Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan registered 373,400 births in the first half of 2026, following a decline in annual births from a peak of 962,000 in 2023 to 879,600 in 2025, according to the National Statistics Committee.
The data show that 723,400 births were registered in 1991. The figure fell to 678,000 in 1995 and dropped further to 527,600 in 2000, the lowest value among the years listed in the statistics.
Birth numbers subsequently increased. Uzbekistan registered 533,500 births in 2005, 634,800 in 2010 and 734,100 in 2015. By 2020, the figure had reached 841,800.
The upward trend continued in the following years. A total of 905,200 births were registered in 2021, rising to 932,200 in 2022.
Births peaked at 962,000 in 2023 before declining to 926,400 in 2024 and 879,600 in 2025.
The figures illustrate a decline in registered births during the 1990s, followed by a sustained increase in subsequent years and a reversal of the trend after the 2023 peak.
