Usbekistan - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 41 19 N, 69 15 E
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: tash means "stone" and kent means "city" in Turkic languages, so the name simply denotes "stone city"
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Uzbekistan
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
land: 425,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km
arable land: 10.1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.8% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 51.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 7.7% (2018 est.)
other: 29.7% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 70.64% (male 11,055,763/female 11,097,841)
65 years and over: 6.88% (2023 est.) (male 933,134/female 1,223,235)
major-language sample(s):
Jahon faktlari kitobi, asosiy ma'lumotlar uchun zaruriy manba. (Uzbek)
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note: in the semi-autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status
male: 73.2 years
female: 78.6 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 29.5 years
rate of urbanization: 1.25% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2021)
7.04% (2020 est.)
5.85% (2019 est.)
note: official data; another 20% are underemployed
10.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
12.87% (2020 est.)
14.53% (2019 est.)
note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2012
$14.532 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$16.993 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$22.56 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$26.551 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 77% (2021 est.)
broad gauge: 4,642 km (2018) 1.520-m gauge (1,684 km electrified)
paved: 75,511 km (2000)
unpaved: 10,985 km (2000)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 100 (2021 est.)
Uzbekistan-Afghanistan: none identified
Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan: field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2004; disputed territory is held by Uzbekistan, but the overwhelming majority of residents are ethnic Kazakhs; the two countries agreed on draft final demarcation documents in March 2022 and signed an agreement demarcating their border in December 2022
Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan: border delimitation of 130 km of border with Kyrgyzstan is hampered by serious disputes around enclaves and other areas; in 2021, border talks between Uzbek and Kyrgyz officials raised the possibility of a land swap arrangement, but a deal was not finalized
Uzbekistan-Tajikistan: none identified
Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan: prolonged drought and cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan created water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; in 2021, the two countries reached an agreement to create a joint intergovernmental commission to oversee water management