Size and ethnic structure of the population of Northern Kazakhstan during post-Soviet period

The article analyses the population size and ethnic structure of Northern Kazakhstan during the post-Soviet period. It is noticed that just during the 6-year period of 1993 - 1999 the population reduced to 2 million people, but after 2004 the balance of external migration passes from negative to positive. The following conclusions are drawn: the demographic development possessed the tendencies of urban population increase and decrease of rural population; as it appears from the resulted data, Russians and Ukrainians still make the majority of the population of the region.