the UN official ranking.

