General information
National flag
National emblem
Territory
447,400 square kilometers (approximately 1.2 times that of Japan)
Population
34.4 million (2022: United Nations Population Fund)
Major cities
Tashkent, Samarkand, Namangan, Andijan, Ferghana, Bukhara
Language
The national language is Uzbek (belongs to Turkic languages. However, the dialects of cities such as Samarkand, and Bukhara are strongly influenced by Persian). Russian is also widely used.
Location
Ethnicity
Uzbek (84.3%), Tajik (4.8%), Kazakh (2.4%), Karakalpak (2.2%), Russian (2.1%)
Religion
Predominantly Islam, Sunni
Capital
Tashkent
Economy
Major industry
Cotton textile industry, food processing, machine building, gold, petroleum, natural gas
GDP: $69.20 billion (2021: IMF
GDP per capita $2,002 (2021: IMF)
Main trade items
- Exports: gold, industrial goods, services, food/animal products, chemical products
- Imports: machinery/transport equipment, industrial products, chemical products, foodstuffs/animal products, services
Major trading partners
- Exports: China, Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
- Import: China, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Turkey