Demographics of Uzbekistan | |
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![]() Population pyramid of Uzbekistan in 2023 | |
Population | 36,799,756 (January 1st, 2024)[1] |
Growth rate | 0.83% (2022 est.) |
Birth rate | 26.2 births/1,000 population (2022) |
Death rate | 4.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022) |
Life expectancy | 75.29 years |
• male | 72.27 years |
• female | 78.5 years |
Fertility rate | 3.31 children born/woman (2022) |
Infant mortality rate | 18.98 deaths/1,000 live births |
Net migration rate | -1.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 30.1% |
65 and over | 5.3% |
Sex ratio | |
Total | 1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
At birth | 1.06 male(s)/female |
Under 15 | 1.05 male(s)/female |
65 and over | 0.63 male(s)/female |
Nationality | |
Nationality | Uzbekstani |
Major ethnic | Tajiks in Samarkand and Bukhara |
Language | |
Official | Uzbek |
Spoken | Russian |
Demographic features of the population of Uzbekistan include population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. The nationality of a person from Uzbekistan is Uzbekistani,[2][3][4] while the ethnic Uzbek majority call themselves Uzbeks. Much of the data is estimated because the last census was carried out in Soviet times in 1989.
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Overview
Uzbekistan is Central Asia's most populous country. Its 36.8 million people (as of January 2024[5]) comprise nearly half the region's total population.
The population of Uzbekistan is very young: 30.1% of its people are younger than 14.[6] According to official sources, Uzbeks comprise a majority (84.4%) of the total population. Other ethnic groups, as of 1996 estimates, include Russians (2.1% of the population), Tajiks (4,8%), Kazakhs (3%), Karakalpaks (2.5%), and Tatars (1.5%).[7] Uzbekistan has an ethnic Korean population that was forcibly relocated to the region from the Soviet Far East in 1937–1938. There are also small groups of Armenians in Uzbekistan, mostly in Tashkent and Samarkand. The nation is 94% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 3% Eastern Orthodox and 3% other faiths (which include small communities of Korean Christians, other Christian denominations, Buddhists, Baha'is, and more).[8] The Bukharan Jews have lived in Central Asia, mostly in Uzbekistan, for thousands of years. There were 94,900 Jews in Uzbekistan in 1989[9] (about 0.5% of the population according to the 1989 census), but now, since the collapse of the USSR, most Central Asian Jews left the region for the United States or Israel. More than 5,000 Jews remain in Uzbekistan.[10]
Much of Uzbekistan's population was engaged in cotton farming in large-scale collective farms when the country was part of the Soviet Union. The population continues to be heavily rural and dependent on farming for its livelihood, although the farm structure in Uzbekistan has largely shifted from collective to individual since 1990.
Population size and structure
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Age structure
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Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2020) (data refer to resident population):[11]
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 17 045 288 | 16 859 954 | 33 905 242 | 100 |
0–4 | 1 899 426 | 1 747 535 | 3 646 961 | 10.76 |
5–9 | 1 688 180 | 1 569 738 | 3 257 918 | 9.61 |
10–14 | 1 524 864 | 1 440 533 | 2 965 397 | 8.75 |
15–19 | 1 312 541 | 1 246 436 | 2 558 977 | 7.55 |
20–24 | 1 479 076 | 1 411 642 | 2 890 718 | 8.53 |
25–29 | 1 634 718 | 1 577 807 | 3 212 525 | 9.48 |
30–34 | 1 532 787 | 1 504 692 | 3 037 479 | 8.96 |
35–39 | 1 248 316 | 1 243 874 | 2 492 190 | 7.35 |
40–44 | 1 045 134 | 1 052 571 | 2 097 705 | 6.19 |
45–49 | 925 974 | 945 260 | 1 871 234 | 5.52 |
50–54 | 769 176 | 826 815 | 1 595 991 | 4.71 |
55–59 | 725 126 | 790 524 | 1 515 650 | 4.47 |
60–64 | 545 917 | 602 817 | 1 148 734 | 3.39 |
65-69 | 335 932 | 390 359 | 726 291 | 2.14 |
70-74 | 162 378 | 197 128 | 359 506 | 1.06 |
75-79 | 96 796 | 119 434 | 216 230 | 0.64 |
80-84 | 70 386 | 102 070 | 172 456 | 0.51 |
85-89 | 24 923 | 45 627 | 70 550 | 0.21 |
90-94 | 17 022 | 33 484 | 50 506 | 0.15 |
95-99 | 5 922 | 10 791 | 16 713 | 0.05 |
100+ | 694 | 817 | 1 511 | <0.01 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 5 112 470 | 4 757 806 | 9 870 276 | 29.11 |
15–64 | 11 218 765 | 11 202 438 | 22 421 203 | 66.13 |
65+ | 714 053 | 899 710 | 1 613 763 | 4.76 |
Vital statistics
UN estimates
Period | Births per year | Deaths per year | Natural change per year | CBR1 | CDR1 | NC1 | TFR1 | IMR1 |
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1990–1995 | 32.7 | 7.5 | 25.2 | 3.95 | ||||
1995–2000 | 25.6 | 6.9 | 18.7 | 3.10 | ||||
2000–2005 | 21.3 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 2.51 | ||||
2005–2010 | 22.4 | 6.2 | 16.2 | 2.49 | ||||
2010–2015 | 22.9 | 6.2 | 16.7 | 2.43 | ||||
2015–2020 | 21.8 | 5.8 | 16.0 | 2.43 | ||||
2020–2025 | 18.6 | 5.9 | 12.7 | 2.31 | ||||
2025–2030 | 16.4 | 6.3 | 10.1 | 2.21 | ||||
2030–2035 | 15.7 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 2.12 | ||||
2035–2040 | 15.6 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 2.05 |
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs website > World Population Prospects: The 2019 revision.[12]
Registered birth and deaths
Average population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | TFR | |
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1950 | 6,314,000 | 192,188 | 54,612 | 137,576 | 30.4 | 8.6 | 21.8 | |
1951 | 6,511,000 | 207,302 | 49,275 | 158,027 | 31.8 | 7.6 | 24.3 | |
1952 | 6,704,000 | 223,452 | 55,068 | 168,384 | 33.3 | 8.2 | 25.1 | |
1953 | 6,909,000 | 219,832 | 60,855 | 158,977 | 31.8 | 8.8 | 23.0 | |
1954 | 7,085,000 | 237,470 | 58,345 | 179,125 | 33.5 | 8.2 | 25.3 | |
1955 | 7,256,000 | 248,545 | 59,370 | 189,175 | 34.3 | 8.2 | 26.1 | |
1956 | 7,466,000 | 267,187 | 46,210 | 220,977 | 35.8 | 6.2 | 29.6 | |
1957 | 7,720,000 | 276,668 | 47,568 | 229,100 | 35.8 | 6.2 | 29.7 | |
1958 | 7,979,000 | 300,646 | 48,433 | 252,213 | 37.7 | 6.1 | 31.6 | |
1959 | 8,252,000 | 305,082 | 50,254 | 254,828 | 37.0 | 6.1 | 30.9 | |
1960 | 8,558,000 | 340,618 | 51,758 | 288,860 | 39.8 | 6.0 | 33.8 | |
1961 | 8,895,000 | 339,952 | 53,591 | 286,361 | 38.2 | 6.0 | 32.2 | |
1962 | 9,237,000 | 341,352 | 56,178 | 285,174 | 37.0 | 6.1 | 30.9 | |
1963 | 9,574,000 | 342,659 | 54,502 | 288,157 | 35.8 | 5.7 | 30.1 | |
1964 | 9,905,000 | 346,847 | 53,315 | 293,532 | 35.0 | 5.4 | 29.6 | |
1965 | 10,233,000 | 355,135 | 60,056 | 295,079 | 34.7 | 5.9 | 28.8 | |
1966 | 10,557,000 | 360,336 | 60,115 | 300,221 | 34.1 | 5.7 | 28.4 | |
1967 | 10,886,000 | 359,623 | 64,627 | 294,996 | 33.0 | 5.9 | 27.1 | |
1968 | 11,259,000 | 385,687 | 64,762 | 320,925 | 34.3 | 5.8 | 28.5 | |
1969 | 11,625,000 | 380,729 | 69,147 | 311,582 | 32.8 | 6.0 | 26.8 | |
1970 | 11,973,000 | 401,613 | 66,189 | 335,424 | 33.6 | 5.5 | 28.1 | |
1971 | 12,354,000 | 425,646 | 67,162 | 358,484 | 34.4 | 5.4 | 29.0 | |
1972 | 12,756,000 | 421,458 | 77,942 | 343,516 | 33.0 | 6.1 | 26.9 | |
1973 | 13,155,000 | 441,237 | 83,170 | 358,067 | 33.5 | 6.3 | 27.2 | |
1974 | 13,569,000 | 462,062 | 86,864 | 375,198 | 34.1 | 6.4 | 27.7 | |
1975 | 13,981,000 | 478,604 | 100,213 | 378,391 | 34.2 | 7.2 | 27.0 | |
1976 | 14,389,000 | 503,514 | 101,544 | 401,970 | 35.0 | 7.1 | 27.9 | |
1977 | 14,786,000 | 493,329 | 104,297 | 389,032 | 33.4 | 7.1 | 26.3 | |
1978 | 15,184,000 | 514,030 | 105,204 | 408,826 | 33.9 | 6.9 | 27.0 | |
1979 | 15,578,000 | 535,928 | 109,459 | 426,469 | 34.4 | 7.0 | 27.4 | |
1980 | 15,952,000 | 540,047 | 118,886 | 421,161 | 33.9 | 7.5 | 26.4 | |
1981 | 16,376,000 | 572,197 | 117,793 | 454,404 | 34.9 | 7.2 | 27.7 | |
1982 | 16,813,000 | 589,283 | 124,137 | 465,146 | 35.0 | 7.4 | 27.7 | |
1983 | 17,261,000 | 609,400 | 128,779 | 480,621 | 35.3 | 7.5 | 27.8 | |
1984 | 17,716,000 | 641,398 | 132,042 | 509,356 | 36.2 | 7.5 | 28.8 | 4.60 |
1985 | 18,174,000 | 679,057 | 131,686 | 547,371 | 37.4 | 7.2 | 30.1 | 4.68 |
1986 | 18,634,000 | 708,658 | 132,213 | 576,445 | 38.0 | 7.1 | 30.9 | 4.69 |
1987 | 19,095,000 | 714,454 | 133,781 | 580,673 | 37.4 | 7.0 | 30.4 | 4.57 |
1988 | 19,561,000 | 694,144 | 134,688 | 559,456 | 35.5 | 6.9 | 28.6 | 4.28 |
1989 | 20,108,000 | 668,807 | 126,862 | 541,945 | 33.3 | 6.3 | 27.0 | 4.02 |
1990 | 20,465,000 | 691,636 | 124,553 | 567,083 | 33.8 | 6.1 | 27.7 | 4.20 |
1991 | 20,857,000 | 723,420 | 130,294 | 593,126 | 34.7 | 6.2 | 28.4 | |
1992 | 21,354,000 | 680,459 | 140,092 | 540,367 | 31.9 | 6.6 | 25.3 | |
1993 | 21,847,000 | 692,324 | 145,294 | 547,030 | 31.7 | 6.7 | 25.0 | |
1994 | 22,277,000 | 657,725 | 148,423 | 509,302 | 29.5 | 6.7 | 22.9 | |
1995 | 22,684,000 | 677,999 | 145,439 | 532,560 | 29.9 | 6.4 | 23.5 | 3.60 |
1996 | 23,128,000 | 634,842 | 144,829 | 490,013 | 27.4 | 6.3 | 21.2 | |
1997 | 23,560,000 | 602,694 | 137,331 | 465,363 | 25.6 | 5.8 | 19.8 | |
1998 | 23,954,000 | 553,745 | 140,526 | 413,219 | 23.1 | 5.9 | 17.3 | |
1999 | 24,312,000 | 544,788 | 130,529 | 414,259 | 22.4 | 5.4 | 17.0 | |
2000 | 24,650,000 | 527,580 | 135,598 | 391,982 | 21.4 | 5.5 | 15.9 | 2.59 |
2001 | 24,965,000 | 512,950 | 132,542 | 380,408 | 20.5 | 5.3 | 15.2 | |
2002 | 25,272,000 | 532,511 | 137,028 | 395,483 | 21.1 | 5.4 | 15.6 | |
2003 | 25,568,000 | 508,457 | 135,933 | 372,524 | 19.9 | 5.3 | 14.6 | |
2004 | 25,864,000 | 540,381 | 130,357 | 410,024 | 20.9 | 5.0 | 15.9 | |
2005 | 26,167,000 | 533,530 | 140,585 | 392,945 | 20.4 | 5.4 | 15.0 | 2.36 |
2006 | 26,488,000 | 555,946 | 139,622 | 416,324 | 21.0 | 5.3 | 15.7 | |
2007 | 26,868,000 | 608,917 | 137,430 | 471,487 | 22.7 | 5.1 | 17.5 | 2.55 |
2008 | 27,303,000 | 646,096 | 138,792 | 507,304 | 23.7 | 5.1 | 18.6 | 2.64 |
2009 | 27,767,000 | 649,727 | 130,659 | 519,068 | 23.4 | 4.7 | 18.7 | 2.53 |
2010 | 28,562,000 | 634,810 | 138,411 | 496,399 | 22.2 | 4.8 | 17.4 | 2.34 |
2011 | 29,339,000 | 626,881 | 144,585 | 482,296 | 21.4 | 4.9 | 16.4 | 2.24 |
2012 | 29,774,000 | 625,106 | 145,988 | 479,118 | 21.0 | 4.9 | 16.1 | 2.19 |
2013 | 30,243,000 | 679,519 | 145,672 | 533,847 | 22.5 | 4.8 | 17.7 | 2.35 |
2014 | 30,759,000 | 718,036 | 149,761 | 568,998 | 23.3 | 4.9 | 18.4 | 2.46 |
2015 | 31,576,000 | 734,141 | 152,035 | 582,106 | 23.5 | 4.9 | 18.6 | 2.49 |
2016 | 32,121,000 | 726,170 | 154,791 | 571,379 | 22.8 | 4.8 | 18.0 | 2.46 |
2017 | 32,653,000 | 715,519 | 160,723 | 554,796 | 22.1 | 5.0 | 17.1 | 2.42 |
2018 | 33,254,000 | 768,520 | 154,913 | 613,607 | 23.3 | 4.7 | 18.6 | 2.60 |
2019 | 33,905,000 | 815,939 | 154,959 | 660,980 | 24.3 | 4.6 | 19.7 | 2.79 |
2020 | 34,558,900 | 841,814 | 175,637 | 666,177 | 24.6 | 5.1 | 19.5 | 2.90 |
2021 | 35,271,300 | 905,211 | 174,541 | 730,670 | 25.9 | 5.0 | 20.9 | 3.17 |
2022 | 36,024,900 | 932,192 | 172,075 | 760,117 | 26.2 | 4.8 | 21.4 | 3.31 |
2023 | 36,799,800 | 961,962 | 172,772 | 789,190 | 26.4 | 4.7 | 21.7 | 3.45 |
Sources:[13][14][15][16][17][18][19] [20] [21]
Current vital statistics
Period | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase |
---|---|---|---|
January—May 2023 | 361,700 | ||
January—May 2024 | 347,400 | ||
Difference | ![]() |
Total fertility rate (TFR)
Total fertility rate (TFR) and crude birth rate (CBR):[24]
Year | Total | Urban | Rural | |||
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CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | CBR | TFR | |
1996 | 27 | 3,34 (3,1) | 23 | 2,71 (2,5) | 29 | 3,74 (3,4) |
2002 | 24,4 | 2,92 | 19,8 | 2,48 | 27,5 | 3,21 |
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According to the CIA World Factbook, the total fertility rate (TFR) estimated as of 2011 is 1.89 children born/woman.[7][25][26]
In 2002, the estimated TFR was 2.92; Uzbeks 2.99, Russians 1.35, Karakalpak 2.69, Tajik 3.19, Kazakh 2.95, Tatar 2.05, others 2.53; Tashkent City 1.96, Karakalpakstan 2.90, Fergana 2.73; Eastern region 2.71, East Central 2.96, Central 3.43, Western 3.05.[27]
The high fertility rate during the Soviet Union and during its period of disintegration is partly due to the historical cultural preferences for large families, economic reliance upon agriculture, and the greater relative worth of Soviet child benefits in Uzbekistan.[28] Abortion was the preferred method of birth control. Legalized in 1955, the number of abortions increased by 231% from 1956 to 1973.[29] By 1991, the abortion ratio was 39 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age per year.[30]
However, in the past few decades, fertility control methods have shifted considerably from abortion to modern contraceptive methods, especially IUDs. By the mid-1980s IUDS became the main method of contraception through government and organizational policies that aimed to introduce women to modern contraceptives. According to a UHES report from 2002, 73% of married Uzbek woman had used the IUD, 14% male condom, and 13% the pill.[31]
The government supported the use of modern contraceptives to control fertility rates because of national economic difficulties that followed the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Thus the government has been influential in determining the popularity of the IUD. Despite family planning programs that educate women on different methods of contraception, the IUD has remained women's first choice of contraception. Word of mouth and social relations also account for the strong preference for the IUD. Nevertheless, factors such as class and level of education have been shown to give women more freedom in their choice of contraception methods.
Regional differences
As of 2022, the regions of Surxondaryo and Qashqadaryo have the highest birth rate in Uzbekistan. On the other hand, the Republic of Karakalpakstan and Buxoro have the lowest birth rate in the country. The highest death rate is in the city of Toshkent, while the lowest in the region of Navoiy.
Vital statistics by regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan [32][33] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Division | Birth rate (‰) | Death rate (‰) | Natural growth rate (‰) | Total fertility rate | ||||||||||||||
Surxondaryo Region | 29.4 | 4.9 | +24.5 | 3.54 | ||||||||||||||
Qashqadaryo Region | 28.5 | 5.0 | +23.5 | 3.47 | ||||||||||||||
Jizzax Region | 27.9 | 4.6 | +23.3 | 3.38 | ||||||||||||||
Samarqand Region | 27.4 | 4.7 | +22.7 | 3.41 | ||||||||||||||
Namangan Region | 27.8 | 4.5 | +23.3 | 3.53 | ||||||||||||||
Andijon Region | 26.3 | 4.7 | +21.6 | 3.46 | ||||||||||||||
Navoiy Region | 25.1 | 4.0 | +21.1 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||
Xorazm Region | 23.1 | 4.9 | +18.2 | 2.83 | ||||||||||||||
Fergana Region | 25.8 | 4.7 | +21.1 | 3.34 | ||||||||||||||
Republic of Karakalpakstan | 21.8 | 4.9 | +16.9 | 2.67 | ||||||||||||||
Sirdaryo Region | 26.3 | 4.8 | +21.5 | 3.10 | ||||||||||||||
Buxoro Region | 22.6 | 4.5 | +18.1 | 2.91 | ||||||||||||||
Toshkent Region | 24.8 | 5.0 | +19.8 | 3.26 | ||||||||||||||
Toshkent | 25.4 | 5.7 | +19.7 | 3.49 | ||||||||||||||
Republic of Uzbekistan | 26.2 | 4.8 | +21.4 | 3.31 |
Infant mortality rate
2020 estimate:
- Total: 17 deaths per 1,000 live births
- Male: 19 deaths per 1,000 live births
- Female: 15 deaths per 1,000 live births
Life expectancy
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Period | Life expectancy in Years |
Period | Life expectancy in Years |
---|---|---|---|
1950–1955 | 56.1 | 1985–1990 | 66.6 |
1955–1960 | 57.9 | 1990–1995 | 66.3 |
1960–1965 | 59.8 | 1995–2000 | 66.7 |
1965–1970 | 61.6 | 2000–2005 | 67.7 |
1970–1975 | 63.0 | 2005–2010 | 69.1 |
1975–1980 | 64.0 | 2010–2015 | 70.8 |
1980–1985 | 65.3 | 2015-2020 | 75.2 |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2017[34]
Ethnic groups
Ethnic composition according to the 1989 population census (latest available):[25][26][35][36]
Uzbek 71%, Russian 6%, Tajik 5% (believed to be much higher[37][38][39]), Kazakh 4%, Tatar 3%, Karakalpak 2%, other 7%.
Estimates of ethnic composition in 1996 from CIA World Factbook:[40]
Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)
The table shows the ethnic composition of Uzbekistan's population (in percent) according to four population censuses between 1926 and 1989 (no population census was carried out in 1999, and the next census is now being planned for 2010).[41] The increase in the percentage of Tajik from 3.9% of the population in 1979 to 4.7% in 1989 may be attributed, at least in part, to the change in census instructions: in the 1989 census for the first the nationality could be reported not according to the passport, but freely self-declared on the basis of the respondent's ethnic self-identification.[42]
Ethnic group |
census 19261 | census 19392 | census 19593 | census 19704 | census 19795 | census 19896 | estimates 20177 | estimates 20218 | ||||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Uzbeks | 3,467,226 | 73.0 | 4,804,096 | 65.1 | 5,038,273 | 62.2 | 7,733,541 | 64.7 | 10,569,007 | 68.7 | 14,142,475 | 71.4 | 26,917,700 | 83.8 | 29,194,071 | 84.5 |
Tajiks | 350,670 | 7.4 | 317,560 | 5.1 | 311,375 | 3.8 | 457,356 | 3.8 | 594,627 | 3.9 | 933,560 | 4.7 | 1,544,700 | 4.8 | 1,657,336 | 4.8 |
Kazakhs | 191,126 | 4.0 | 305,416 | 4.9 | 335,267 | 4.1 | 549,312 | 4.6 | 620,136 | 4.0 | 808,227 | 4.1 | 803,400 | 2.5 | 821,172 | 2.4 |
Karakalpaks | 142,688 | 3.0 | 181,420 | 2.9 | 168,274 | 2.1 | 230,273 | 1.9 | 297,788 | 1.9 | 411,878 | 2.1 | 708,800 | 2.2 | 752,646 | 2.2 |
Russians | 245,807 | 5.2 | 727,331 | 11.6 | 1,090,728 | 13.5 | 1,495,556 | 12.5 | 1,665,658 | 10.8 | 1,653,478 | 8.4 | 750,000 | 2.3 | 720,324 | 2.1 |
Kyrgyz | 79,610 | 1.7 | 89,044 | 1.4 | 92,725 | 1.1 | 110,864 | 1.0 | 142,182 | 0.7 | 174,907 | 0.8 | 274,400 | 0.9 | 291,628 | 0.8 |
Turkmens | 31,492 | 0.7 | 46,543 | 0.7 | 54,804 | 0.7 | 71,066 | 0.6 | 92,285 | 0.6 | 121,578 | 0.6 | 192,000 | 0.6 | 206,189 | 0.6 |
Tatars | 28,335 | 0.6 | 147,157 | 2.3 | 397,981 | 4.9 | 442,331 | 3.7 | 531,205 | 3.5 | 467,829 | 2.4 | 195,000 | 0.6 | 187,330 | 0.5 |
Koreans | 30 | 0.0 | 72,944 | 1.2 | 138,453 | 1.7 | 151,058 | 1.3 | 163,062 | 1.1 | 183,140 | 0.9 | 176,900 | 0.6 | 174,210 | 0.5 |
Ukrainians | 25,335 | 0.5 | 70,577 | 1.1 | 87,927 | 1.1 | 114,979 | 1.0 | 113,826 | 0.7 | 153,197 | 0.8 | 70,700 | 0.2 | 67,869 | 0.2 |
Crimean Tatars | 46,829 | 0.6 | 135,426 | 1.1 | 117,559 | 0.8 | 188,772 | 1.0 | ||||||||
Turks | 371 | 0.0 | 474 | 0.0 | 21,269 | 0.3 | 46,398 | 0.4 | 48,726 | 0.3 | 106,302 | 0.5 | ||||
Jews | 37,621 | 0.8 | 50,676 | 0.8 | 94,303 | 1.2 | 102,843 | 0.9 | 99,836 | 0.7 | 94,689 | 0.5 | 9,865 | 0.0 | ||
Armenians | 14,862 | 0.3 | 20,394 | 0.3 | 27,370 | 0.3 | 34,470 | 0.3 | 42,374 | 0.3 | 50,537 | 0.3 | 34,079 | 0.1 | ||
Azerbaijanis | 20,764 | 0.4 | 3,645 | 0.1 | 40,511 | 0.5 | 40,431 | 0.3 | 59,779 | 0.4 | 44,410 | 0.2 | 41,182 | 0.1 | ||
Uyghurs | 36,349 | 0.8 | 50,638 | 0.8 | 19,377 | 0.2 | 24,039 | 0.2 | 29,104 | 0.2 | 35,762 | 0.2 | ||||
Bashkirs | 624 | 0.0 | 7,516 | 0.1 | 13,500 | 0.2 | 21,069 | 0.2 | 25,879 | 0.2 | 34,771 | 0.2 | ||||
Others | 77,889 | 1.6 | 98,838 | 1.6 | 126,738 | 1.6 | 198,570 | 1.7 | 176,274 | 1.1 | 204,565 | 1.0 | 486,900 | 1.5 | 412,855 | 1.2 |
Total | 4,750,175 | 6,271,269 | 8,105,704 | 11,959,582 | 15,389,307 | 19,810,077 | 32,120,500 | 34,558,891 | ||||||||
1 Excluding the Tadzjik ASSR, but including the Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Oblast (in 1926 part of the Kazakh ASSR); source:.[43] 2 Source:.[44] 3 Source:.[45] 4 Source:.[46] 5 Source:.[47] 6 Source:.[48] 7 Source:.[49] 8 Source:.[50] |
Languages
According to the CIA factbook, the current language distribution is: Uzbek 82%, Russian 9%, Tajik 5% and Other 4%.[40] The Latin script replaced Cyrillic in the mid-1990s. Following independence, Uzbek was made the official state language. President Islam Karimov, the radical nationalist group Birlik (Unity), and the Uzbek Popular Front promoted this change. These parties believed that Uzbek would stimulate nationalism and the change itself was part of the process of derussification, which was meant to deprive Russian language and culture of any recognition. Birlik held campaigns in the late 1980s to achieve this goal, with one event in 1989 culminating in 12,000 people in Tashkent calling for official recognition of Uzbek as the state language.[51] In 1995, the government adopted the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on State Language, which mandates that Uzbek be used in all public spheres and official jobs. Scholars studying migration and ethnic minorities have since criticized the law as a source of discrimination toward minorities who do not speak Uzbek. Nevertheless, Russian remains the de facto language when it comes to science, inter-ethnic communication, business, and advertising.[52] Multiple sources suggest that the Persian-speaking Tajik population of Uzbekistan may be as large as 10%-15% of the total population.[53] The Tajik language is the dominant language spoken in the cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. The delineation of territory in 1924 and the process of "Uzbekisation" caused many Tajiks to identify as Uzbek. Thus there are many Tajiks who speak Tajik but are officially documented as Uzbek.[54]
Religion
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Muslims constitute 94% of the population according to a 2013 US State Department release.[55] Approximately 3% of the population are Russian Orthodox Christians.[55]
There were 94,900 Jews in Uzbekistan in 1989[9] (about 0.5% of the population according to the 1989 census), but fewer than 5,000 remained in 2007.[10]
A study showed that more than 50% of surveyed consider religion as "very important".[56]
Migration
As of 2011, Uzbekistan has a net migration rate of -2.74 migrant(s)/ 1,000 population.[7]
The process of migration changed after the fall of the Soviet Union. During the Soviet Union, passports facilitated movement throughout the fifteen republics and movement throughout the republics was relatively less expensive than it is today.[57] An application for a labor abroad permit from a special department of the Uzbek Agency of External Labor Migration in Uzbekistan is required since 2003. The permit was originally not affordable to many Uzbeks and the process was criticized for the bureaucratic red tape it required. The same departments and agencies involved in creating this permit are consequently working to substantially reduce the costs as well as simplifying the procedure. On July 4, 2007, the Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov signed three agreements that would address labor activity and protection of the rights of the working migrants (this includes Russian citizens in Uzbekistan and Uzbek citizens in Russia) as well as cooperation in fighting undocumented immigration and the deportation of undocumented workers.[58]
Uzbek migration
Economic difficulties have increased labor migration to Russia, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, South Korea, and Europe over the past decade.[59] At least 10% of Uzbekistan's labor force works abroad.[60] Approximately 58% of the labor force that migrates, migrates to Russia.[58] High unemployment rates and low wages are responsible for labor migration.
Migrants typically are people from the village, farmers, blue-collar workers, and students who are seeking work abroad. However, many migrants are not aware of the legal procedures required to leave the country, causing many to end up unregistered in Uzbekistan or the host country. Without proper registration, undocumented migrants are susceptible to underpayment, no social guarantees and bad treatment by employers. According to data from the Russian Federal Immigration Service, there were 102,658 officially registered labor migrants versus 1.5 million unregistered immigrants from Uzbekistan in Russia in 2006. The total remittances for both groups combined was approximately US$1.3 billion that same year, eight percent of Uzbekistan's GDP.[58]
Minorities
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A significant number of ethnic and national minorities left Uzbekistan after the country became independent, but actual numbers are unknown. The primary reasons for migration by minorities include: few economic opportunities, a low standard of living, and a poor prospect for educational opportunities for future generations. Although Uzbekistan's language law has been cited as a source of discrimination toward those who do not speak Uzbek, this law has intertwined with social, economic, and political factors that have led to migration as a solution to a lack of opportunities in Uzbekistan.
Russians, who constituted a primarily urban population made up half of the population of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, until the 1980s. Since then, the population has been gradually diminishing as many Russians have migrated to Russia. Nevertheless, Russian registration permits (propiska) constrain migration.[61] The decision to migrate is complicated by the fact that many Russians or other minority groups who have a "homeland" may view Uzbekistan as the "motherland". It is also complicated by the fact that these groups might not speak the national language of their "homeland" or may be registered under another nationality on their passports. Nonetheless, "native" embassies facilitate this migration. Approximately 200 visas are given out to Jews from the Israel embassy weekly.[62]
See also
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