Tajikistan April 27, 2020 Amou-Daria , Asia , Badakhchan , Central Asia , CIS , Commonwealth of Independent States , conflicts , dictatorship , Douchanbé , enclaves , Himalayas , human rights , hydropower , Khodjent , landlocked country , mountains , OCS , Pamir , Pic Ismail Samani , Shanghai Cooperation Organization , Tajikistan , USSR , wars Official name Republic of Tajikistan Name in local language Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон (tg) ; Jumhurii Tojikiston (tg) Continent Asia Subcontinent Central Asia Population (ranking: 99e ) 9,326,275 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 2.18 % / year Area 142,627 km² Density 65.39 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 158e )7.523 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 827 $USD (2018) GDP growth 7.30 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 70.90 years (2018) Birth rate 28.10 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 2.71 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 4.00 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 33.93 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 99.77 % (2015) Official languages Tajik, Russian Currency Somoni (TJS) HDI (ranking: 163e )0.656 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )47.85 (2018) Government Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic (dictatorship in fact) Head of State President Emomali Rahmon National Day 9 September (independence of 1991) ISO Codes TJ, TJK Demonym Tajik Tourists (ranking ) 414,000 people (2015)
Tajikistan is a mountainous country in Central Asia with no access to the sea . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the west. It was part of the USSR until 1991, and the breakup of this former state, replaced today by Russia and the former republics that constituted the USSR. Tajikistan is part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Pamir, Tajikistan Countryside of Tajikistan Urban areas (2019) Urban areas Population Dushanbe 1,600,100 inhabitants Khujand 931,900 inhabitants Kulob 392,100 inhabitants Istaravshan 310,000 inhabitants Panjakent 296,800 inhabitants Tursunzoda 292,600 inhabitants Qurghonteppa (Bokhtar) 266,300 inhabitants Isfara 265,100 inhabitants Konibodom 208,400 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Districts of Republican Subordination 2,120,000 inhabitants 28,600 km² Dushanbe (City) 846,400 inhabitants 127 km² Gorno-Badakhshan (Kuhistani Badakhshan) (Autonomous Region) 226,900 inhabitants 64,100 km² Khatlon 3,274,900 inhabitants 24,600 km² Sughd 2,658,400 inhabitants 25,200 km²
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