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.
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 Young Uzbek boy in Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent. |
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| apprx. 60 million |
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| Uzbekistan |
| 33 million |
| Afghanistan | Afghanistan 9 million |
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| Tajikistan | 4.2 million (2017) |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 3 million (2024) |
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| Kazakhstan | 4 million (2024) |
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| Turkmenistan | 2 million (2025) |
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| Russia | 7 million (2023) |
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| Pakistan | 280,000 (2015) |
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| Saudi Arabia | 170,000 (2008) |
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| Australia | 80,000 |
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| United States | 70,000 (2019) |
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| South Korea | 56,000 |
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| Turkey | 45,000 |
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| Ukraine | 22,400 |
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| Mongolia | 22,000 |
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| China | 14,800 |
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| Azerbaijan | 8,600 |
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| Germany | 8,000 |
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| Belarus | 4,993 |
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| Canada | 4,000 |
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| United Arab Emirates | 4,000 |
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| Brazil | 4,000 |
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| Canada | 3,920 |
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| Sweden | 3,200 |
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| United Kingdom | 2,864 |
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| Philippines | 2,026 |
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| France | 2,000 |
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| Belgium | 1,700 |
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| Portugal | 1,297 |
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| Finland | 1,129 |
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| Italy | 1,100 |
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| Moldova | 1,100 |
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| Georgia | 800 |
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| Norway | 796 |
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| Predominantly Sunni Islam[1] |
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| Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples |
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