| Official Name | Republic of Uzbekistan |
| Capital | Tashkent |
| Area | 447,400 square kilometers (172,700 sq. miles) |
Currency Exchange rate with US$ | Uzbek Soum (often spelled as ‘Sum’) US$1 = Soum 9300 (approx.) |
| GDP | USD 49.7 billion in 2018 (source: World Bank) |
| GDP Growth Rate | 5.2% in 2019 forecast (source: ADB) |
| Unemployment | 5.8% (source: State Statistics Committee 2018) |
| GDP per capita | US$ 1532.4 in 2018; (source: World Bank) US$ 7020.3 for 2018 at Purchasing Power Parity |
| Forest Cover | 32087.8 Sq KM (source: World Bank 2016), |
| CO2 emission | 3.42 metric tonnes per Capita (2014) (source : World Bank) |
| Tourist Arrivals | 6.433 million (2018) |
| Population | 33.3 million (estimate as in January 2019) |
| Age Profile | Age 0-15 – 9 116 500 (30%) Age 16-29 – 8 723 400 (28.5%) Age 0-29 – 17 839 900 (58.5%) Age 30 & above – 41.5% |
| Life expectancy | 70/75 Yrs. (m/f) (2016), (source: WHO) |
| Languages | Uzbek (official) 74.3%; Other languages: Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% |
| Ethnic Groups | 75.8% Uzbeks, 6% Russians, 4.1% Kazakhs, 4.8 Tajiks, 1.6% Tatars, 0.9% Kyrgyz and 6.8% other nationalities. |
| Religion | Muslims 88% (Mostly Sunni) – others consist of Christians, Jews and Buddhists |
| Internet penetration | 20 Million in 2018 (source: Min of ICT) |
| Mobile phones | 22.8 Million in 2018 (source: Min of ICT) |
| Urbanisation | 36% (source: World Bank 2017) |
| Political Structure | Presidential Republic, Bicameral legislature called Oliy Majlis - Upper House (Senate) with 100 members and a Lower Chamber (Legislative Chamber) with 150 members. |
| Major Political Parties | - Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party
- People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan National Revival Democratic Party
- Justice Social Democratic Party
- Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan (it does not contest elections, but as per the Constitution 15 members of this movement are nominated to the lower house of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament).
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| Head of State (President) | Mr. Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev |
| Head of Government (Prime Minister) | Mr. Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov |
| Economy | Uzbekistan’s economy is mainly based on agricultural exports and services. Its foreign earnings depend on export of raw material – major share being of gold, natural gas, cotton, other minerals and cars; and on remittances from some 2 million Uzbek citizens (estimated) working in Russia |
| Exports | US$14.2 billion (2018) |
| Imports | US$ 19.5 billion (2018) |
| Main Trade Partners | China, Russia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Turkey |
| Exports to India | US$ 23.3 million (2018) |
| Imports from India | US$ 261.3 million (2018) |
| Indian Community | Total: Approx. 200 members of Indian diaspora. |