Uzbekistan: People & Society#
| Population | 29,473,614 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Uzbekistani adjective: Uzbekistani |
| Ethnic groups | Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.) |
| Languages | Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% note: in the 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: 24.22% (male 3,658,960/female 3,480,659) 15-24 years: 19.22% (male 2,874,982/female 2,790,128) 25-54 years: 43.95% (male 6,444,288/female 6,510,741) 55-64 years: 7.54% (male 1,049,876/female 1,171,369) 65 years and over: 5.06% (male 637,408/female 855,203) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49.7% youth dependency ratio: 42.7% elderly dependency ratio: 7% potential support ratio: 14.3% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 28.1 years male: 27.6 years female: 28.7 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.93% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 16.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 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: 36.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.45% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | TASHKENT (capital) 2.251 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 23.4 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 36 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 18.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 73.8 years male: 70.7 years female: 77 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.78 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 64.9% (2006) |
| Health expenditures | 5.8% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 2.53 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
| Hospital bed density | 4.4 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.5% of population rural: 80.9% of population total: 87.3% of population unimproved: urban: 1.5% of population rural: 19.1% of population total: 12.7% of population (2012 est.) |
| 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 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.15% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 32,700 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 2,600 (2015 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 14.3% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4.4% (2006) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.5% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2011) |