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title: "Uzbekistan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Uzbekistan: capital Tashkent, area 447,400 km², population 37,053,428 (2025), currency Uzbekistani soʻm. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/uzbekistan/
site: "At One Place"
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# Uzbekistan

**Uzbekistan: Capital Tashkent**

447,400 km² · 37,053,428 people (2025) · Uzbekistani soʻm

One of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world — every neighbour is landlocked too, so you cross at least two borders to reach an ocean. Samarkand and Bukhara sat on the Silk Road, and the Registan's three madrasas face each other across one square.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Tashkent
- **Area:** 447,400 km² — 172,742 sq mi
- **Population:** 37,053,428 (2025)
- **Density:** 82.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Uzbekistani soʻm (UZS, so'm)
- **Official language:** Uzbek
- **Time zone:** UTC+05:00
- **Calling code:** +998
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** UZ · UZB
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 58 of 200
- **By population:** 42 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 10,762,817 |
| Sweden | 450,295 | 10,596,620 |
| Uzbekistan ← | 447,400 | 37,053,428 |
| Iraq | 438,317 | 47,020,774 |
| Paraguay | 406,752 | 7,013,078 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Uzbekistan?

Tashkent

### What currency does Uzbekistan use?

The Uzbekistani soʻm (UZS).

### How big is Uzbekistan?

447,400 km², or 172,742 square miles — 58 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Uzbekistan drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Papua New Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/papua-new-guinea/)
- [Sweden](https://atoneplace.net/country/sweden/)
- [Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country/iraq/)
- [Paraguay](https://atoneplace.net/country/paraguay/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]