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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