Civil registration is mostly under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, with registrations taking place in civil registration offices, in “Government for Citizens” offices or through an e-government platform. The Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy is responsible for producing and publishing vital statistics. Birth, death and perinatal death data are entered into a unified system that allows the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Healthcare and Social development and the State Statistics Committee and other stakeholders like Ministry of Internal affairs and Ministry of Education to manage a common, real-time population registry and produce vital statistics, including daily reports of pregnancies and maternal deaths: the Statistical Population Register (SPR). For completeness of registration’s coverage purposes, medical organizations of the country carry out verifications on a monthly basis of the registered births and deaths with bodies of civil registration. As of 2019 a project of a registration through SMS is being implemented, with the medical services transmitting data to the civil registration office to ease the process.

Registration of birth is obligatory, and it must be carried out within 3 working days, a time limit that has been heavily reduced in 2016 to allow access to more accurate and timely data. Registration of death is also obligatory, but there is no established period. A death certificate is however mandatory for funeral, and it is free of charge. In 2015, 99.7% of children under 5 were estimated to have had their birth registered. In 2013, death registration was estimated to be between 85 and 90% complete. Delayed registration is monitored and 0.4% of births occurring in 2013 were registered in the following years, and 1.3% for deaths.

The challenges faced by Kazakhstan include a stronger collaboration between stakeholders, as well as a close monitoring of data quality. Quality has become even more important with the creation of the Statistical Population Register which requires consistency to link the different databases.

Civil registration is mostly under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, with registrations taking place in civil registration offices, in “Government for Citizens” offices or through an e-government platform. The Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy is responsible for producing and publishing vital statistics. Birth, death and perinatal death data are entered into a unified system that allows the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Healthcare and Social development and the State Statistics Committee and other stakeholders like Ministry of Internal affairs and Ministry of Education to manage a common, real-time population registry and produce vital statistics, including daily reports of pregnancies and maternal deaths: the Statistical Population Register (SPR). For completeness of registration’s coverage purposes, medical organizations of the country carry out verifications on a monthly basis of the registered births and deaths with bodies of civil registration. As of 2019 a project of a registration through SMS is being implemented, with the medical services transmitting data to the civil registration office to ease the process.

Registration of birth is obligatory, and it must be carried out within 3 working days, a time limit that has been heavily reduced in 2016 to allow access to more accurate and timely data. Registration of death is also obligatory, but there is no established period. A death certificate is however mandatory for funeral, and it is free of charge. In 2015, 99.7% of children under 5 were estimated to have had their birth registered. In 2013, death registration was estimated to be between 85 and 90% complete. Delayed registration is monitored and 0.4% of births occurring in 2013 were registered in the following years, and 1.3% for deaths.

The challenges faced by Kazakhstan include a stronger collaboration between stakeholders, as well as a close monitoring of data quality. Quality has become even more important with the creation of the Statistical Population Register which requires consistency to link the different databases.