Uzbekistan
Central Asia
General matters
Republic of Uzbekistan (Republic of Uzbekistan)
Capital: Tashkent (2,574,000 people)
Population: 33.9 million ('21) (Central Asia's largest)
Area: 447,400㎢
Languages: Uzbek (official language), Russian (common language)
Religion: 88% Islam (70% Sunnis), 9% Russian Orthodox, 3% others
Ethnicity: Uzbeks (81%), Russians (5.5%), Thorns (5%), Kazakhs (3%), Karakalpak (2.5%), Koreans (0.6%)
Climate: High temperature dry desert climate
Politics
Form of government: President-centered system (term 5 years)
a key figure
Mr. President: Mirziyoyev(Shavkat Mirziyoyev)
Senate President: Tanzila Narvaeva
Speaker of the House: Nurdindjon Ismailov
Prime Minister: Abdulla Aripov
Foreign Minister: (Acting) Baxtyor Saidov
Composition of Parliament: Composition of Parliament (250 seats in total) Liberal Democratic Party, National Reconstruction Party, People's Democratic Party, etc
Senate: 100 seats
House of Representatives: 150 seats
Economy
GDP: $64.357 billion ('21 EIU basis)
GDP per capita: 2002$ ('21 IMF basis)
Economic growth rate: 7.4% ('21, based on EIU)
Currency Unit: Sum / (US$1 ≒10,808 breath) ('21, based on EIU)
Trade: Trade volume: $37.1 billion ('21, based on EIU)
Export amount: $14.1 billion
Revenue: $23 billion
Inflation: 9.8% ('21, based on EIU)
Key Resources:
* Key Resources ('21, BP)
- Crude oil and gas (confirmed reserves): Crude oil (600 million barrels), gas (1.2 trillion㎥)
- Mineral presence status (confirmed reserves, world ranking): Gold (1,800 tons, 10th place)