Population: 19.17 million (+1.16% vs 2020) GDP Per Capita (PPP): $25,700 (+3.2% vs. 2020) Annual Electric Power Consumption Per Capita: 5,500 kWh Government Debt: 25.18% (-1.13% vs 2020) Kazakhstan is sparsely populated, has an authoritarian government, and it is thousands of kilometers removed from the world’s ocean trade routes. But the country does have significant fossil fuel, heavy industry and mining sectors, and its railways provide an overland route from China to Europe. The country is wealthier than its central Asian neighbors, as reflected by the fact that there are less than a million Kazakhs living and working in Russia. In fact, Kazakhstan itself has become something of a destination of Uzbek and other migrant labor of late in its…