Ethnic Kazakh

Kazaks
Қазақтар
Qazaqtar

A Kazakh shepherd with his dogs and horse
Total population
c. 15 million
Regions with significant populations
Kazakhstan 11,244,547 (2014)
China	1,500,000
Uzbekistan	800,000
Russia	647,732
Mongolia	201,526
Kyrgyzstan	33,200
United States	24,636
Turkey	10,000
Canada	9,600
Iran	3,000 - 4,000 to 15,000
Czech Republic	5,639
Ukraine	5,526
United Arab Emirates	5,000
Austria	1,685
Belarus	1,355
Germany	1,000
Languages
Kazakh, Russian, Mandarin
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Muslim, minority Tengrists, and Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Kyrgyz, Karakalpaks, Nogais, Turkic peoples, Naimans, and Mongols.

The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақ, Qazaq, قازاق  /qɑzɑ́q/ , Qazaqtar, Қазақтар, قازاقتار  /qɑzɑqtɑ́r/ ; the English name is transliterated from Russian) are a Turkic people who mainly inhabit the southern part of Eastern Europe Ural mountains and northern parts of Central Asia (largely Kazakhstan, but also found in parts of Uzbekistan, China, Russia and Mongolia), the region also known as Eurasian sub-continent. Kazakh identity is of medieval origin and was strongly shaped by the foundation of the Kazakh Khanate between 1456 and 1465, when several tribes under the rule of the sultans Zhanibek and Kerey departed from the Khanate of Abu'l-Khayr Khan.