Uzbekistan
Republic of Uzbekistan · Узбекистан · O‘zbekiston
Uzbekistan (UZ, UZB) is a country in Central Asia, with Tashkent as its capital. The currency is the Uzbekistani Som (UZS, UZS). The international dialling code is +998; mobile numbers are written like 91 234 56 78. There are 2 time zones: Asia/Samarkand and Asia/Tashkent. Official languages: Uzbek and Uzbek (Cyrillic).
CurrencyUZSUZS
Dial code+998e.g. 91 234 56 78
Time zone2 zonesUTC+05:00 … UTC+05:00
LanguageUzbek+1 more
CapitalTashkent
Population36.5M447.4K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Uzbekistan
- Native name
- Узбекистан · O‘zbekiston
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- UZ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- UZB
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 860
- IOC code
- UZB
- Demonym
- Uzbekistani
- Capital
- Tashkent
- Region
- Asia › Central Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Central Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .uz
- Coordinates
- 41, 64
- Area
- 447,400 km²
- Population
- 36,520,600
- GDP
- $319.2B ($8.7K per person)
- Literacy
- 99.4%
- Landlocked
- Yes
Currency
Uzbekistani Som UZS
- Symbol
- UZS
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Cash rounding
- 0 decimals, increment 0
- Example
- UZS 1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uzbek uz | Official | 85% (31M) | |
| Uzbek (Cyrillic) uz-Cyrl | Official | 15% (5.5M) | |
| Russian ru | 14% (5.1M) | ||
| Kara-Kalpak kaa | 2.1% (766.9K) | ||
| Turkish tr | 0.62% (226.4K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Samarkand | UTC+05:00 | none | Uzbekistan Standard Time | |
| Asia/Tashkent | UTC+05:00 | none | Uzbekistan Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +998
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Emergency number
- 1 pattern 0(?:0[1-3]|[1-3]|50)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 66 905 01 23 | +998 66 905 01 23 | XX XXX XX XX | 9 |
| Mobile | 91 234 56 78 | +998 91 234 56 78 | XX XXX XX XX | 9 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [235-9] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
{State/province}
- Uppercase fields
- City, State/province
- Predefined regions
- 14
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{6}- Examples
- 702100 · 700000
- Post office lookup
- https://uz.post/ru/mening-pochta-indeksim
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also hB, h
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Kara-Kalpak (Cyrillic, Uzbekistan) locale (kaa-Cyrl-UZ), amounts in UZS.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (UZS)
- UZS 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (UZS 1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Uzbekistani som
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometers per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, March 27, 2026
- Date, long
- March 27, 2026
- Date, medium
- Mar 27, 2026
- Date, short
- 3/27/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 PM
- Time, short
- 3:04 PM
- Date and time
- Mar 27, 2026, 3:04 PM
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B, and C
- List: or
- A, B, or C