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Uzbekistan People 2000 Population: 24,755,519 (July 2000 est.) Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.6% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 26.18 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 8.02 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: -2.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 72.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.09 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
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:
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