Kazakhstan is 57% larger than Queensland (Australia).
Area: 2,724,900 km2 World Factbook
Population: 17,948,816 (July 2014) World Factbook
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a contiguous transcontinental country in Central Asia, with its smaller part west of the Ural River in Europe. Wikipedia
Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. Wikipedia