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Uzbeks

Узбеки · Q483047

language area per Glottologcensus counts
926,344
Tajikistan, census 2010 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
2,742,208
sum of censuses in 12 countries, 2001-2025
Turkic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Tajikistan: 926,344 people in the 2010 census.

Official figures exist for 12 countries; together they add up to 2,742,208. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2001-2025) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 323,278 people identified with the nationality "Узбеки" (Uzbeks)1. That is 0.25% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 12 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Uzbek. Glottolog classifies it in the Turkic family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Tajikistan2010 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [2]
926,344
Kyrgyzstan2009 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [3]
768,405
Kazakhstan2025 · ethnicity / nationality · «Uzbeks» · [4]
695,557
Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Узбеки» · [1]
323,278
China2020 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [5]
12,742
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [6]
12,353
Belarus2019 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [7]
1,441
Latvia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [8]
1,297
Moldova, Republic of2014 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [9]
259
Estonia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [10]
204
Mongolia2020 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [11]
202
Lithuania2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Uzbek» · [12]
126
Sum across 12 countries2,742,208

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex, urban and rural, Russian regions

Sex

Men 211,573 · 65.4%Women 111,705 · 34.6%

Urban and rural

Urban 253,842 · 78.5%Rural 69,436 · 21.5%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Moscow Oblast
39,656
Moscow (city)
29,526
Republic of Tatarstan
14,970
Samara Oblast
13,048
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
12,361
Saint Petersburg (city)
12,181
Kaluga Oblast
12,084
Republic of Bashkortostan
10,148
Sverdlovsk Oblast
9,948
Novosibirsk Oblast
8,199

Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1

Languages and their lineage

Uzbek

  1. Turkicturk1311
  2. Common Turkiccomm1245
  3. Kipchak-Turkestankipc1240
  4. Turkestanuygh1241
  5. Modern Turkestanuygh1240
  6. Uzbekuzbe1247

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

KazakhsUyghursAzerbaijanisTatarsKyrgyz peopleBashkir peopleChuvash peopleKumyk peopleTurkish peopleYakutsTuvansCrimean TatarsKarachaysSalar peopleGagauzBalkarsNogaisAltai peopleKhakass peopleTurkmensKryashensKarakalpaksShorsDolgans

Sources

  1. Rosstat. National composition of the population of the Russian Federation. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census (reference date 1 October 2021), vol. 5, table 1. Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx (archived copy)
  2. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Tajikistan, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  3. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Kyrgyzstan, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
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  8. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Latvia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
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  10. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Estonia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  11. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Mongolia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  12. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Lithuania, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
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