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GeographyLocation: Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
Area: Land boundaries: total 6,221 km, Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 23,089,261 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.08% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 29.45 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.44 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -2.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 52 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.67 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Uzbek 71.4%, Russian 8.3%, Tajik 4.7%, Kazakh 4.1%, Tatar 2.4%, Karakalpak 2.1%, other 7% Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent) Independence: 31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: new constitution adopted 8 December 1992
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $54.5 billion National product real growth rate: -4% National product per capita: $2,400 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14% Unemployment rate: 0.3% includes only officially registered unemployed; large numbersof underemployed workers
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |