Uzbekistan

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National name: Ozbekiston Respublikasi

Current government officials

Languages:Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

Ethnicity/race:Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazak 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)

Religions:Islam (mostly Sunnis) 88%, Eastern Orthodox 9%

Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2011 est.): $96.46 billion; per capita $3,300. Real growth rate: 8.3%. Inflation: 13.5% officially; 22% based on analysis of consumer prices. Unemployment: 1% officially, plus another 20% underemployed. Arable land: 11%. Agriculture: cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain; livestock. Labor force: 16.11 million (2011); agriculture 44%, industry 20%, services 36% (1995). Industries: textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, gold petroleum, natural gas, chemicals. Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum. Exports: $12.59 billion (2011 est.): cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%, energy products 9.6%, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles (1998). Imports: $8.53 billion (2011 est.): machinery and equipment 49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals (1998). Major trading partners: Russia, China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, South Korea, Germany (2011).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 1.864 million (2009); mobile cellular: 20.952 million (2009). Radio broadcast stations: AM 15, FM 7, shortwave 10 (1998). Radios: 10.2 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (2007). Televisions: 6.4 million (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 56,334 (2010). Internet users: 4.689 million (2009).

Transportation: Railways: total: 3,645 km (2008) Highways: total: 86,496 km; paved: 75,511 km; unpaved: 10,985 km (2000). Waterways: 1,100 (2012). Ports and harbors: Termiz (Amu Darya river). Airports: 53 (2012).

International disputes: prolonged regional drought creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; delimitation with Kazakhstan complete with demarcation underway; serious disputes with Kyrgyzstan around Uzbek enclaves mar progress on delimitation efforts; talks have begun with Tajikistan to determine and delimit border.

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