General information
about
UZBEKISTAN
Area: 447,400 sq.km
Land area: 425,400 sq.km (95 %)
Arable land: 42,800 sq.km (10 %)
Uzbekistan along with Lichtenstein is one of the
two double landlocked country of the world
Population: 31,540,00 mln
Urban population: 50,6 %
Rural population: 49,4 %
0-15 years – 26.5%
16-64 years – 68.8 %
65 years and over – 4.7 %
Literacy:
Total: 99.59%
Youth under 30: 100%,
Male: 99.72%, female: 99.47%.
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Ethnic groups:
Uzbek – 82.9 %,
Tajik – 4.8 %,
Kazakh - 4.05 %,
Russian – 2.7 % ,
Karakalpak – 2.06 %,
Tatar – 0.7 %
Others – 2.79 %
Representatives of more than 130 ethnic groups
live in Uzbekistan.
Religion:
Muslim - 94%,
Eastern Orthodox – 3,5 %,
Others – 2.5 %
16 different confessions are currently officially
registered in Uzbekistan