Demographics
As of 2009, Osh Province (excluding Osh) comprised 3 towns (Nookat, Uzgen, and Kara-Suu), 2 urban-type settlement and 474 villages. Its de facto population, according to the Population and Housing Census of 2009, was 999,576. Of them, 82,841 people live in urban areas, and 916,735 in rural ones.
More than half of all Kyrgyzstan's Uzbeks live in Osh Province. They are 33% of the provincial population as opposed to 14,5% in Kyrgyzstan as a whole.
| Historical populations in Osh Province | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1970 | 433,036 | — |
| 1979 | 552,843 | +27.7% |
| 1989 | 716,983 | +29.7% |
| 1999 | 940,633 | +31.2% |
| 2009 | 999,576 | +6.3% |
| Note: enumerated de facto population; Source: | ||
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