The country is bordered by Russia in the North, the Caspian Sea in the West, China in the South-East, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in the South, and Hirkmenistan in the South-West. The population of Kazakhstan amounted to 17 million people in 2013. A big surface and small population result in a low density of population, which was estimated at 6.2 persons per square km in 2013 (IAC, 2014).