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Capital: Tashkent

Population

Total Population: 28,160,361
Annual Growth Rate: 1.4%
Density: 66 Inhabitants/km²
Urban Population: 36.9%
Population of main cities including suburbs: Tashkent (2,300,000); Samarkand (470,000); Namangan (600,000); Andijon (350,000); Bukhoro (240,000).
Ethnic Origins: Uzbeks : 80%, Russians : 5.5%, Tajiks : 5%, Kazakhs : 3%, Karakalpaks : 2.5%. Some other figures give the composition as follows : 32.1% of Karakalpaks, 32.3% of Uzbeks, 26.3% of Kazhaks, 5% of Turks, 1.6% Russians.
Official Language: Uzbek 
Other Languages Spoken: Russian as well as Tadjik is mostly spoken.
Business Language(s): Russian
Religion: Sunni Muslims 88%, Orthodox 9%, Others 3%.

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National Currency: Uzbek Sum (UZS)



Country Overview

Area: 447,400 km²
Type of State: The Uzbek regime is one of the most repressive among the ex-USSR, dictatorial by nature.
Type of Economy: Low-income economy, Land-locked Developing Country.
Agricultural and mining activities are the dominant sectors; an economy relying on revenue from cotton and gold exports.
HDI*: 0.617/1
HDI (World Rank): 102/169

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an Indicator Which Synthesizes Several Data Such as Life Expectancy, Level of Education, Professional Careers, Access to Culture etc.


Telecommunication

Telephone Code:
To Make a Call From Uzbekistan, Dial 810
To Make a Call to Uzbekistan, Dial +998
Internet Suffix: .uz
Telephone Lines: 7.1 per 100 Inhabitants
Internet Users: 8.9 per 100 Inhabitants

Foreign Trade in Figures

 
Foreign Trade Indicators 20062007200820092010
Imports of Goods (million USD) 4,3806,3409,2779,0238,384
Exports of Goods (million USD) 5,6178,02910,30010,73511,857
Imports of Services (million USD) 402390427415414
Exports of Services (million USD) 7739621,1961,0361,187

Source: WTO - World Trade Organization - Last Available Data.

 
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