Uzbekistan

Adventist Members: 1,179

Adventist Churches: 16

Number of Ordained Ministers: 1

Net Membership Growth Over Past 10 Years: 147%

(Statistics current Dec. 31, 2000)

Official name:Uzbekistan Respublikasi (Republic of Uzbekistan).

Heads of state and government: President assisted by Prime Minister.

Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent).

Official language: Uzbek.

Official religion: none.

Monetary unit: Sum.

Population (2001 est.): 25,155,064.

Urban-rural (1996): urban 38.38%; rural 61.62%.

Ethnic composition (1996 est.): Uzbek 80%; Russian 5.5%; Tajik 5%; Kazakh 3%; Karakalpak 2.5%; Tatar 1.5%; other 2.5%.

Religious affiliation (1995): Muslim (mostly Sunni) 88.0%; Eastern Orthodox 1.0%; Jewish 0.2%; other (mostly nonreligious) 10.8%.

Major cities (1995): Tashkent 2,107,000; Samarkand 362,000; Namangan 362,000; Andijon 313,000; Bukhara 238,000.

Divorce rate per 1,000 population (1994): 1.1.

Life expectancy at birth (2001 est.): male 60.24 years; female 67.56 years; total pop. 63.81 years.

Population below poverty line: NA

Sources:

Encyclopedia Britannica

www.countryreports.org