Monday, July 10, 2006
Some More Facts about Uzbekistan
I lived for nearly 5 years in the Republic of Uzbekistan. CIA World Factbook information on the country can be found at: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uz.html
Uzbekistan is a developing nation in the lowest 25% of the world's economies. It has a barely functioning, though extant infrastructure left over from the Soviet Union.
According to figures in 2006, the population is around 27 million. The median age for a male living in Uzbekistan is 22. The population growth rate is 1.7%. There are 26.36 births for every 1000 persons. 1.05 male to females born. There are 2.91 children born per woman. It is a generally young population.
The culture is primarily Sunni Muslim (88%), but moderate in observance; this translates into cultural attitudes which are traditional and conservative.
This strongly affects family life – as marriages tend to be arranged and occur in the late teens or early 20’s and families are expected to have children immediately and they tend to have many children.
Everyone was married with kids. Almost all of the gay people I ended up meeting there who were over age 25 were married with kids. ¶ 7:43 PM
I lived for nearly 5 years in the Republic of Uzbekistan. CIA World Factbook information on the country can be found at: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uz.html
Uzbekistan is a developing nation in the lowest 25% of the world's economies. It has a barely functioning, though extant infrastructure left over from the Soviet Union.
According to figures in 2006, the population is around 27 million. The median age for a male living in Uzbekistan is 22. The population growth rate is 1.7%. There are 26.36 births for every 1000 persons. 1.05 male to females born. There are 2.91 children born per woman. It is a generally young population.
The culture is primarily Sunni Muslim (88%), but moderate in observance; this translates into cultural attitudes which are traditional and conservative.
This strongly affects family life – as marriages tend to be arranged and occur in the late teens or early 20’s and families are expected to have children immediately and they tend to have many children.
Everyone was married with kids. Almost all of the gay people I ended up meeting there who were over age 25 were married with kids. ¶ 7:43 PM
