COUNTRY NAME
Republic of Uzbekistan
LOCATION
Central Asia
POPULATION
26,410,416 (July 2004 est.)
CAPITAL
Tashkent
GOVERNMENT
Republic, authoritarian presidential rule
COUNTRY SIZE
Slightly larger than California
POP. GROWTH
1.65% (2004 est.)
LIFE EXPECTANCY
64.09 years
LITERACY RATE
99.3% (age 15 and over)
PER CAPITA GDP
$1,700 (2003 est.)
CURRENCY
Uzbekistani sum (UZS)
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ETHNIC GROUPS
Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)
RELIGIONS
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
LANGUAGES
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
