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- Tashkent has a growing tech ecosystem with government incentives, but lacks the established expat infrastructure (neighborhoods, networking groups) of more mature digital nomad hubs.
- The majority of residents are Uzbek, but Russian is widely spoken (legacy of Soviet era), and the city is described as friendly to foreigners.
- While permanent residence permits are tracked by government, short-term visitors on e-visas or tourist visas are numerous but not formally counted—actual foreign presence may be higher than official statistics suggest.
Notable Foreign Communities
Turkish
- Status
- Long-established community
- Estimated In Tashkent
- 15,000–20,000 (rough estimate, no official statistics)
Ethnic Composition Uzbekistan Residents
- Uzbek Percent
- 80
- Russian And Other Slavic Percent
- 10
- Central Asian Nationalities Percent
- 10
- Note
- Data reflects Uzbekistan-wide composition; Tashkent-specific breakdown not available but likely similar with concentration of Russian speakers
Central Asian Breakdown
Tajik
- Percent
- 4.5
Kazakh
- Percent
- 2.5
Karakalpak
- Percent
- 2
Kyrgyz
- Percent
- 1
Foreign Nationalities With Residence Permits
- Note
- 2022 data for permanent residence permits issued nationwide, with 59% going to Tashkent (~1,340 permits that year)
Primary Sources
Russia
- Percent Of Permits
- 36
Kazakhstan
- Percent Of Permits
- 31
Other non-Central Asian Countries
- Percent Of Permits
- 19
Tajikistan
- Percent Of Permits
- 7
Kyrgyzstan
- Percent Of Permits
- 5
Turkmenistan
- Percent Of Permits
- 2
Registered Population
- Total
- 3235262
- Source Note
- 2026 official estimate from Uzbekistan state statistics
Tech And Business Presence
- 2025 Growth Rate Percent
- 155.7
- Startup Count
- 379
- Central Asia Rank
- Top-ranked startup city as of 2026
- Government Support
- IT Park Uzbekistan initiative; Special Economic Zones (SEZ); Digital Startups Program; regulatory sandbox for financial instruments
- Total Startup Funding USD
- 250150000
- Startup Ecosystem Rank Global
- 229
Key Sectors
- Software & Data (ranks #280 globally)
- E-commerce & Retail (ranks #255 globally)
- FinTech
- AI
- Gaming
- EdTech
Notable Companies
- Uzum (e-commerce and financial services)
- CLICK (fintech/payments)
- Ucell (telecom)
- TBC Bank Uzbekistan (mobile banking)
Unregistered Foreign Residents
- Note
- No reliable published estimates available. Sources characterize expat/nomad presence as 'small but growing' with no dedicated expat neighborhoods, and Tashkent lacks the concentrated digital nomad infrastructure seen in other regional hubs. Official permanent residence permit data (2022: ~1,340 issued to Tashkent) substantially undercounts temporary visa holders and unregistered long-stayers, but no credible broader estimate has been located.
AI-generated estimateData refreshed September 2026
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this local demographics research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
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Data last updated September 2026 · Verify anything important.