Uzbek people
Turkic people of Central Asia
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.
Oʻzbeklar Ўзбеклар اوزبکلر | |
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.jpg) 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 | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples | |
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