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Uzbekistan

Country name: The Republic of Uzbekistan
Capital city Tashkent (about 2.3 million population, 2006)
Area: 448,970 sq km
President: Islom KARIMOV

 

Population: 27.8 million (UN est. 2008), 26.7 million (State Statistical Committee, 2006)
Female population: 13.3 million (50.0%)
Rural population: 64.1%
Age structure: 33.2% under age 15,   62.1% aged 1-64, 4.7% age 65 and above 

 

Ethnic groups: Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, Other 2.5% (1996 est.)
Religion Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

 

Administrative 
divisions
Republic of Karakalpakstan, Andijan, Bukhara,  Djizak, Fergana, Kashkadarya, Khorezm, Namangan, Navoiy, Samarkand, Sirdarya, Surkhandarya, Tashkent, Tashkent city
Source: UN World Population Prospects and World Urbanization Prospects, official data

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