| Population | 30,842,796 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Uzbekistani adjective: Uzbekistani |
| Ethnic groups | Uzbek 83.8%, Tajik 4.8%, Kazakh 2.5%, Russian 2.3%, Karakalpak 2.2%, Tatar 1.5%, other 4.4% (2017 est.) |
| Languages | Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% major-language sample(s): Jahon faktlari kitobi, asosiy ma'lumotlar uchun zaruriy manba. (Uzbek) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. note: in the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status |
| Religions | Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 23.19% (male 3,631,693/female 3,456,750) 15-24 years: 16.63% (male 2,601,803/female 2,481,826) 25-54 years: 45.68% (male 6,955,260/female 7,006,172) 55-64 years: 8.63% (male 1,245,035/female 1,392,263) 65 years and over: 5.87% (male 768,769/female 1,025,840) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.6 youth dependency ratio: 43.4 elderly dependency ratio: 7.2 potential support ratio: 13.9 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 30.1 years male: 29.4 years female: 30.7 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.86% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.85 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.4 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, while the central and western deserts are sparsely populated |
| Urbanization | urban population: 50.4% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.25% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 2.545 million TASHKENT (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 23.7 years (2019 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 19.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.03 years male: 71.98 years female: 78.25 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.73 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 96.1% of population total: 97.8% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 3.9% of population total: 2.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.3% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.37 physicians/1,000 population (2014) |
| Hospital bed density | 4 beds/1,000 population (2014) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 58,000 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <1,000 (2020 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 16.6% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 2.9% (2017) |
| Education expenditures | 5.3% of GDP (2017) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2016) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
