Uzbek speaking countries
Uzbek is the official language in Uzbekistan and is spoken in 5 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population.As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 74 percent is in Uzbekistan. A total of about 33.7 million people worldwide speak Uzbek as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | Central Asia | yes | 74.3 % | 25,942,000 |
| Afghanistan | South Asia | no | 8.8 % | 3,529,000 |
| Tajikistan | Central Asia | no | 23.2 % | 2,262,000 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Central Asia | no | 13.6 % | 910,000 |
| Turkmenistan | Central Asia | no | 9.0 % | 571,000 |
| Kazakhstan | Central Asia | no | 2.3 % | 437,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Uzbek as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.