Country Name: Republic of Uzbekistan
Capital City: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Population: 27,780,059 (July 2007 est.)
Population Growth: 1.732% (2007 est.)
Currency: Uzbekistani soum (UZS)
Languages: Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%
Inflation Rate: 7.6% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006)
Unemployment Rate: 3% officially by the Ministry of Labor, plus another 20% underemployed (2006)