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🇹🇯 Tajikistan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TJK
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TJ
UN M49 numeric762
IOC codeTJK
Official nameRepublic of Tajikistan
Native name(s)rus: official: Республика Таджикистан; common: Таджикистан; tgk: official: Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон; common: Тоҷикистон
Alt spellingsTJ, Toçikiston, Republic of Tajikistan, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Çumhuriyi Toçikiston
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionCentral Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalDushanbe
Area (km²)143,100
Lat / Lng39.0000, 71.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)AFG, CHN, KGZ, UZB
Top-level domain.tj
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 92

Demographics

Population (World Bank)10,786,734 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)71.927 (2024)
Languagesrus: Russian; tgk: Tajik
Demonymseng: f: Tadzhik; m: Tadzhik; fra: f: Tadjike; m: Tadjike
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)17,660,626,562.483 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,637.254 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)6.931 (2025)
CurrenciesTJS: name: Tajikistani somoni; symbol: ЅМ

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,528,308
19511,588,338
19521,645,583
19531,701,043
19541,755,688
19551,810,238
19561,865,439
19571,922,123
19581,981,662
19592,045,284
19602,112,131
19612,181,805
19622,255,026
19632,331,736
19642,411,260
19652,492,998
19662,577,184
19672,664,130
19682,753,848
19692,845,273
19702,936,779
19713,028,837
19723,123,691
19733,222,290
19743,324,499
19753,430,425
19763,540,076
19773,653,265
19783,768,508
19793,882,691
19803,995,256
19814,109,022
19824,227,171
19834,350,874
19844,480,026
19854,619,003
19864,772,139
19874,939,059
19885,114,989
19895,267,249
19905,398,768
19915,541,205
19925,649,400
19935,724,993
19945,825,368
19955,948,584
19966,066,523
19976,139,829
19986,176,397
19996,208,370
20006,284,735
20016,407,377
20026,531,669
20036,658,575
20046,790,547
20056,924,720
20067,057,566
20077,194,477
20087,338,403
20097,490,230
20107,652,141
20117,824,785
20128,014,084
20138,216,724
20148,425,552
20158,643,840
20168,865,631
20179,085,946
20189,307,333
20199,529,966
20209,749,310
20219,966,908
202210,182,222
202310,389,799

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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    "Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон",
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        "common": "طاجيكستان"
      },
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        "official": "Republik Tadjikistan",
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}