Interserve > West and Central Asia Turkey Population: 68,893,918 Ethnic groups: Turkish 80% Kurdish 20% Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni) Other 0.2% (Christian and Jews) Languages: Turkish (official) Kurdish Arabic Armenian Greek Capital: Ankara  top of page Afghanistan Population: 28,513,677 Ethnic groups: Pashtun 38% Tajik 25% Hazara 19% Minor ethnic groups 12% Uzbek 6% Religions: Sunni Muslim 84% Shi’a Muslim 15% Other 1% Languages: Pashtu 35% Afghan Persian (Dari) 50% Turkic languages 11% 30 minor languages 4% Much bilingualism Capital: Kabul  top of page Kazakhstan Population: 15,143,704 Ethnic groups: Kazakh 53% Russian 30% Ukrainian 4% Uzbek 3% German 2% Uighur 1% Other 7% (1999) Religions: Muslim 47% Russian Orthodox 44% Protestant 2% Other 7% Languages: Kazakh (state language) Russian (official) Capital: Astana  top of page Kyrgyzstan Population: 5,081,429 Ethnic groups: Kirghiz 52% Russian 18% Uzbek 13% Ukranian 3% German 2% Other 12% Religions: Muslim 75% Russian Orthodox 20% Other 5% Languages: Kirghiz (official) Russian (official) Capital: Bishkek  top of page Tajikistan Population: 7,011,556 Ethnic groups: Tajik 65% Uzbek 25% Russian 3.5% Other 6.5% Religions: Sunni Muslim 80% Shi’a Muslim 5% Languages: Tajik (official) Russian Capital: Dushanbe  top of page Turkmenistan Population: 4,863,169 Ethnic groups: Turkmen 77% Uzbek 9% Russian 7% Kazakh 2% Other 5% (1995) Religions: Muslim 89% Eastern Orthodox 9% Unknown 2% Languages: Turkmen 72% Russian 12% Uzbek 9% Other 7% Capital: Ashgabat  top of page Uzbekistan Population: 26,410,416 Ethnic groups: Uzbek 80% Russian 5.5% Tajik 5% Kazakh 3% Karalkalpak 2.5% Tatar 1.5% Other 2.5% (1995) Religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis) Eastern Orthodox 9% Other 3% Languages: Uzbek Russian Tajik Other Capital: Tashkent  top of page Iran Population: 69,018,924 Ethnic groups: Persian 51% Azeri 24% Gilaki and Mazandarani 8% Kurd 7% Arab 3% Lur 2% Baloch 2% Turkmen 2% Other 1% Religions: Shi’a Muslim 89% Sunni Muslim 10% Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian and Baha’I 1% Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58% Turkic and Turkic dialects 26% Kurdish 9% Luri 2% Balochi 1% Arabic 1% Turkish 1% Other 2% Capital: Tehran  top of page