Kazakhstan Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: November 27, 2025
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Kazakhstan Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Kazakhstan. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Kazakhstan - Address Format

An address format in Kazakhstan contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. Street name and House number
  4. Suburb (if exists)
  5. City Name and Postal Code (6 digits)*
  6. Country – KAZAKHSTAN (in all caps)

*Despite the new postcode system in Kazakhstan, the public continue to use the old 6-digit system. Ask your contact at GeoPostcodes for the 6-digit dataset.

John Smith
Dostyq St 8
Astana 020000
KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Katayev St 61
Pavlodar 140011
KAZAKHSTAN

Example 2:

Kazakhstan Post Office
Katayev St 85
Pavlodar 140013
KAZAKHSTAN

Postal and Country Information for Kazakhstan

Country/territory name Kazakhstan
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: KZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: KAZ
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 398
Administrative area count 21
Administration area names and abbreviations
  • Almaty
  • Astana
  • Shymkent
  • Abay
  • Akmola
  • Aktobe
  • Almaty
  • Atyrau
  • East Kazakhstan
  • Jetisu
  • Karaganda
  • Kostanay
  • Kyzylorda
  • Mangystau
  • North Kazakhstan
  • Pavlodar
  • Turkistan
  • Ulytau
  • West Kazakhstan
  • Zhambyl
  • 75
  • 71
  • 79
  • 10
  • 11
  • 15
  • 19
  • 23
  • 63
  • 33
  • 35
  • 39
  • 43
  • 47
  • 59
  • 55
  • 61
  • 62
  • 27
  • 31
Term to describe postal codes Пошта индексі
Postal code format A99A9A9
Population 20 044 905
Total land area 2 717 670km²

How to Validate Addresses for Kazakhstan Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Kazakhstan addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Kazakhstan, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

  • Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities and Postal Codes in Kazakhstan
  • Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities and Postal Codes in Kazakhstan
  • Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Kazakhstan segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Kazakhstan using:

  • Street column to validate Street names
  • Region 1 (major cities) or Region 2 (others) column to validate City names
  • Postcode column to validate Postal Codes