Location: Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
Area:
total area:
447,400 sq km
land area:
425,400 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than California
Land boundaries:
total 6,221 km ;
Afghanistan 137 km,Kazakhstan 2,203 km,
Kyrgyzstan1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km,
Turkmenistan 1,621 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 23,089,261 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
40% (female 4,553,432; male 4,670,496)
15-64 years:
55% (female 6,400,578; male 6,384,862)
65 years and over:
5% (female 656,933; male 422,960)
Population growth rate: 2.08% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 29.45 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.44 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -2.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 52 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.79 years
male:
65.5 years
female:
72.24 years
Total fertility rate: 3.67 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Uzbek 71.4%, Russian 8.3%,
Tajik 4.7%, Kazakh 4.1%, Tatar 2.4%,
Karakalpak 2.1%, other 7%
Religions:
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis),
Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Languages:
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%,
Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
97%
male:
98%
female:
96%
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Uzbekistan
conventional short form:
Uzbekistan
Type: republic
Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Independence: 31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution: new constitution adopted 8 December 1992
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $54.5 billion
National product real growth rate: -4%
National product per capita: $2,400
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14%
Unemployment rate:
0.3% includes
only officially registered unemployed;
large numbersof underemployed workers
Electricity:
capacity:
11,690,000 kW
production:
47.5 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
2,130 kWh
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