Republic of Uzbekistan
National name: Ozbekiston Respublikasi
President: Islam A. Karimov (1990)
Prime Minister: Shavkat Mirziyayev (2003)
Current government officials
Land area: 164,247 sq mi (425,400 sq km); total area: 172,741 sq mi (447,400 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 27,780,059 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 26.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 78.9/1000; life expectancy: 65.0; density per sq mi: 161
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Tashkent, 3,457,500 (metro. area), 2,155,400 (city proper)
Other large cities: Samarkand, 374,900; Andijon, 354,500
Monetary unit: Uzbekistani sum
Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Ethnicity/race: Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazak 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)
Religions: Islam (mostly Sunnis) 88%, Eastern Orthodox 9%
Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $55.75 billion; per capita $2,000. Real growth rate: 7.3 %. Inflation: 7.6%. Unemployment: 3.0% officially, plus another 20% underemployed. Arable land: 11%. Agriculture: cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock. Labor force: 14.44 million; agriculture 44%, industry 20%, services 36% (1995). Industries: textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, gold petroleum, natural gas, chemicals. Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum. Exports: $5.51 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%, energy products 9.6%, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles (1998). Imports: $3.99 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery and equipment 49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals (1998). Major trading partners: Russia, China, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, South Korea, U.S., Germany, Ukraine (2004).
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