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In 2017, 37 704 people left Kazakhstan, while 35,680 of them are citizens of Kazakhstan, reports Kazakhstan’s Committee on Statistics.

Of the total number of departures, 87 percent, or 32,875 people went to Russia. In addition, people left for Germany - 2,960 people, Belarus - 288 people, the United States - 284 people and Israel - 127 people.

Arrived in the country in 2017, 16,081 people: 11,596 people from the CIS countries and 4,000 people from other countries. The leaders on arriving in Kazakhstan were Uzbekistan - 5 196 people, Russia - 4 383 people, as well as China - 3 204 people.

Most often in these regions left the country, residents of Zhambyl regions - 16 918 people, slightly less from South Kazakhstan - 14 612 people. Astana on results of the year was marked by positive statistics. In 2017, more than 35 thousand people arrived in the capital. Almost the same data from Almaty - about 30 thousand people. The total population of Kazakhstan from the beginning of 2017 to January 1, 2018, increased by 238 864 people.

Recall, the number of citizens leaving Kazakhstan in 2016 amounted to 32,930 people. This is 16.4 percent more than in 2015.

“The Qazaq Times”