Country Information

Home

Project Portfolio

Country Information

	Kazakhstan

	Kyrgyzstan

	Tajikistan

	Tukmenistan

	Uzbekistan

Publications

Statistics

News and Events

Contact Information


Crime Commission (CCPCJ)

Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)

Global Youth Network


Drug Statistics

Regional Database

Tajikistan
Country name:	The Republic of Tajikistan
Capital city:	Dushanbe (646.4 thousand population as of 1 January 2007)
Area:	143,100 sq km
President:	Emomali RAKHMON

Population:	.839 million (UN est. 2008), 7.1 million (National Statistical Committee, 2006)
Female population:	3.4 million (49.8%)
Rural population:	73.4%
Age structure:	37.1% under age 15, 58.6% aged 15-64, 4.3% age 65 and above

Ethnic groups:	Tajik 64.9%, Uzbek 25%, Russian 3.5%, other 6.6%
Religion	Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 15%

Administrative divisions	Khatlon, Sogd, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR), Republican Subordinated Region (RSR), Dushanbe city
Source: UN World Population Prospects and World Urbanization Prospects, official data