Demographics & population — Uzbekistan
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Uzbekistan: 35,498,181
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Population overview
- Population
35,498,181
- Population Growth Rate
0.94%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
TASHKENT (capital) 2.227 million
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
17
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
5.29
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.83
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
64.9%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
64.9%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
23.8
- Mother's mean age at first birth
23.8
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
-2.55
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5%
- Nationality Noun
Uzbekistani
Education
- Literacy - total population
99.3%
- Literacy - male
99.6%
- Literacy - female
99%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
28
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
2.54
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
4.5
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
5.4%
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
15.1%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
4.4%