Tajikistan People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

8,990,874 (July 2021 est.)

Nationality

noun: Tajikistani(s)

adjective: Tajikistani

Ethnic groups

Tajik 84.3% (includes Pamiri and Yagnobi), Uzbek 13.8%, other 2% (includes Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Tatar, Arab) (2014 est.)

Languages

Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz 0.8%, Russian 0.5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)

printed major-language sample:
Китоби Фактҳои Ҷаҳонӣ, манбаи бебадали маълумоти асосӣ (Tajik)

note: Russian widely used in government and business

Religions

Muslim 98% (Sunni 95%, Shia 3%) other 2% (2014 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 31.43% (male 1,420,271/female 1,368,445)

15-24 years: 18.13% (male 816,658/female 792,231)

25-54 years: 40.58% (male 1,789,271/female 1,811,566)

55-64 years: 6.23% (male 253,862/female 299,378)

65 years and over: 3.63% (male 132,831/female 189,156) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 67.9

youth dependency ratio: 62.6

elderly dependency ratio: 5.3

potential support ratio: 18.7 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 25.3 years

male: 24.6 years

female: 26 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

1.44% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

21.22 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

5.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

the country's population is concentrated at lower elevations, with perhaps as much as 90% of the people living in valleys; overall density increases from east to west

Urbanization

urban population: 27.7% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 2.73% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

938,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female

total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

21.9 years (2017 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49

Maternal mortality rate

17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 33.05 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 37.8 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 28.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 69.06 years

male: 65.91 years

female: 72.38 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.48 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

29.3% (2017)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 96.2% of population

rural: 78.6% of population

total: 83.5% of population

unimproved: urban: 3.8% of population

rural: 21.4% of population

total: 16.5% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

7.2% (2018)

Physicians density

2.1 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Hospital bed density

4.7 beds/1,000 population (2014)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 99.7% of population

rural: 99.3% of population

total: 99.4% of population

unimproved: urban: 0.3% of population

rural: 0.7% of population

total: 2% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

14,000 (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: high (2020)

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: malaria

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

14.2% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

7.6% (2017)

Education expenditures

5.2% of GDP (2015)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.8%

male: 99.8%

female: 99.7% (2015)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 11 years

male: 12 years

female: 11 years (2013)

NOTE: The information regarding Tajikistan on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tajikistan 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tajikistan 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.