Uzbek people

Uzbeks
Oʻzbeklar; Ўзбеклар; اوزبکلر
	Young Uzbek boy in Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent.
Total population
	apprx. 39 million
Regions with significant populations
	Uzbekistan
	28.0 million (2021)
Afghanistan	3.5 million (2021)
Tajikistan	3.2 million (2017)
Kyrgyzstan	1.8 million (2017)
Kazakhstan	617,000 (2021)
Turkmenistan	558,000 (2021)
Russia	360,000 (2018)
Pakistan	280,000 (2015)
Saudi Arabia	170,000 (2008)
Australia	80,000
United States	70,000 (2019)
South Korea	56,000
Turkey	45,000
Ukraine	22,400
Mongolia	22,000
China	14,800
Azerbaijan	8,600
Germany	8,000
Belarus	4,993
Canada	4,000
United Arab Emirates	4,000
Brazil	4,000
Canada	3,920
Sweden	3,200
United Kingdom	2,864
Philippines	2,026
France	2,000
Belgium	1,700
Portugal	1,297
Finland	1,129
Italy	1,100
Moldova	1,100
Georgia	800
Norway	796
Languages
	Uzbek; Dari; Tajik; Kyrgyz; Russian;
Religion
	Predominantly Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples

Uzbeks are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group who mainly live in Central Asian countries. Uzbeks are the majority of people living in Uzbekistan. They are a minority group in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Pakistan and China. Uzbeks speak Uzbek language of the Turkic language family.

Uzbek People Media

Uzbek people at a market in Khiva, Uzbekistan.
Some European admixture can be seen in this Uzbek woman
Female statuette bearing the kaunakes. Chlorite and limestone, Bactria, beginning of the 2nd millennium BC.
Turkish officers during an audience with king Varkhuman of Samarkand. 648–651 CE, Afrasiyab murals, Samarkand.
Ulugbeg with ladies of his harem and retainers, 1425–1450
Portrait of Muhammad Shaybani
Photographs of Uzbek from Afghanistan in 1924 and Tashkent in 1872
The Defence of the Samarkand Citadel in 1868. From the Russian Illustrated Magazine "Niva" (1872).
Uzbek Mulla Dzhan Turdi Ali, uncle of the Kokand Khan's older son, 19th century

↑ "Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation". The World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity. Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. August 9, 2012