4.34 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 40
28.731 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 37
state owns nearly all radio and TV transmission facilities and operates national TV and radio networks; nearly all nationwide TV networks are wholly or partly owned by the government; some former state-owned media outlets have been privatized; households
5.299 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 44
total: 15,333 km
country comparison to the world: 18
broad gauge: 15,333 km 1.520-m gauge (4,000 km electrified) (2012)
total: 97,418 km
country comparison to the world: 46
paved: 87,140 km
unpaved: 10,278 km (2012)
4,000 km (on the Ertis (Irtysh) River (80%) and Syr Darya (Syrdariya) River) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 27
major seaport(s): Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev)
river port(s): Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk) (Irtysh River)
total: 11
country comparison to the world: 111
by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 8, refrigerated cargo 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Austria 1, Ireland 1, Turkey 1) (2010)
96 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 60
