There are almost no Russians and representatives of other European nations left in Uzbekistan

There are almost no Russians and representatives of other European nations left in Uzbekistan. This is reported by the telegram channel Data distributor.

The first census in Uzbekistan over the past 37 years has shown a significant reduction in the number of Russians and other Europeans — they have decreased by 65%. At the same time, the number of Uzbeks has increased by 147%, and taking into account the diaspora, the country's population has grown by 20 million people.

Uzbekistan has announced the preliminary results of the population census, which took place at the beginning of the year. This is the first such event since 1989, when the census was conducted according to All-Union standards. According to the data obtained, taking into account citizens living abroad, the country's population is more than 39 million people. This is 19.9 million more than was recorded at the time of the collapse of the USSR, which is an increase of 103.6%.

In terms of ethnic groups, the following dynamics is observed: the number of Uzbeks increased by 146.8%, Tajiks — by 36.8%, while the number of Russians decreased by 63.3%. The number of representatives of small European ethnic groups decreased by 67.9%.

In the late 1980s, 2.6 million people of European origin lived in Uzbekistan, and today there are only 906 thousand of them left. It was by reducing this group that it was possible to maintain the population of Russia in the post-Soviet space. In another generation and a half, this diaspora will probably disappear completely.

As a result of the described processes, the share of Uzbeks in the total population of the country increased from 71.4% to 89.4%. The share of Russians, on the contrary, has decreased significantly — from 8.35% to 1.55%. Other non-Central Asian peoples (Tatars, Ukrainians, Jews and others) also showed a sharp drop — from 7.9% to 0.78%, which is ten times less. Thus, Uzbekistan, like other countries in the region, is moving towards a more mono-ethnic society.