l salinization; soil
contamination from agricultural chemicals, including DDT
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: party to - Climate Change,
Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection;
signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity
Geographic note: landlocked
People
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Population: 23,418,381 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 40% (male 4,732,585; female 4,618,503)
15-64 years: 55% (male 6,441,052; female 6,540,479)
65 years and over: 5% (male 416,571; female 669,191) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.87% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 29.86 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 8.02 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -3.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.98 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 79.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.6 years
male: 60.44 years
female: 68.97 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.69 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Uzbek(s)
adjective: Uzbek
Ethnic divisions: Uzbek 71.4%, Russian 8.3%, Tajik 4.7%, Kazak
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 est.)
total population: 97%
male: 98%
female: 96%
Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: Republic of Uzbekistan
conventional short form: Uzbekistan
local long form: Uzbekiston Respublikasi
local short form: none
former: Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Data code: UZ
Type of government: republic
Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Administrative divisions: 12 wiloyatlar (singular - wiloyat), 1
autonomous republic* (respublikasi), and 1 city** (shahri); Andijon
Wiloyati, Bukhoro Wiloyati, Jizzakh Wiloyati, Farghona Wiloyati,
Qoraqalpoghiston* (Nukus), Qashqadaryo Wiloyati (Qarshi), Khorazm
Wiloyati (Urganch), Namangan Wiloyati, Nawoiy Wiloyati, Samarqand
Wiloyati, Sirdaryo Wiloyati (Guliston), Surkhondaryo Wiloyati
(Termiz), Toshkent Shahri**, Toshkent Wiloyati
note: an administrati
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