On 19 January, the session of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent, which discussed social-economic development of Uzbekistan in 2011 and important priorities of economic programmes for 2012.

During the session, the Uzbek leader stated that total number of population of Uzbekistan reached 29.55 million as of 1 January 2012.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov added that number of population can exceed 30 million by the end of 2012.

As earlier reported, number of permanent population of Uzbekistan made up 28,234 million at the end of 2010, the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.