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Uzbekistan People:

Population:
26,851,195 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.5% (male:4,575,443; female:4,408,146)
15-64 years: 61.7% (male:8,201,993; female:8,371,933)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male:528,334; female:765,346) (2005)

Median age:
total: 22.36 years
male: 21.74 years
female: 23 years (2005)

Population growth rate:
1.67% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
26.22 births / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
7.95 deaths / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-1.61 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 71.1 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 67.22 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 74.78 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 64.19 years (2005 est.)
male: 60.82 years
female: 67.73 years

Total fertility rate:
2.94 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
11,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 500 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Uzbekistani
adjective: Uzbekistani

Ethnic groups:
Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996)

Religions:
Muslim (mostly Sunnis) 88%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Languages:
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.3%
male: 99.6%
female: 99% (2003)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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