Life expectancy in Kazakhstan hits a record high

The Kazakh President outlined the country’s efforts aimed at promoting the nation's health, Kazinform Agency reports.

The President said Kazakhstan takes efforts to promote people’s health. As a result, the life expectancy at birth in Kazakhstan reached a record high of 74.4 years old. Kazakhstan could overcome demographic shocks of the 90s, when the country’s population shrunk rapidly. As the Head of State said the country’s population would reach soon 20 million that proves the steady progress of Kazakhstan, people’s confidence in their own future and future of their children.