Uzbekistan ranked second among the former Union states in terms of population after Russia. This was reported by BNE Intellinews.
As of June of this year, the population of Uzbekistan has exceeded 36 million people. The article emphasizes that Uzbekistan is the youngest and fastest growing country in the post-Soviet region.
It is noted that the median age of the population is 29.1 years as of January 2022, and the average number of births per woman is 2.33 leading to a 1.6% increase in the population from 2021 to 2022.