Population: 22,608,866 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.13% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 30.01 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 6.51 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 53.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.58 years
male: 65.28 years
female: 72.04 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.73 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Uzbek(s)
adjective: Uzbek

Ethnic divisions: Uzbek 71.4%, Russian 8.3%, Tajik 4.7%, Kazakh 4.1%, Tatar 2.4%, Karakalpak 2.1%, other 7%

Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Literacy: age 9-49 can read and write (1970)
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%
Labor force: 8.234 million
by occupation: agriculture and forestry 43%, industry and construction 22%, other 35% (1992)

NOTE: The information regarding Uzbekistan on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uzbekistan People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uzbekistan People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.