| Population :
| 26,410,416 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 34,10%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 4 583 228.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 4 418 003.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 61,10%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 7 990 233.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 8 157 136.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 4,80%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 513 434.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 748 382.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 22.1 years .
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| Median age male :
| 21.4 years .
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| Median age female :
| 22.7 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 1.65% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 26.12 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 7.95 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| -1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.98 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.69 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 75.03 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 67.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 64.09 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 60.67 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 67.69 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 2.97 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| less than 0.1% (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| less than 740 (2001 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| less than 100 (2001 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Uzbekistani .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Uzbekistani .
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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.) .
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| Religions :
| Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% .
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| Languages :
| Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 99,30%.
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| Literacy male :
| 99,60%.
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| Literacy female :
| 99% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch .
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| Independence :
| 1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 1 September (1991) .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Uzbekistan is a dry, landlocked country of which 11% consists of intensely cultivated, irrigated river valleys. More than 60% of its population lives in densely populated rural communities. Uzbekistan is now the world's second-largest cotton exporter, a l.
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| Population below poverty line :
| NA .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 44%, industry 20%, services 36% (1995) .
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| Agriculture products :
| cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock .
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| Industries :
| textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, natural gas, chemicals .
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| Exports commodities :
| cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%, energy products 9.6%, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles (1998 est.) .
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| Exports partners :
| Russia 21.8%, China 9.5%, Tajikistan 6.3%, South Korea 5.8%, Turkey 5.3%, Kazakhstan 5.2%, Japan 4.4%, US 4.2% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 1 September (1991) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 1 September (1991) .
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| Internet users :
| 492,000 (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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