Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - The resident population of Uzbekistan made up 34.5 million, the press service of the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan reported.

Since the beginning of 2020, the population has grown by 653,700 people, or 1.9%. The average monthly growth of the population of Uzbekistan amounted to 54.5 thousand people.

As of 1 January 2020, the largest population was observed in Samarkand region (3.95 million people), Ferghana region (3.82 million people), and Kashkadarya region (3.33 million people).

The population of Tashkent city is more than 2.67 million people and Tashkent region - 2.99 million people.