Tajiks of Uzbekistan
The Tajiks of Uzbekistan are an ethnic group residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
History
[edit]Tajiks constitute about 5% of the population of Uzbekistan,[1] though some estimates suggest the actual number is significantly higher.[2] Samarkand, the third-largest city in Uzbekistan,[3] and the ancient city of Bukhara both have Tajik majority populations.[4]
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajiks have become the second largest ethnic group in Uzbekistan.[5][6] Tajiks form the majority in the cities of Bukhara and Samarkand.[4] Additionally, 20.4% of the population of Tajiks in Uzbekistan reside in the Surxondaryo Region, and 19.9% of Tajiks live in the Samarqand Region.[7]
| Year | Number | Percent | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 350,670 | 7.4% | [8] |
| 1939 | 317,560 | 5.1% | [9] |
| 1959 | 311,375 | 3.8% | [10] |
| 1970 | 457,356 | 3.8% | [11] |
| 1979 | 594,627 | 3.9% | [12] |
| 1989 | 933,560 | 4.7% | [5] |
| 2017 | 1,544,700 | 4.8% | [6] |
| 2021 | 1,657,336 | 4.8% | [13] |
The increase in the percentage of Tajiks from 3.9% in 1979 to 4.7% in 1989 can be partly attributed to a change in census instructions. The 1989 census allowed respondents to report their nationality based on ethnic self-identification rather than passport information for the first time.[7]
Uzbekisation
[edit]Due to assimilation pressures starting in 1924 with the establishment of the Uzbek SSR, many ethnic Tajiks identified themselves as Uzbeks in population censuses and preferred to be registered as Uzbek in their passports to avoid relocation to less developed agricultural and mountainous regions of the Tajik SSR.[14] While official Uzbek statistics estimate the Tajik population to be around 5%,[15][1] Tajiks may actually constitute 25% to 30% of the total population.[2] Consequently, the real number of Tajiks in modern Uzbekistan remains uncertain.
Notable People
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Uzbekistan", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2024-06-20, retrieved 2024-07-03
- ^ a b Richard Foltz, "The Tajiks of Uzbekistan", Central Asian Survey, 15(2), 213-216 (1996).
- ^ "Samarqand viloyati statistika boshqarmasi". samstat.uz. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ a b "Узбекистан: Таджикский язык подавляется :: Озодагон". 2019-03-22. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ a b "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". 2010-03-16. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ a b "Telegram: Contact @statistika_rasmiy". 2023-02-02. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ a b "Ethnic Atlas of Uzbekistan". 2008-10-06. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "All-Union Population Census of 1926". 2015-02-08. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". 2011-07-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". 2010-03-16. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". 2009-12-03. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". 2010-03-24. Archived from the original on 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "Permanent population by national and / or ethnic group, urban / rural place of residence". 2023-02-02. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ Rahim Masov, The History of the Clumsy Delimitation, Irfon Publ. House, Dushanbe, 1991 (in Russian). English translation: The History of a National Catastrophe, transl. Iraj Bashiri, 1996.
- ^ "Population". 2008-06-20. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2024-07-03.