Uzbekistan - Geography

Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Uzbekistan. Along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.

Population Distribution

Most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, but the central and western deserts are sparsely populated

People and Society

In Uzbekistan, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Uzbek 83.8%, Tajik 4.8%, Kazakh 2.5%, Russian 2.3%, Karakalpak 2.2%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.9% (2017 est.)

Population N/A
Pop growth rate 1.26% (2025 est.)
Birth rate 18.93 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate 5 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Current health expenditure N/A
Physicians Density N/A
Hospital bed Density 4.9 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.6 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate 1.25 (2025 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate N/A
Est married women (ages 15-49) N/A
Literacy N/A
Education expenditures N/A
Net Migration rate N/A
Nationality Uzbekistani | Uzbekistani
Languages N/A
Religions N/A
Age Structure
0-14 years 29.6% (male 5,597,947/female 5,213,403)
15-64 years 63.7% (male 11,649,017/female 11,617,411)
65 years and over 6.7% (2024 est.) (male 1,077,849/female 1,364,966)
Dependency Ratios
Total dependency ratio 57.3 (2025 est.)
Youth dependency ratio 46.3 (2025 est.)
Elderly dependency ratio 11.1 (2025 est.)
Potential support ratio 9 (2025 est.)
Median Age
Total 29.2 years (2025 est.)
Male 28.1 years
Female 29.8 years
Urbanization
Urban population 50.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 1.25% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 2.603 million TASHKENT (capital) (2023).
Sex Ratio
At birth 1.08 male(s)/female
0-14 years 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.79 male(s)/female
Total population 1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Infant Motality
Total 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
Male 21.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Female 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at birth
Total population 76.2 years (2024 est.)
Male 73.6 years
Female 79 years
Drinking Water Sources
Improved: urban urban: 98% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 95.2% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 96.6% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 2% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 4.8% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 3.4% of population (2022 est.)
Sanitation facility acess
Improved: urban urban: 98.1% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: rural rural: 98.7% of population (2022 est.)
Improved: total total: 98.4% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: urban urban: 1.9% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: rural rural: 1.3% of population (2022 est.)
Unimproved: total total: 1.6% of population (2022 est.)
Major Infectious diseases
Alcohol consumption per capita
Total 2.45 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Beer 0.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Wine 0.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Spirits 2.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Other alcohols 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
Total 15.4% (2025 est.)
Male 30.2% (2025 est.)
Female 1% (2025 est.)
Child marriage
Women married by age 15 0.2% (2022)
Women married by age 18 3.4% (2022)
Demographic profile
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Uzbekistan is found in Central Asia