Development of demographic processes in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan: yesterday, today, tomorrow

In the world, the living conditions and health of the population have a certain impact on demographic processes. High population growth rates cause demographic problems. As a positive solution to these problems, a number of international organizations, including the United Nations Population Fund, have set the main task of «improving the lifestyle of the population and ensuring sustainable development» (https://www.unfpa.org/world-population-trends). These tasks include studies aimed at identifying and evaluating the features of the development of demographic processes in densely populated areas, the factors influencing them, and developing a forecast. In the world, priority is given to research in this direction, especially to determine the territorial features of population regeneration, improve public health and life expectancy, study the impact of economic and social development of regions on demographic processes. It is also important to determine the unique geodemographic situation due to the influence of natural and economic, socio-geographical and other factors on the population of the regions, factors influencing the development of demographic processes and their territorial characteristics, to improve the scientific basis of regional demographic policy and directions of development, and develop special programs . This article highlights the territorial features of the development of demographic process- es in the regions of the Fergana Valley in 1991-2020, developed forecast parameters up to 2040, and presented important conclusions.