According to preliminary data of the Statistics Committee, the population of Uzbekistan as of January 1, 2017 reached 32,121.1 thousand, an increase by 545.8 thous. or 1.7% compared to the beginning of the year. The urban population was 16,238.5 thousand (50.6%), the rural population -. 15,882.6 thousand (49.4%).
Childbirth
The childbirth reached 726.8 thousand, respectively, the birth rate was 22.8 per mille, and compared to 2015 decreased by 0.7 per mille (in 2015 -. 23.5 ppm).
Mortality
154.5 thousand deaths have been reported in January-December 2016, respectively, the mortality rate was 4.8 per mille.
Of the total number of registered deaths, 59.6 percent died of cardiovascular diseases, 9,4 percent - of tumors, 6,7 percent - of accidents, poisonings and traumas, 5,9 percent - of digestive diseases, 4.9 percent - of respiratory diseases, 1,9 percent - of infectious and parasitic diseases, 11.6 per cent - of other diseases.
Marriages and divorces
The offices of civil registration registered 275.1 thousand marriages and 29.4 thousand divorces. In the whole the marriage rate was 8.6 ppm and divorces - 0.9 ppm.
Migration
The number of the arrived into the country amounted to 141.7 thousand people, the number of departed - 168.3 thousand people. The balance of migration was minus 26,6 thousand (in 2015 it was minus 29,3 thousand).
