!!!Uzbekistan: People & Society ||Population|29,473,614 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Uzbekistani \\ ''adjective'': Uzbekistani \\ ||Ethnic groups|Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.) ||Languages|Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% \\ ''__note__'': in the Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status \\ ||Religions|Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 24.22% (male 3,658,960/female 3,480,659) \\ ''15-24 years'': 19.22% (male 2,874,982/female 2,790,128) \\ ''25-54 years'': 43.95% (male 6,444,288/female 6,510,741) \\ ''55-64 years'': 7.54% (male 1,049,876/female 1,171,369) \\ ''65 years and over'': 5.06% (male 637,408/female 855,203) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 49.7% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 42.7% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 7% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 14.3% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 28.1 years \\ ''male'': 27.6 years \\ ''female'': 28.7 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.93% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|16.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, while the central and western deserts are sparsely populated ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 36.4% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 1.45% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|TASHKENT (capital) 2.251 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.99 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.9 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.74 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|23.4 (2013 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|36 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 18.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 22.1 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 14.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 73.8 years \\ ''male'': 70.7 years \\ ''female'': 77 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.78 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|64.9% (2006) ||Health expenditures|5.8% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|2.53 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|4.4 beds/1,000 population (2010) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 98.5% of population \\ rural: 80.9% of population \\ total: 87.3% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 1.5% of population \\ rural: 19.1% of population \\ total: 12.7% of population (2012 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.15% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|32,700 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|2,600 (2015 est.) ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|14.3% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|4.4% (2006) ||Education expenditures|NA ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 99.6% \\ ''male'': 99.7% \\ ''female'': 99.5% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 12 years \\ ''male'': 12 years \\ ''female'': 12 years (2011) \\