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.

Related pages

• Turkic peoples
• Uyghur people