Population:
27,606,007 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.1% (male 3,970,386/female 3,787,371)
15-64 years: 67% (male 9,191,439/female 9,309,791)
65 years and over: 4.9% (male 576,191/female 770,829) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 24.7 years
male: 24.2 years
female: 25.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.935% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
17.58 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate:
-2.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 37% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 23.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.96 years
male: 68.95 years
female: 75.15 years (2009 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.95 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
16,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 500 (2007 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 est.)

Religions:
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), 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 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2007)

Education expenditures:
9.4% of GDP (1991)