Population of Uzbekistan

Labour resources are the working-age population: men aged 16 to 60 and women aged 16 to 55; schoolchildren aged 15 may also work in their free time. More than one in every two people is of working age. Work is divided into two spheres: material production (industry, agriculture, construction) and the non-productive sphere (services such as education, health care, culture and everyday services). As technology develops, the share of those working in services grows, while the share in agriculture falls. By sex, men and women are now almost equal in number; in the years after the Second World War men were fewer. In the age structure the share of children and young people is high, which means labour resources will grow in the future. In national composition Uzbeks make up more than 80 percent; Karakalpaks, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Russians, Tatars, Kyrgyz, Turkmen and others also live in the country. There is diversity of religion as well, with most people being Muslims.