Uzbekistan’s permanent population stood at 39,535,225 as of Oct. 1, 2026, the National Statistics Committee said. The committee noted that the figure takes census results into account.
The population is up by 692,200, or 1.8%, from the same point last year.
Permanent population by province:
- Samarkand province – 4,462,783
- Fergana province – 4,293,001
- Tashkent province – 3,799,043
- Kashkadarya province – 3,746,228
- Andijan province – 3,574,464
- Tashkent city – 3,278,512
- Namangan province – 3,190,767
- Surkhandarya province – 3,030,030
- Republic of Karakalpakstan – 2,166,044
- Khorezm province – 2,162,068
- Bukhara province – 2,125,129
- Jizzakh province – 1,545,176
- Navoi province – 1,196,559
- Syrdarya province – 965,421
Preliminary census results had earlier shown the population exceeding 39 million. They put the number of men at 19.76 million and women at 19.3 million. Some 21.3 million people live in cities and 17.8 million in rural areas.
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