Uzbekistan joined the IsDB in 2003. Its share in subscribed capital is ID 13.4 million (0.03% of IsDB total subscribed capital). Uzbekistan is also a member of ICD, ISFD and IRTI. Uzbekistan is a landlocked country strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, bordering Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. It is a lower middle- income country and rich with mineral resources. With 32.1 million populations (2017), Uzbekistan accounts for 45% of the Central Asian region's total population. It has a territory of 448.9 thousand km².