Ethnic Groups
Ethnic composition according to the 1989 population census (latest available):
Uzbek 71%, Russian 8%, Tajik 5% (believed to be much higher), Kazakh 4%, Tatar 3%, Karakalpak 2%, other 7%.
Estimates of ethnic composition in 1996 from CIA World Factbook:
Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 estimates).
The table shows the ethnic composition of Uzbekistan's population (in percent) according to four population censuses between 1926 and 1989 (no population census was carried out in 1999, and the next census is now being planned for 2010). The increase in the percentage of Tajik from 3.9% of the population in 1979 to 4.7% in 1989 may be attributed, at least in part, to the change in census instructions: in the 1989 census for the first the nationality could be reported not according to the passport, but freely self-declared on the basis of the respondent's ethnic self-identification.
| Ethnic group |
census 19261 | census 19392 | census 19593 | census 19704 | census 19795 | census 19896 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Uzbeks | 3,467,226 | 73.0 | 4,804,096 | 65.1 | 5,038,273 | 62.2 | 7,733,541 | 64.7 | 10,569,007 | 68.7 | 14,142,475 | 71.4 |
| Russians | 245,807 | 5.2 | 727,331 | 11.6 | 1,090,728 | 13.5 | 1,495,556 | 12.5 | 1,665,658 | 10.8 | 1,653,478 | 8.4 |
| Tajiks | 350,670 | 7.4 | 317,560 | 5.1 | 311,375 | 3.8 | 457,356 | 3.8 | 594,627 | 3.9 | 933,560 | 4.7 |
| Kazakhs | 191,126 | 4.0 | 305,416 | 4.9 | 335,267 | 4.1 | 549,312 | 4.6 | 620,136 | 4.0 | 808,227 | 4.1 |
| Tatars | 28,335 | 0.6 | 147,157 | 2.3 | 397,981 | 4.9 | 442,331 | 3.7 | 531,205 | 3.5 | 467,829 | 2.4 |
| Karakalpaks | 142,688 | 3.0 | 181,420 | 2.9 | 168,274 | 2.1 | 230,273 | 1.9 | 297,788 | 1.9 | 411,878 | 2.1 |
| Crimean Tatars | 46,829 | 0.6 | 135,426 | 1.1 | 117,559 | 0.8 | 188,772 | 1.0 | ||||
| Koreans | 30 | 0.0 | 72,944 | 1.2 | 138,453 | 1.7 | 151,058 | 1.3 | 163,062 | 1.1 | 183,140 | 0.9 |
| Kyrgyz | 79,610 | 1.7 | 89,044 | 1.4 | 92,725 | 1.1 | 110,864 | 1.0 | 142,182 | 0.7 | 174,907 | 0.8 |
| Ukrainians | 25,335 | 0.5 | 70,577 | 1.1 | 87,927 | 1.1 | 114,979 | 1.0 | 113,826 | 0.7 | 153,197 | 0.8 |
| Turkmens | 31,492 | 0.7 | 46,543 | 0.7 | 54,804 | 0.7 | 71,066 | 0.6 | 92,285 | 0.6 | 121,578 | 0.6 |
| Turks | 371 | 0.0 | 474 | 0.0 | 21,269 | 0.3 | 46,398 | 0.4 | 48,726 | 0.3 | 106,302 | 0.5 |
| Jews | 37,621 | 0.8 | 50,676 | 0.8 | 94,303 | 1.2 | 102,843 | 0.9 | 99,836 | 0.7 | 94,689 | 0.5 |
| Armenians | 14,862 | 0.3 | 20,394 | 0.3 | 27,370 | 0.3 | 34,470 | 0.3 | 42,374 | 0.3 | 50,537 | 0.3 |
| Azeris | 20,764 | 0.4 | 3,645 | 0.1 | 40,511 | 0.5 | 40,431 | 0.3 | 59,779 | 0.4 | 44,410 | 0.2 |
| Uyghurs | 36,349 | 0.8 | 50,638 | 0.8 | 19,377 | 0.2 | 24,039 | 0.2 | 29,104 | 0.2 | 35,762 | 0.2 |
| Bashkirs | 624 | 0.0 | 7,516 | 0.1 | 13,500 | 0.2 | 21,069 | 0.2 | 25,879 | 0.2 | 34,771 | 0.2 |
| Others | 77,889 | 1.6 | 98,838 | 1.6 | 126,738 | 1.6 | 198,570 | 1.7 | 176,274 | 1.1 | 204,565 | 1.0 |
| Total | 4,750,175 | 6,271,269 | 8,105,704 | 11,959,582 | 15,389,307 | 19,810,077 | ||||||
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