Uzbekistan
Urban population in Uzbekistan
Urban population in Uzbekistan: 28.4% in 1950 and 51% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 51%
- Since 1950
- +22.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 159 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 60.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 60.7% in 2050.
- The highest was 51.8% in 2008, the lowest 28.4% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 |
| 2024 | 51 |
| 2023 | 51 |
| 2022 | 51 |
| 2021 | 50.9 |
| 2020 | 50.8 |
| 2019 | 50.6 |
| 2018 | 50.6 |
| 2017 | 50.7 |
| 2016 | 50.7 |
| 2015 | 50.7 |
| 2014 | 50.9 |
| 2013 | 51.1 |
| 2012 | 51.3 |
| 2011 | 51.3 |
| 2010 | 51.3 |
| 2009 | 51.6 |
| 2008 | 51.8 |
| 2007 | 51.7 |
| 2006 | 51.5 |
| 2005 | 51.1 |
| 2004 | 50.6 |
| 2003 | 50 |
| 2002 | 49.3 |
| 2001 | 48.5 |
| 2000 | 47.7 |
| 1999 | 46.8 |
| 1998 | 46 |
| 1997 | 45.1 |
| 1996 | 44.3 |
| 1995 | 43.5 |
| 1994 | 42.7 |
| 1993 | 42.1 |
| 1992 | 41.5 |
| 1991 | 41.1 |
| 1990 | 40.8 |
| 1989 | 40.6 |
| 1988 | 40.8 |
| 1987 | 40.6 |
| 1986 | 40.5 |
| 1985 | 40.6 |
| 1984 | 41 |
| 1983 | 41.2 |
| 1982 | 41.2 |
| 1981 | 41.2 |
| 1980 | 41.1 |
| 1979 | 40.9 |
| 1978 | 40.7 |
| 1977 | 39.7 |
| 1976 | 39.3 |
| 1975 | 38.7 |
| 1974 | 38.2 |
| 1973 | 37.7 |
| 1972 | 37.1 |
| 1971 | 36.7 |
| 1970 | 36.7 |
| 1969 | 36.6 |
| 1968 | 36.4 |
| 1967 | 36 |
| 1966 | 35.7 |
| 1965 | 35.5 |
| 1964 | 35.4 |
| 1963 | 35.3 |
| 1962 | 35.1 |
| 1961 | 34.9 |
| 1960 | 34.3 |
| 1959 | 33.8 |
| 1958 | 33.3 |
| 1957 | 32.8 |
| 1956 | 32.2 |
| 1955 | 31.6 |
| 1954 | 31 |
| 1953 | 30.4 |
| 1952 | 29.7 |
| 1951 | 29.1 |
| 1950 | 28.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 51.1 |
| 2027 | 51.1 |
| 2028 | 51.3 |
| 2029 | 51.4 |
| 2030 | 51.6 |
| 2031 | 51.7 |
| 2032 | 52 |
| 2033 | 52.2 |
| 2034 | 52.5 |
| 2035 | 52.8 |
| 2036 | 53.1 |
| 2037 | 53.5 |
| 2038 | 53.9 |
| 2039 | 54.3 |
| 2040 | 54.8 |
| 2041 | 55.2 |
| 2042 | 55.7 |
| 2043 | 56.2 |
| 2044 | 56.8 |
| 2045 | 57.4 |
| 2046 | 58 |
| 2047 | 58.6 |
| 2048 | 59.3 |
| 2049 | 59.9 |
| 2050 | 60.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollars$1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per person$45 in 2018
- Military share of state spending11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnel68,000 people in 2020
- National power0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports68 million TIV in 2016