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Ethnic groups in Afghanistan as of 1997. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others.
Uzbekistan is Central Asia's most populous country. Its 36.8 million people (as of January 2024 [5]) comprise nearly half the region's total population. The population of Uzbekistan is very young: 30.1% of its people are younger than 14. [6] According to official sources, Uzbeks comprise a majority (84.4%) of the total population.
Ethnic group Center of population in Central Asia Total roughly estimated population in Central Asia; Uzbek: Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan: 36,000,000 Tajik: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. It includes the Pamiri people, who are officially categorized as Tajiks in Tajikistan. 25,000,000 [5] Kazakh
Afghanistan's Central Statistics Organization (CSO) stated in 2011 that the total number of Afghans living inside Afghanistan was about 26 million [28] and by 2017 it reached 29.2 million. Of this, 15 million are males and 14.2 million are females. [29] The country's population is expected to reach 82 million by 2050. [30]
In the second half of the 19th century, the Russian population of Uzbekistan grew and some industrialization occurred. [89] The Jadidists engaged in educational reform among Muslims of Central Asia. To escape Russians slaughtering them in 1916, Uzbeks escaped to China. [90] Uzbek Mulla Dzhan Turdi Ali, uncle of the Kokand Khan's older son, 19th ...
As with other ethnic groups in the United States, Uzbek Americans also have several cultural associations. The Central Asian Foundation, established in July 2015, is a non-profit organization that promotes the social welfare of its members by developing and fostering cultural and social awareness and relations between the American and Central Asian communities in the United States.
The less common Afghanistani (افغانستانی) is an alternative identity marker for citizens of Afghanistan. The term "Afghanistani" refers to someone who is a citizen of Afghanistan, [72] regardless of race, ethnicity or religion. [73] [74] In multiethnic Afghanistan, the term "Afghan" has always been associated with the Pashtun people ...
Northern Afghanistan is home to an estimated 3.5 million ethnic Uzbeks, [1] which is the second-largest concentration of Uzbek population in the world after Uzbekistan. Afghanistan also has a native dialect of the Uzbek language that, while using a different alphabet, is fully mutually intelligible with the Uzbek spoken in Uzbekistan. However ...