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    • Population:
      23,089,261 (July 1995 est.)

    • Age structure:

        0-14 years:
        40% (female 4,553,432; male 4,670,496)

        15-64 years:
        55% (female 6,400,578; male 6,384,862)

        65 years and over:
        5% (female 656,933; male 422,960) (July 1995 est.)

    • Population growth rate:
      2.08% (1995 est.)

    • Birth rate:
      29.45 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Death rate:
      6.44 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Net migration rate:
      -2.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

    • Infant mortality rate:
      52 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

    • Life expectancy at birth:

        total population:
        68.79 years

        male:
        65.5 years

        female:
        72.24 years (1995 est.)

    • Total fertility rate:
      3.67 children born/woman (1995 est.)

    • Nationality:

        noun:
        Uzbek(s)

        adjective:
        Uzbek

    • Ethnic divisions:
      Uzbek 71.4%, Russian 8.3%, Tajik 4.7%, Kazakh 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)

        total population:
        97%

        male:
        98%

        female:
        96%

    • Labor force:
      8.234 million

        by occupation:
        agriculture and forestry 43%, industry and construction 22%, other 35% (1992)
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