🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇺🇿 Uzbekistan UZ / UZB #56

Nomad Score 57.0

Cities 9

Region Silk Road, Asia, Asia, Central Asia

Currency UZS

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 38.2M

Density 78.0/km²

HDI 0.740 (High)

Gini Index (2003) 35.3

Life Expectancy (2023) 72.4 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 3.50

Urban Population (2024) 51.0%

Literacy Rate (2022) 100.0%

Gender Wage Gap (2022) 27.3%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Russian	Русский
Uzbek	Oʻzbek

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Islam	94.8%
Irreligion	3.9%
Christianity	1.0%
Other religions	0.3%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Uzbeks	84.6%
Tajiks	4.8%
Kazakhs	2.3%
Karakalpaks	2.2%
Russians	2.1%
Others	4.0%

Demonym (male) Uzbekistani

Demonym (female) Uzbekistani

National Anthem National Anthem of Uzbekistan

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		31.1%
15-64 Working		63.0%
65+ Elderly		5.9%

Dependency Ratio 58.6%

Profile Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 51.0%

Birth Rate (2023) 26.5 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 6.2 /1000

Fertility Rate (2023) 3.50

Infant Mortality (2023) 12.7 /1000

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 72.4 yrs

HALE (2021) 63.4 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 6.7% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 12.7/1000

UHC Index (2021) 75/100

Hospital Beds (2023) 4.9/1000

Physicians (2021) 2.81/1000

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2022) 100.0%

Education Spending (2023) 5.5% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 474

Internet Users (2023) 89.0%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 106.9/100

Broadband (2023) 30.3/100

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 30.3

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 447,400 km²

Capital Tashkent 📍

Continent Asia

Region Asia

Subregion Central Asia

Landlocked Yes

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+05:00

Calling Codes +998

Postal Code ######

TLD .uz

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇦🇫 Afghanistan, 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan, 🇹🇯 Tajikistan, 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Uzbekistan is composed of three equal horizontal bands of turquoise, white with red top and bottom edges, and green. On the hoist side of the turquoise band is a fly-side facing white crescent and twelve five-pointed white stars arranged just outside the crescent opening in three rows comprising three, four and five stars.