| Population |
7,011,556 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 39.2% (male 1,384,035; female 1,361,137)
15-64 years: 56.1% (male 1,957,712; female 1,976,488)
65 years and over: 4.7% (male 145,717; female 186,467) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 19.5 years
male: 19.2 years
female: 19.8 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
2.14% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
32.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
8.42 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-2.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 112.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 99.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 124.47 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 64.47 years
male: 61.53 years
female: 67.55 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
4.11 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
less than 200 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: tajikistani(s)
adjective: tajikistani |
| Ethnic groups |
Tajik 64.9%, Uzbek 25%, Russian 3.5% (declining because of emigration), other 6.6% |
| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.) |
| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: republic of tajikistan
conventional short form: tajikistan
local short form: tojikiston
former: tajik soviet socialist republic
local long form: jumhurii tojikiston |