Uzbekistan’s permanent population exceeded 39.535 million as of October 1, 2026, growing by 1.8% year-on-year, while births and marriages continued to decline and divorces increased, the Statistics Committee said in a report.
The population growth rate has slowed slightly, compared with increases of 2.1% in the first nine months of 2024 and 1.9% during the same period in 2025.
A total of 638,600 babies were born alive between January and September 2026, down 3.9%, or 26,000, from a year earlier. Compared with the first nine months of 2024, births fell by approximately 8%, or 55,300.
The number of births has declined for three consecutive years, from 716,900 in January-September 2023.
Marriages also continued to fall. A total of 172,000 marriages were registered in the first nine months of 2026, compared with 177,000 in the same period last year and 179,400 in 2024.
Meanwhile, divorces increased to 36,800, up from 35,400 in January-September 2025 and 34,000 in the corresponding period of 2024. Nearly 60% of divorces this year were registered in urban areas.
Samarkand province was the country's most populous administrative division, with 4.4 million residents, followed by Fergana province with 4.3 million. Syrdarya province had the smallest population, at 965,400. Tashkent city had 3.3 million residents.
The figures come after a nationwide population and agricultural census conducted from January 15 to February 28, 2026. The census found that the population was 810,600 higher than previously reflected in permanent population records.
As of January 15, the country's population was officially recorded at 39.047 million, meaning it has grown by nearly half a million since then.
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