In this textbook there stated theories and basic foundations of human development concept, its components, demographic and ecological components, interrelation with models of economic development and economic growth, design procedure of human development index. Results of human development in the Republic of Uzbekistan and National goals of millennium development were considered in detail. In the textbook there used methodological elaborations of human development concept, stated in Global and regional reports of UN Development Program and national reports of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The textbook is intended for students and teachers of higher educational establishments and also specialists interested in the problems of human development.