Uzbekistan
Republic of Uzbekistan · Central Asia
Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia, with Tashkent as its capital, home to about 37,053,428 people. Uzbekistan shares land borders with 5 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Tashkent |
|---|---|
| Region | Central Asia |
| Currency | Uzbekistani soʻm (UZS so'm) |
| Calling code | +998 |
| ISO codes | UZ / UZB / 860 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇺🇿 |
| Population | 37,053,428 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 447,400 km² |
| Languages | Russian, Uzbek |
| Internet domain | .uz |
| Demonym | Uzbekistani |
Bordering countries
About Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, officially Republic of Uzbekistan, is a United Nations member state in Central Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Tashkent. It is landlocked, sharing all of its borders with neighbouring countries and no coastline. The official currency is the Uzbekistani soʻm (so'm), using the code UZS.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Uzbekistan for Tashkent’s own facts and history.
To call Uzbekistan from abroad, dial the country code +998. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes UZ (alpha-2) and UZB (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 37,053,428.
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How Uzbekistan compares
- Area: 447,400 km², ranking 56 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 37,053,428, ranking 42 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 83 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 5, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Uzbekistan
3 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (green, blue, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.