Uzbek people
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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.
Oʻzbeklar Ўзбеклар اوزبکلر | |
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![]() Young Uzbek boy in Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent. | |
Total population | |
apprx. 39 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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28.0 million (2021) | |
![]() | 3.5 million (2021) |
![]() | 3.2 million (2017) |
![]() | 1.8 million (2017) |
![]() | 617,000 (2021) |
![]() | 558,000 (2021) |
![]() | 360,000 (2018) |
![]() | 280,000 (2015) |
![]() | 170,000 (2008) |
![]() | 80,000 |
![]() | 70,000 (2019) |
![]() | 56,000 |
![]() | 45,000 |
![]() | 22,400 |
![]() | 22,000 |
![]() | 14,800 |
![]() | 8,600 |
![]() | 8,000 |
![]() | 4,993 |
![]() | 4,000 |
![]() | 4,000 |
![]() | 4,000 |
![]() | 3,920 |
![]() | 3,200 |
![]() | 2,864 |
![]() | 2,026 |
![]() | 2,000 |
![]() | 1,700 |
![]() | 1,297 |
![]() | 1,129 |
![]() | 1,100 |
![]() | 1,100 |
![]() | 800 |
![]() | 796 |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Sunni Islam[1] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples |
Uzbek People Media
Uzbek people at a market in Khiva, Uzbekistan
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
An Uzbek elder man in bazaar in Osh
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References
- ↑ "Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation". The World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity. Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. August 9, 2012