ASTANA. February 4. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ "In accordance with the national census of 2009, as of January 1, 2010 the population of Kazakhstan is up to 16 mln 196 thousand and 800 people", Chairman of the Agency for Statistics Alikhan Smailov said.

He noted that for the beginning of 2010 the number of Kazakhs was up to 63.6%, Russians - 23.3%, Uzbeks - 2.9%, Ukrainians - 2%, Uigurs - 1.4%, Tatars - 1.2%, Germans - 1.1%, other ethnos - 4.5%.