| Name | Population | Latitude/Longitude | 
| 1 | Almaty   , Almaty | 
1,977,011 | 
43.252 / 76.911 | 
| 2 | Shymkent   , Shymkent | 
1,200,000 | 
42.31 / 69.6 | 
| 3 | Aktobe   , Aktyubinskaya Oblast’ | 
500,757 | 
50.28 / 57.207 | 
| 4 | Karaganda   , Karaganda | 
497,777 | 
49.802 / 73.102 | 
| 5 | Taraz   , Zhambyl | 
358,153 | 
42.898 / 71.373 | 
| 6 | Kyzylorda   , Qyzylorda | 
354,800 | 
44.853 / 65.509 | 
| 7 | Astana   , Astana | 
345,604 | 
51.18 / 71.446 | 
| 8 | Oral   , Batys Qazaqstan | 
330,000 | 
51.246 / 51.426 | 
| 9 | Pavlodar   , Pavlodar Region | 
329,002 | 
52.276 / 76.969 | 
| 10 | Ust-Kamenogorsk   , East Kazakhstan | 
319,067 | 
49.971 / 82.606 | 
| 11 | Semey   , Abai Region | 
292,780 | 
50.421 / 80.25 | 
| 12 | Atyrau   , Atyrau Oblisi | 
290,700 | 
47.105 / 51.884 |