Tajikistan

Official name (in Tajik)

Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон / Тоҷикистон

Official name (in Tajik, Romanized)

Jumhurii Tojikiston / Tojikiston

Name etymology

the Persian suffix -ostan means "land," so the country name means "Land of the Tajik [people];" the name Tajik comes from the Sanskrit tajika, a name originally used to distinguish Arabs from Turks and derived from the Tay, an Arab people

DesignMeaningHistory

The State Flag of the Republic of Tajikistan is a rectangular cloth on which three coloured stripes, arranged horizontally, are drawn, of which the upper stripe is red in colour and its width is equal to the lower green stripe; the white middle stripe is one and a half times the width of one of the coloured stripes. On the white stripe, from the side of the staff, in the middle of the Flag, the symbol of a stylized crown and, above it, seven stars in the form of a semicircle are depicted in gold. The ratio of the width to the overall length of the Flag is 1:2 metres.

Unofficial translation by Worldometer

EnglishTajik

Title (in Tajik)

Суруди миллӣ

Title (in Tajik, Romanized)

Surudi milli

Title (in English, translated)

National Anthem

Lyrics

TajikRomanizedEnglish

1

Диёри арҷманди мо, Ба бахти мо сари азизи ту баланд бод, Саодати ту, давлати ту бегазанд бод. Зи дурии замонаҳо расидаем, Ба зери парчами ту саф кашидаем, кашидаем

Chorus

Зинда бош эй Ватан, Тоҷикистони озоди ман!

2

Барои нангу номи мо Ту аз умеди рафтагони мо нишонаӣ, Ту баҳри ворисон ҷаҳони ҷовидонаӣ, Хазон намерасад ба навбаҳори ту, Ки мазраи вафо бувад канори ту, канори ту

Зинда бош эй Ватан,

3

Ту модари ягонаӣ, Бақои ту бувад бақои хонадони мо, Мароми ту бувад мароми ҷисму ҷони мо, Зи ту саодати абад насиби мост, Ту ҳастиву ҳама ҷаҳон ҳабиби мост, ҳабиби мост,

Зинда бош эй Ватан,

Land area

141,510 km²

Water area

2,590 km²

Afghanistan

1,357 km

Uzbekistan

1,312 km

Kyrgyzstan

984 km

China

477 km

Avg. temperature

0.2 °C

Avg. daily range

−5.4 to 5.3 °C

Annual precipitation

740 mm

Temperature °CMeanDaily range

°C°F

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Precipitation mm

Monthly climate normals

Month	Avg. high, °C	Mean, °C	Avg. low, °C	Precipitation, mm
January	−9	−13	−17.5	60
February	−6.4	−10.5	−15.2	80
March	−0.9	−5.2	−10.3	96
April	4.8	0.1	−5.4	91
May	9.9	4.9	−1	82
June	15	9.6	3.3	56
July	18.8	13.3	6.9	49
August	18.6	12.8	6.6	38
September	14.4	8.3	2.1	28
October	6.3	0.1	−6.2	41
November	−1.7	−7	−12.5	57
December	−7.4	−11.6	−16.2	62

Country-wide averages over 1991–2020.

Arable land

844,400 hectares (6.1%)

Permanent crops

204,600 hectares (1.5%)

Permanent meadows & pastures

2,829,700 hectares (20.4%)

Forest

423,900 hectares (3.1%)

Other land

9,576,400 hectares (69.0%)

Birth rate

23.8 per 1,000 population

Death rate

4.6 per 1,000 population

Net migration rate

−1.8 per 1,000 population

MaleAgeFemale

80+70-7960-6950-5940-4930-3920-2910-190-9

% of total population

Population by age group, % of total population

Age	Male	Female
80+	0.1%	0.2%
70-79	0.8%	1.0%
60-69	2.3%	2.7%
50-59	3.4%	3.7%
40-49	5.0%	5.3%
30-39	7.2%	7.5%
20-29	7.6%	8.2%
10-19	10.5%	10.6%
0-9	12.2%	11.6%

Share aged 65 and over

4.3%

Share aged under 18

41.5%

Total dependency ratio

66

Youth dependency ratio

59

Elderly dependency ratio

7

Sex ratio

0.97 male / female

Tajik includes Pamiri and Yagnobi.Other includes Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Tatar, Arab.

Muslim

98.0%

Sunni

95.0%

Shia

3.0%

The President is head of state and of the executive, directly elected for seven years; the two-term limit does not apply to the person styled Founder of Peace and National Unity – Leader of the Nation (Arts. 64, 65).

The President appoints and dismisses the Prime Minister and ministers, subject to confirmation by both chambers; the Government answers to the President, and only the chambers themselves can bring about early dissolution (Arts. 63, 69, 73, 74).

1. ThuJan 1New Year's Day
2. SunMar 8Mother's Day
3. FriMar 20Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
4. SatMar 21International Nowruz Day
5. SunMar 22International Nowruz Day
6. MonMar 23International Nowruz Day
7. TueMar 24International Nowruz Day
8. SatMay 9Victory Day
9. WedMay 27Eid al-Adha (estimated)
10. SatJun 27National Unity Day
11. WedSep 9Independence Day
12. FriNov 6Constitution Day

Nationwide public holidays only, excluding regional, bank and government-only days.

World average 42

highly corruptvery clean

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Confidence interval

Corruption index score by year

Year	Score	Lower bound	Upper bound
2012	22	15	28
2013	22	16	28
2014	23	14	32
2015	26	14	38
2016	25	16	34
2017	21	17	25
2018	25	16	34
2019	25	14.1	35.9
2020	25	16.7	33.3
2021	25	18.5	31.5
2022	24	18.9	29.1
2023	20	18.7	21.3
2024	19	16.1	21.9
2025	19	16.1	21.9

GDP per capita (nominal)

$2,005 (161st in the world)

The shape of the economy

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GDP by end use

Households

+92.7%

Government

+11.3%

Investment

+32.4%

Exports

+11.2%

Imports

−47.9%

Current account

8.2% of GDP, $1.7 billion surplus

Projected GDP growth

+3.9% a year over the next 10 years

By specializationBy volume

ProductSpecialization index

1. 1Apricots85.9×
2. 2Carrots and turnips10×
3. 3Onions and shallots (dry)8.5×
4. 4Watermelons8.1×
5. 5Meat of cattle with the bone (fresh or chilled)5.7×
6. 6Grapes4.8×
7. 7Seed cotton (unginned)4.4×
8. 8Potatoes4.1×
9. 9Apples3.6×
10. 10Cucumbers and gherkins3.1×

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TajikistanWorld

Human Development Index by year

Year	Tajikistan	World
1993	0.549	0.617
1994	0.538	0.620
1995	0.547	0.625
1996	0.528	0.631
1997	0.536	0.636
1998	0.541	0.641
1999	0.546	0.646
2000	0.554	0.651
2001	0.563	0.657
2002	0.575	0.662
2003	0.587	0.669
2004	0.598	0.675
2005	0.611	0.681
2006	0.620	0.688
2007	0.625	0.694
2008	0.634	0.698
2009	0.634	0.701
2010	0.639	0.707
2011	0.644	0.713
2012	0.649	0.717
2013	0.655	0.721
2014	0.657	0.726
2015	0.658	0.731
2016	0.661	0.735
2017	0.666	0.739
2018	0.670	0.741
2019	0.673	0.745
2020	0.664	0.742
2021	0.672	0.742
2022	0.687	0.752
2023	0.691	0.756

Expected for a child today

10.8 years

Share of government spending

17.2%

Households with Internet access

40.9%

Fixed telephone lines

229,778

Fixed broadband

1 subscriptions per 100 people

Counts subscriptions, not people.

Debit-card ownership

24%

Account at a bank or mobile-money provider

55%

Mobile-money account

14%

Made or received a digital payment

49%

Asylum seekers

3,675

Stateless persons

4,075

Internally displaced persons

560All due to disasters

Refugees from Tajikistan abroad

4,169

Visitor spending in the country

$90 million(2024)

Share of GDP

3.4% tourism direct GDP(2022)

Domestic trips

172,000 overnight trips by residents(2018, latest available)

Residents' trips abroad

31,000 overnight trips(2018, latest available)

Residents' spending abroad

$21.1 million(2024)

Hotel beds

15,428(2018, latest available)

Overnight and same-day visits are not published separately. Arrivals count trips, not people.

Site	Type
Proto-urban Site of Sarazm	Cultural
Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)	Natural
Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor	Cultural
Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve	Natural
Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient Khuttal	Cultural

A low figure can also mean weak recording.

Persons held

12,491

CO₂ per capita

1 t per person

World Rank152ndof 207

Share of global CO₂

0.02%

Methane (CH₄)

10.3 Mt CO₂-eq

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

2.08 Mt CO₂-eq

Fluorinated gases

0.01 Mt CO₂-eq

All greenhouse gases

22.2 Mt CO₂-eq

WHO guideline

5 µg/m³

Treaty	Standing	Joined
Climate
Paris Agreement	in force	2017
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change	in force	1998
Kyoto Protocol	in force	2009
Ozone layer
Montreal Protocol	in force	1998
Vienna Convention (Ozone Layer)	in force	1996
Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity	in force	1998
CITES	in force	2016
Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn)	in force	2001
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	in force	2004
Nagoya Protocol	in force	2014
Land and heritage
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	in force	2001
World Heritage Convention	in force	1992
UN Convention to Combat Desertification	in force	1997
Chemicals and waste
Basel Convention	in force	2016
Rotterdam Convention (PIC)	signed 1998, not ratified
Stockholm Convention (POPs)	in force	2007
Minamata Convention on Mercury	not a party
Oceans
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea	not a party
High Seas Treaty (BBNJ)	not a party
MARPOL 73/78	not a party

Per person

2,152 m³ per year

Dependency ratio

17% originates outside the country

Annual water withdrawal

9.9 billion m³ per year

Withdrawn for agriculture

75%

Water stress

70% of available freshwater withdrawn

Men

17.9%

Women

27.6%

Per capita

18.2 GJ per person

Share of world total

0.03%

Supply

Deficitproduces 71% of what it consumes, 2024

OverviewBy source

Generation

22 TWh per year

Consumption

16 TWh per year

Imports

0.9 TWh per year

Exports

3.5 TWh per year

Net

+2.6 TWh per year

In addition to the Armed Forces, conscripts are assigned to Tajikistan's other security agencies.Those called up to perform military service can participate in just one month of military training instead of fulfilling the full service obligation for a fee of about the equivalent of $2,200 USD.