Census shows 39.05 million residents of Uzbekistan — 810.6 thousand more than the current estimate
At a press conference on 13 November, the State Statistics Committee presented the final results of the first census of population and agriculture since 1989. The permanent population as of 15 January 2026 stood at 39,047,321 people — 2.1% more than current statistics had shown. The share of urban residents, life expectancy, education and agricultural indicators were revised.
Aziz Karimov