| 4.0% [[:en:Tajik people|Tajikताजिक]] <br>other, non-official, scholarly estimates are 10%<ref name=Foltz>{{cite journal|authorlink=Richard Foltz|author=Foltz, Richard |title=The Tajiks of Uzbekistan|journal=Central Asian Survey|volume= 15|issue=2|pages= 213–216 |year=1996|doi=10.1080/02634939608400946}}</ref><ref name="Karl Cordell 1999. pg 201"/><ref name="Lena Jonson 2006. pg 108">Jonson, Lena (1976) ''Tajikistan in the New Central Asia'', I.B.Tauris, ISBN 085771726X, p. 108: "According to official Uzbek statistics there are slightly over 1 million Tajiks in Uzbekistan or about 3% of the population. The unofficial figure is over 6 million Tajiks. They are concentrated in the Sukhandarya, Samarqand and Bukhara regions."</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Cornell, Svante E.|url=http://www.cornellcaspian.com/pub/0010uzbekistan.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505153156/http://www.cornellcaspian.com/pub/0010uzbekistan.htm |archivedate=5 May 2009 |title=Uzbekistan: A Regional Player in Eurasian Geopolitics?|journal=European Security|volume= 20|issue= 2|year=2000}}</ref>
