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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Население на Таджикистан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Население на Таджикистан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnien_in_Tadschikistan" title="Ethnien in Tadschikistan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ethnien in Tadschikistan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demograf%C3%ADa_de_Tayikist%C3%A1n" title="Demografía de Tayikistán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Demografía de Tayikistán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="جمعیت‌شناسی تاجیکستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جمعیت‌شناسی تاجیکستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9mographie_du_Tadjikistan" title="Démographie du Tadjikistan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Démographie du Tadjikistan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko 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title="タジキスタンの人口統計 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="タジキスタンの人口統計" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tojikiston_aholisi" title="Tojikiston aholisi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Tojikiston aholisi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demografia_do_Tajiquist%C3%A3o" title="Demografia do Tajiquistão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Demografia do Tajiquistão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Tajik_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Tajik (disambiguation)">Tajik (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Tajikistan_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/525px-Tajikistan_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Tajikistan_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png/700px-Tajikistan_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2212" data-file-height="1777" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Population pyramid of Tajikistan in 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">10,077,600 (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Growth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">1.4% (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth rate</th><td class="infobox-data">20.73 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Death rate</th><td class="infobox-data">5.72 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Life expectancy</th><td class="infobox-data">71.43 years<sup id="cite_ref-worldometers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldometers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2023 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • male</th><td class="infobox-data">66.2 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • female</th><td class="infobox-data">72.69 years (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fertility rate</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.45 children born/woman (2023 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Infant mortality rate</th><td class="infobox-data">32.33 deaths/1,000 live births</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Net migration rate</th><td class="infobox-data">-1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Age structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">0–14 years</th><td class="infobox-data">31.43%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">65 and over</th><td class="infobox-data">3.63%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Sex ratio</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total</th><td class="infobox-data">0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">At birth</th><td class="infobox-data">1.05 male(s)/female</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Under 15</th><td class="infobox-data">1.04 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alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Roma</a> (0.1%)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Other Indo-Aryans (0.2%)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_people" title="East Asian people">East Asians</a> (0.3%) <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Koreans" title="Koreans">Koreans</a> (<0.05%)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_people" title="East Asian people">Other East Asians</a> (0.27%)</li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> Others (1%)</li></ul> </div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddddff">Language</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official</th><td class="infobox-data">Tajik</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Demographics of Tajikistan</b> is about the <a href="/wiki/Demographics" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics">demography</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, including population growth, <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">ethnicity</a>, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_size_and_structure">Population size and structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Population size and structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taj_PopRurPop1958-2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Taj_PopRurPop1958-2005.jpg/250px-Taj_PopRurPop1958-2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Taj_PopRurPop1958-2005.jpg/330px-Taj_PopRurPop1958-2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Taj_PopRurPop1958-2005.jpg/500px-Taj_PopRurPop1958-2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1571" data-file-height="953" /></a><figcaption>Tajikistan's population and rural population 1958–2005 (millions).</figcaption></figure> <p>9,275,787 (2019 est.) According to Worldmeters </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>'s main ethnic group are the <a href="/wiki/Tajik_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajik people">Tajiks</a>, with minorities such as the <a href="/wiki/Uzbeks" title="Uzbeks">Uzbeks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz</a>, and a small <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russian</a> minority. Because not everyone in Tajikistan is an ethnic Tajik, the non-Tajik citizens of the country are referred to as Tajikistani. The official nationality of any person from Tajikistan is a <b>Tajikistani</b>, while the ethnic Tajik majority simply call themselves <b>Tajik</b>. </p><p>Contemporary <a href="/wiki/T%C4%81jik_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tājik people">Tajiks</a> are an <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian people</a>. In particular, they are descended from ancient Eastern Iranian peoples of <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Soghdians" class="mw-redirect" title="Soghdians">Soghdians</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bactrians" class="mw-redirect" title="Bactrians">Bactrians</a>, with an admixture of Western Iranian <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persians</a> as well as non-Iranian peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-LibCong_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LibCong-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the 20th century, people in the region used two types of distinction to identify themselves: way of life - either <a href="/wiki/Nomad" title="Nomad">nomadic</a> or sedentary - and place of residence. By the late nineteenth century, the Tajik and <a href="/wiki/Uzbek_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Uzbek people">Uzbek</a> peoples, who had lived in proximity for centuries and often used each other's languages, did not perceive themselves as two distinct nationalities. The modern labels were imposed artificially when Central Asia was divided into five Soviet republics in the 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-LibCong_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LibCong-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were also home to <a href="/wiki/Bukharan_Jews" title="Bukharan Jews">Bukharan Jews</a>, who trace their ancestry to the <a href="/wiki/Lost_Tribes_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost Tribes of Israel">Lost Tribes of Israel</a> taken captive by the Babylonians in the 7th century BC, but almost no Bukharian Jews are left in Tajikistan.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Age_structure">Age structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Age structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2012)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">3 987 517 </td> <td align="right">3 909 796 </td> <td align="right">7 897 313 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-4 </td> <td align="right">555 543 </td> <td align="right">522 110 </td> <td align="right">1 077 653 </td> <td align="right">13.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5-9 </td> <td align="right">437 711 </td> <td align="right">414 701 </td> <td align="right">852 412 </td> <td align="right">10.79 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10-14 </td> <td align="right">440 884 </td> <td align="right">419 105 </td> <td align="right">859 989 </td> <td align="right">10.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-19 </td> <td align="right">436 357 </td> <td align="right">420 499 </td> <td align="right">856 856 </td> <td align="right">10.85 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20-24 </td> <td align="right">429 738 </td> <td align="right">424 831 </td> <td align="right">854 569 </td> <td align="right">10.82 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25-29 </td> <td align="right">363 432 </td> <td align="right">358 886 </td> <td align="right">722 318 </td> <td align="right">9.15 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30-34 </td> <td align="right">271 966 </td> <td align="right">265 850 </td> <td align="right">537 816 </td> <td align="right">6.81 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35-39 </td> <td align="right">225 366 </td> <td align="right">227 780 </td> <td align="right">453 146 </td> <td align="right">5.74 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40-44 </td> <td align="right">202 816 </td> <td align="right">208 317 </td> <td align="right">411 132 </td> <td align="right">5.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45-49 </td> <td align="right">181 790 </td> <td align="right">189 145 </td> <td align="right">370 934 </td> <td align="right">4.70 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50-54 </td> <td align="right">156 158 </td> <td align="right">160 512 </td> <td align="right">316 669 </td> <td align="right">4.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55-59 </td> <td align="right">100 176 </td> <td align="right">104 798 </td> <td align="right">204 974 </td> <td align="right">2.60 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60-64 </td> <td align="right">64 192 </td> <td align="right">67 836 </td> <td align="right">132 028 </td> <td align="right">1.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">36 014 </td> <td align="right">33 300 </td> <td align="right">69 314 </td> <td align="right">0.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">38 813 </td> <td align="right">38 360 </td> <td align="right">77 172 </td> <td align="right">0.98 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">24 913 </td> <td align="right">28 119 </td> <td align="right">53 032 </td> <td align="right">0.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80-84 </td> <td align="right">14 691 </td> <td align="right">16 110 </td> <td align="right">30 801 </td> <td align="right">0.39 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">85-89 </td> <td align="right">5 432 </td> <td align="right">6 682 </td> <td align="right">12 114 </td> <td align="right">0.15 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">90-94 </td> <td align="right">1 211 </td> <td align="right">2 114 </td> <td align="right">3 324 </td> <td align="right">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">95-99 </td> <td align="right">268 </td> <td align="right">491 </td> <td align="right">758 </td> <td align="right">0.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">100+ </td> <td align="right">52 </td> <td align="right">257 </td> <td align="right">309 </td> <td align="right"><0.01 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-14 </td> <td align="right">1 434 138 </td> <td align="right">1 355 916 </td> <td align="right">2 790 054 </td> <td align="right">35.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-64 </td> <td align="right">2 431 985 </td> <td align="right">2 428 447 </td> <td align="right">4 860 432 </td> <td align="right">61.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">121 394 </td> <td align="right">125 433 </td> <td align="right">246 827 </td> <td align="right">3.13 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843" /><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">4 078 857 </td> <td align="right">3 995 409 </td> <td align="right">8 074 266 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-4 </td> <td align="right">564 736 </td> <td align="right">528 451 </td> <td align="right">1 093 187 </td> <td align="right">13.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5-9 </td> <td align="right">453 224 </td> <td align="right">428 754 </td> <td align="right">881 978 </td> <td align="right">10.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10-14 </td> <td align="right">437 293 </td> <td align="right">415 432 </td> <td align="right">852 725 </td> <td align="right">10.56 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-19 </td> <td align="right">440 389 </td> <td align="right">422 520 </td> <td align="right">862 909 </td> <td align="right">10.69 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20-24 </td> <td align="right">428 230 </td> <td align="right">422 055 </td> <td align="right">850 284 </td> <td align="right">10.53 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25-29 </td> <td align="right">382 376 </td> <td align="right">379 040 </td> <td align="right">761 416 </td> <td align="right">9.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30-34 </td> <td align="right">286 675 </td> <td align="right">279 681 </td> <td align="right">566 356 </td> <td align="right">7.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35-39 </td> <td align="right">230 478 </td> <td align="right">231 505 </td> <td align="right">461 983 </td> <td align="right">5.72 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40-44 </td> <td align="right">206 328 </td> <td align="right">211 812 </td> <td align="right">418 139 </td> <td align="right">5.18 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45-49 </td> <td align="right">184 234 </td> <td align="right">191 988 </td> <td align="right">376 222 </td> <td align="right">4.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50-54 </td> <td align="right">163 910 </td> <td align="right">168 577 </td> <td align="right">332 487 </td> <td align="right">4.12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55-59 </td> <td align="right">108 532 </td> <td align="right">113 347 </td> <td align="right">221 879 </td> <td align="right">2.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60-64 </td> <td align="right">69 788 </td> <td align="right">74 346 </td> <td align="right">144 133 </td> <td align="right">1.79 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">37 799 </td> <td align="right">36 790 </td> <td align="right">74 589 </td> <td align="right">0.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">37 495 </td> <td align="right">36 388 </td> <td align="right">73 883 </td> <td align="right">0.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">25 173 </td> <td align="right">28 084 </td> <td align="right">53 256 </td> <td align="right">0.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80-84 </td> <td align="right">14 482 </td> <td align="right">16 838 </td> <td align="right">31 319 </td> <td align="right">0.39 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">85-89 </td> <td align="right">6 091 </td> <td align="right">7 046 </td> <td align="right">13 136 </td> <td align="right">0.16 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">90-94 </td> <td align="right">1 301 </td> <td align="right">2 108 </td> <td align="right">3 408 </td> <td align="right">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">95-99 </td> <td align="right">262 </td> <td align="right">434 </td> <td align="right">696 </td> <td align="right">0.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">100+ </td> <td align="right">69 </td> <td align="right">218 </td> <td align="right">287 </td> <td align="right"><0.01 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0-14 </td> <td align="right">1 455 253 </td> <td align="right">1 372 637 </td> <td align="right">2 827 890 </td> <td align="right">35.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15-64 </td> <td align="right">2 500 932 </td> <td align="right">2 494 866 </td> <td align="right">4 995 798 </td> <td align="right">61.87 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65+ </td> <td align="right">122 672 </td> <td align="right">127 906 </td> <td align="right">250 578 </td> <td align="right">3.10 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843" /><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background:#EEBC35;">Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020):<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Age Group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80pt">Female </th> <th width="80pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt">% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">Total </td> <td align="right">4 724 044 </td> <td align="right">4 589 723 </td> <td align="right">9 313 767 </td> <td align="right">100 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–4 </td> <td align="right">604 646 </td> <td align="right">538 522 </td> <td align="right">1 143 168 </td> <td align="right">12.27 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">5–9 </td> <td align="right">572 947 </td> <td align="right">528 515 </td> <td align="right">1 101 462 </td> <td align="right">11.83 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">10–14 </td> <td align="right">486 486 </td> <td align="right">459 827 </td> <td align="right">946 313 </td> <td align="right">10.16 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">15–19 </td> <td align="right">430 596 </td> <td align="right">408 418 </td> <td align="right">839 014 </td> <td align="right">9.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">20–24 </td> <td align="right">433 864 </td> <td align="right">421 271 </td> <td align="right">855 135 </td> <td align="right">9.18 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">25–29 </td> <td align="right">427 540 </td> <td align="right">419 755 </td> <td align="right">847 295 </td> <td align="right">9.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">30–34 </td> <td align="right">398 523 </td> <td align="right">400 106 </td> <td align="right">798 629 </td> <td align="right">8.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">35–39 </td> <td align="right">304 697 </td> <td align="right">298 972 </td> <td align="right">603 669 </td> <td align="right">6.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">40–44 </td> <td align="right">237 475 </td> <td align="right">237 835 </td> <td align="right">475 310 </td> <td align="right">5.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">45–49 </td> <td align="right">208 346 </td> <td align="right">214 686 </td> <td align="right">423 032 </td> <td align="right">4.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">50–54 </td> <td align="right">183 206 </td> <td align="right">192 067 </td> <td align="right">375 273 </td> <td align="right">4.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">55–59 </td> <td align="right">166 874 </td> <td align="right">175 280 </td> <td align="right">342 154 </td> <td align="right">3.67 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">60–64 </td> <td align="right">114 298 </td> <td align="right">121 451 </td> <td align="right">235 749 </td> <td align="right">2.53 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">65-69 </td> <td align="right">70 002 </td> <td align="right">76 881 </td> <td align="right">146 883 </td> <td align="right">1.58 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">70-74 </td> <td align="right">35 648 </td> <td align="right">38 794 </td> <td align="right">74 442 </td> <td align="right">0.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">75-79 </td> <td align="right">24 460 </td> <td align="right">25 412 </td> <td align="right">49 872 </td> <td align="right">0.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">80-84 </td> <td align="right">14 826 </td> <td align="right">18 668 </td> <td align="right">33 494 </td> <td align="right">0.36 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">85-89 </td> <td align="right">6 462 </td> <td align="right">9 532 </td> <td align="right">15 994 </td> <td align="right">0.17 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">90-94 </td> <td align="right">2 337 </td> <td align="right">2 337 </td> <td align="right">4 930 </td> <td align="right">0.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">95-99 </td> <td align="right">741 </td> <td align="right">1 088 </td> <td align="right">1 829 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">100+ </td> <td align="right">70 </td> <td align="right">50 </td> <td align="right">120 </td> <td align="right"><0.01 </td></tr> <tr> <th width="50">Age group </th> <th width="80pt">Male </th> <th width="80">Female </th> <th width="80">Total </th> <th width="50">Percent </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right">0–14 </td> <td align="right">1 664 079 </td> <td align="right">1 526 864 </td> <td align="right">3 190 943 </td> <td 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Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on <a class="external text" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/charts/">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Chart" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Chart">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vital_statistics">Vital statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Vital statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UN_estimates">UN estimates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: UN estimates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80pt">Period<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="80pt">Live births per year </th> <th width="80pt">Deaths per year </th> <th width="80pt">Natural change per year </th> <th width="80pt">CBR<sup>1</sup> </th> <th width="80pt">CDR<sup>1</sup> </th> <th width="80pt">NC<sup>1</sup> </th> <th width="80pt">TFR<sup>1</sup> </th> <th width="80pt">IMR<sup>1</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950-1955 </td> <td align="right">74 000 </td> <td align="right">20 000 </td> <td align="right">54 000 </td> <td align="right">42.7 </td> <td align="right">15.4 </td> <td align="right">27.3 </td> <td align="right">5.40 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955-1960 </td> <td align="right">89 000 </td> <td align="right">26 000 </td> <td align="right">63 000 </td> <td align="right">47.9 </td> <td align="right">15.8 </td> <td align="right">32.1 </td> <td align="right">6.20 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960-1965 </td> <td align="right">111 000 </td> <td align="right">30 000 </td> <td align="right">81 000 </td> <td align="right">47.9 </td> <td align="right">14.7 </td> <td align="right">33.2 </td> <td align="right">6.80 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965-1970 </td> <td align="right">110 000 </td> <td align="right">30 000 </td> <td align="right">80 000 </td> <td align="right">43.6 </td> <td align="right">12.8 </td> <td align="right">30.8 </td> <td align="right">7.00 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970-1975 </td> <td align="right">127 000 </td> <td align="right">30 000 </td> <td align="right">97 000 </td> <td align="right">41.5 </td> <td align="right">11.6 </td> <td align="right">29.9 </td> <td align="right">6.83 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975-1980 </td> <td align="right">138 000 </td> <td align="right">33 000 </td> <td align="right">105 000 </td> <td align="right">39.7 </td> <td align="right">10.5 </td> <td align="right">29.2 </td> <td align="right">5.90 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980-1985 </td> <td align="right">164 000 </td> <td align="right">34 000 </td> <td align="right">130 000 </td> <td align="right">42.0 </td> <td align="right">10.2 </td> <td align="right">31.8 </td> <td align="right">5.60 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985-1990 </td> <td align="right">198 000 </td> <td align="right">34 000 </td> <td align="right">164 000 </td> <td align="right">42.8 </td> <td align="right">9.7 </td> <td align="right">33.1 </td> <td align="right">5.50 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990-1995 </td> <td align="right">206 000 </td> <td align="right">52 000 </td> <td align="right">154 000 </td> <td align="right">37.4 </td> <td align="right">9.6 </td> <td align="right">27.8 </td> <td align="right">4.88 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995-2000 </td> <td align="right">195 000 </td> <td align="right">49 000 </td> <td align="right">146 000 </td> <td align="right">32.7 </td> <td align="right">7.8 </td> <td align="right">24.9 </td> <td align="right">4.29 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000-2005 </td> <td align="right">185 000 </td> <td align="right">45 000 </td> <td align="right">140 000 </td> <td align="right">28.5 </td> <td align="right">6.4 </td> <td align="right">22.1 </td> <td align="right">3.60 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005-2010 </td> <td align="right">187 000 </td> <td align="right">43 000 </td> <td align="right">144 000 </td> <td align="right">29.5 </td> <td align="right">5.7 </td> <td align="right">23.8 </td> <td align="right">3.50 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010-2015 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">30.2 </td> <td align="right">5.3 </td> <td align="right">24.9 </td> <td align="right">3.50 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015-2020 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">27.9 </td> <td align="right">5.1 </td> <td align="right">22.8 </td> <td align="right">3.28 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020-2025 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">24.9 </td> <td align="right">5.0 </td> <td align="right">19.9 </td> <td align="right">3.09 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2025-2030 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">22.4 </td> <td align="right">5.1 </td> <td align="right">17.3 </td> <td align="right">2.93 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2030-2035 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">21.3 </td> <td align="right">5.3 </td> <td align="right">16.0 </td> <td align="right">2.79 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2035-2040 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">20.9 </td> <td align="right">5.6 </td> <td align="right">15.3 </td> <td align="right">2.66 </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"><sup>1</sup> <small>CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Registered_births_and_deaths">Registered births and deaths</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Registered births and deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th width="80pt">Average population<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="80pt">Live births in thousands </th> <th width="80pt">Deaths in thousands </th> <th width="80pt">Natural change </th> <th width="80pt">Crude birth rate (per 1000) </th> <th width="80pt">Crude death rate (per 1000) </th> <th width="80pt">Natural change (per 1000) </th> <th width="80pt">Crude migration rate (per 1000) </th> <th width="80pt">TFR </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td align="right">1,526,140 </td> <td align="right">46,571 </td> <td align="right">12,543 </td> <td align="right">34,028 </td> <td align="right">30.4 </td> <td align="right">8.2 </td> <td align="right">22.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951 </td> <td align="right">1,582,465 </td> <td align="right">48,407 </td> <td align="right">12,384 </td> <td align="right">36,023 </td> <td align="right">30.5 </td> <td align="right">7.8 </td> <td align="right">22.7 </td> <td>14.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952 </td> <td align="right">1,637,708 </td> <td align="right">54,931 </td> <td align="right">12,562 </td> <td align="right">42,369 </td> <td align="right">33.4 </td> <td align="right">7.6 </td> <td align="right">25.8 </td> <td>9.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td align="right">1,692,875 </td> <td align="right">54,697 </td> <td align="right">14,530 </td> <td align="right">40,167 </td> <td align="right">32.4 </td> <td align="right">8.6 </td> <td align="right">23.8 </td> <td>9.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td align="right">1,748,475 </td> <td align="right">56,946 </td> <td align="right">13,045 </td> <td align="right">43,901 </td> <td align="right">32.9 </td> <td align="right">7.5 </td> <td align="right">25.4 </td> <td>7.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td align="right">1,805,209 </td> <td align="right">60,335 </td> <td align="right">15,812 </td> <td align="right">44,523 </td> <td align="right">33.8 </td> <td style="color: red">8.9 </td> <td align="right">25.0 </td> <td>7.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td align="right">1,863,791 </td> <td align="right">62,960 </td> <td align="right">10,894 </td> <td align="right">52,066 </td> <td align="right">34.2 </td> <td align="right">5.9 </td> <td align="right">28.3 </td> <td>4.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td align="right">1,924,944 </td> <td align="right">62,966 </td> <td align="right">10,838 </td> <td align="right">52,128 </td> <td align="right">33.1 </td> <td align="right">5.7 </td> <td align="right">27.4 </td> <td>5.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td align="right">1,989,603 </td> <td align="right">56,826 </td> <td>11,548 </td> <td align="right">45,278 </td> <td align="right">29.1 </td> <td align="right">5.9 </td> <td align="right">23.2 </td> <td>10.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td align="right">2,058,891 </td> <td align="right">60,978 </td> <td align="right">11,024 </td> <td align="right">49,954 </td> <td align="right">30.3 </td> <td align="right">5.5 </td> <td align="right">24.8 </td> <td>10.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td align="right">2,131,991 </td> <td align="right">69,715 </td> <td style="color: blue">10,670 </td> <td align="right">59,045 </td> <td align="right">33.5 </td> <td align="right">5.1 </td> <td align="right">28.4 </td> <td>7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td align="right">2,208,026 </td> <td align="right">73,653 </td> <td align="right">11,035 </td> <td align="right">62,618 </td> <td align="right">34.0 </td> <td align="right">5.1 </td> <td align="right">28.9 </td> <td>6.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td align="right">2,287,181 </td> <td align="right">75,909 </td> <td align="right">13,001 </td> <td align="right">62,908 </td> <td align="right">33.6 </td> <td align="right">5.8 </td> <td align="right">27.8 </td> <td>8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td align="right">2,368,868 </td> <td align="right">80,733 </td> <td align="right">13,042 </td> <td align="right">67,691 </td> <td align="right">34.5 </td> <td align="right">5.6 </td> <td align="right">28.9 </td> <td>6.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td align="right">2,452,671 </td> <td align="right">84,300 </td> <td align="right">13,132 </td> <td align="right">71,168 </td> <td align="right">34.7 </td> <td align="right">5.4 </td> <td align="right">29.3 </td> <td>6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td align="right">2,538,295 </td> <td align="right">92,448 </td> <td align="right">16,474 </td> <td align="right">75,974 </td> <td align="right">36.8 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">30.2 </td> <td>4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td align="right">2,625,653 </td> <td align="right">91,825 </td> <td align="right">15,491 </td> <td align="right">76,334 </td> <td align="right">35.4 </td> <td align="right">6.0 </td> <td align="right">29.4 </td> <td>5.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td align="right">2,714,959 </td> <td align="right">93,988 </td> <td align="right">17,546 </td> <td align="right">76,442 </td> <td align="right">35.2 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">28.6 </td> <td>5.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td align="right">2,806,565 </td> <td align="right">101,462 </td> <td align="right">16,577 </td> <td align="right">84,885 </td> <td align="right">36.7 </td> <td align="right">6.0 </td> <td align="right">30.7 </td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td align="right">2,899,853 </td> <td align="right">98,831 </td> <td align="right">17,390 </td> <td align="right">81,441 </td> <td align="right">34.7 </td> <td align="right">6.1 </td> <td align="right">28.6 </td> <td>4.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td align="right">2,993,019 </td> <td align="right">102,201 </td> <td align="right">18,686 </td> <td align="right">83,515 </td> <td align="right">34.8 </td> <td align="right">6.4 </td> <td align="right">28.4 </td> <td>3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td align="right">3,085,961 </td> <td align="right">111,839 </td> <td align="right">17,173 </td> <td align="right">94,666 </td> <td align="right">36.8 </td> <td align="right">5.7 </td> <td align="right">31.1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td align="right">3,180,461 </td> <td align="right">111,069 </td> <td align="right">19,895 </td> <td align="right">91,174 </td> <td align="right">35.3 </td> <td align="right">6.3 </td> <td align="right">29.0 </td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td align="right">3,277,487 </td> <td align="right">115,157 </td> <td align="right">23,343 </td> <td align="right">91,814 </td> <td align="right">35.5 </td> <td align="right">7.2 </td> <td align="right">28.3 </td> <td>2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td align="right">3,377,757 </td> <td align="right">123,338 </td> <td align="right">24,923 </td> <td align="right">98,415 </td> <td align="right">36.9 </td> <td align="right">7.5 </td> <td align="right">29.4 </td> <td>1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td align="right">3,482,124 </td> <td align="right">127,464 </td> <td align="right">27,965 </td> <td align="right">99,499 </td> <td align="right">37.0 </td> <td align="right">8.1 </td> <td align="right">28.9 </td> <td>2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td align="right">3,590,605 </td> <td align="right">135,243 </td> <td align="right">30,101 </td> <td align="right">105,142 </td> <td align="right">38.2 </td> <td align="right">8.5 </td> <td align="right">29.7 </td> <td>1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td align="right">3,703,010 </td> <td align="right">132,875 </td> <td align="right">32,110 </td> <td align="right">100,765 </td> <td align="right">36.4 </td> <td align="right">8.8 </td> <td align="right">27.6 </td> <td>3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td align="right">3,818,114 </td> <td align="right">140,622 </td> <td align="right">31,048 </td> <td align="right">109,574 </td> <td align="right">37.5 </td> <td align="right">8.3 </td> <td align="right">29.2 </td> <td>1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td align="right">3,932,682 </td> <td align="right">145,431 </td> <td align="right">29,822 </td> <td align="right">115,609 </td> <td align="right">37.8 </td> <td align="right">7.7 </td> <td align="right">30.1 </td> <td>-0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td align="right">4,045,965 </td> <td align="right">146,422 </td> <td align="right">31,830 </td> <td align="right">114,592 </td> <td align="right">37.0 </td> <td align="right">8.0 </td> <td align="right">29.0 </td> <td>-0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td align="right">4,160,744 </td> <td align="right">155,508 </td> <td align="right">31,637 </td> <td align="right">123,871 </td> <td align="right">38.3 </td> <td align="right">7.8 </td> <td align="right">30.5 </td> <td>-2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td align="right">4,278,908 </td> <td align="right">159,571 </td> <td align="right">32,053 </td> <td align="right">127,518 </td> <td align="right">38.2 </td> <td align="right">7.7 </td> <td align="right">30.5 </td> <td>-2.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td align="right">4,401,502 </td> <td align="right">164,710 </td> <td align="right">32,553 </td> <td align="right">132,157 </td> <td align="right">38.3 </td> <td align="right">7.6 </td> <td align="right">30.7 </td> <td>-2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td align="right">4,529,500 </td> <td align="right">176,197 </td> <td align="right">32,872 </td> <td align="right">143,325 </td> <td align="right">39.8 </td> <td align="right">7.4 </td> <td align="right">32.4 </td> <td>-3.3 </td> <td align="right">5.494 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td align="right">4,660,598 </td> <td align="right">182,716 </td> <td align="right">32,014 </td> <td align="right">150,702 </td> <td align="right">40.0 </td> <td align="right">7.0 </td> <td align="right">33.0 </td> <td>-4.1 </td> <td align="right">5.498 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td align="right">4,798,281 </td> <td align="right">198,647 </td> <td align="right">31,993 </td> <td align="right">166,654 </td> <td style="color: blue">42.1 </td> <td align="right">6.8 </td> <td style="color: blue">35.3 </td> <td>-5.8 </td> <td align="right">5.698 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td align="right">4,946,293 </td> <td align="right">204,450 </td> <td align="right">33,543 </td> <td align="right">170,907 </td> <td align="right">41.9 </td> <td align="right">6.9 </td> <td align="right">35.0 </td> <td>-4.2 </td> <td align="right">5.662 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td align="right">5,100,019 </td> <td align="right">201,864 </td> <td align="right">35,334 </td> <td align="right">166,530 </td> <td align="right">40.2 </td> <td align="right">7.0 </td> <td align="right">33.2 </td> <td>-2.1 </td> <td align="right">5.348 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td align="right">5,264,331 </td> <td align="right">200,430 </td> <td align="right">33,395 </td> <td align="right">167,035 </td> <td align="right">38.7 </td> <td align="right">6.5 </td> <td align="right">32.3 </td> <td>-0.1 </td> <td align="right">5.104 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td align="right">5,417,860 </td> <td align="right">205,813 </td> <td align="right">33,020 </td> <td align="right">172,793 </td> <td align="right">38.8 </td> <td align="right">6.2 </td> <td align="right">32.6 </td> <td>-3.4 </td> <td align="right">5.091 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td align="right">5,556,305 </td> <td align="right">215,269 </td> <td align="right">33,584 </td> <td align="right">181,685 </td> <td align="right">39.1 </td> <td align="right">6.1 </td> <td align="right">33.0 </td> <td>-7.4 </td> <td align="right">5.094 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td align="right">5,656,207 </td> <td align="right">180,377 </td> <td align="right">36,718 </td> <td align="right">143,634 </td> <td align="right">32.4 </td> <td align="right">6.6 </td> <td align="right">25.8 </td> <td>-7.8 </td> <td align="right">4.205 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td align="right">5,717,805 </td> <td align="right">186,920 </td> <td align="right" style="color: red">49,326 </td> <td align="right">137,261 </td> <td align="right">33.5 </td> <td align="right">8.9 </td> <td align="right">24.6 </td> <td>-13.7 </td> <td align="right">4.320 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td align="right">5,803,992 </td> <td align="right">191,596 </td> <td align="right">39,943 </td> <td align="right">151,653 </td> <td align="right">34.2 </td> <td align="right">7.1 </td> <td align="right">27.0 </td> <td>-11.9 </td> <td align="right">4.355 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td align="right">5,916,173 </td> <td align="right">193,182 </td> <td align="right">34,274 </td> <td align="right">158,908 </td> <td align="right">34.1 </td> <td align="right">6.0 </td> <td align="right">28.0 </td> <td>-8.7 </td> <td align="right">4.385 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td align="right">6,035,599 </td> <td align="right">172,341 </td> <td align="right">31,792 </td> <td align="right">140,549 </td> <td align="right">30.0 </td> <td align="right">5.5 </td> <td align="right">24.5 </td> <td>-4.3 </td> <td align="right">3.931 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td align="right">6,117,068 </td> <td align="right">178,127 </td> <td align="right">28,710 </td> <td align="right">149,417 </td> <td align="right">30.6 </td> <td align="right">4.9 </td> <td align="right">25.7 </td> <td>-12.2 </td> <td align="right">4.064 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td align="right">6,156,804 </td> <td align="right">185,733 </td> <td align="right">27,397 </td> <td align="right">158,336 </td> <td align="right">31.3 </td> <td align="right">4.6 </td> <td align="right">26.7 </td> <td>-20.2 </td> <td align="right">4.068 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td align="right">6,189,564 </td> <td align="right">180,888 </td> <td align="right">25,495 </td> <td align="right">155,393 </td> <td align="right">29.8 </td> <td align="right">4.2 </td> <td align="right">25.6 </td> <td>-20.3 </td> <td align="right">3.852 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td align="right">6,272,998 </td> <td align="right">167,246 </td> <td align="right">29,387 </td> <td align="right">137,859 </td> <td align="right">27.0 </td> <td align="right">4.7 </td> <td align="right">22.3 </td> <td>-8.8 </td> <td align="right">3.493 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td align="right">6,408,809 </td> <td align="right">171,623 </td> <td align="right">32,015 </td> <td align="right">139,608 </td> <td align="right">27.2 </td> <td align="right">5.1 </td> <td align="right">22.1 </td> <td>-0.4 </td> <td align="right">3.487 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td align="right">6,541,754 </td> <td align="right">175,599 </td> <td align="right">31,142 </td> <td align="right">144,457 </td> <td align="right">27.3 </td> <td align="right">4.8 </td> <td align="right">22.4 </td> <td>-1.7 </td> <td align="right">3.471 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td align="right">6,672,491 </td> <td align="right">177,938 </td> <td align="right">33,185 </td> <td align="right">144,753 </td> <td align="right">27.1 </td> <td align="right">5.1 </td> <td align="right">22.0 </td> <td>-2.0 </td> <td align="right">3.420 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td align="right">6,801,204 </td> <td align="right">179,563 </td> <td align="right">29,741 </td> <td align="right">149,822 </td> <td align="right">26.8 </td> <td align="right">4.4 </td> <td align="right">22.3 </td> <td>-3.0 </td> <td align="right">3.354 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td align="right">6,929,144 </td> <td align="right">180,790 </td> <td align="right">31,520 </td> <td align="right">149,270 </td> <td align="right">26.4 </td> <td align="right">4.6 </td> <td align="right">21.8 </td> <td>-3.0 </td> <td align="right">3.274 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td align="right">7,057,416 </td> <td align="right">186,463 </td> <td align="right">31,990 </td> <td align="right">154,473 </td> <td align="right">26.7 </td> <td align="right">4.6 </td> <td align="right">22.1 </td> <td>-3.6 </td> <td align="right">3.266 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td align="right">7,188,390 </td> <td align="right">200,010 </td> <td align="right">33,686 </td> <td align="right">166,324 </td> <td align="right">28.1 </td> <td align="right">4.7 </td> <td align="right">23.3 </td> <td>-4.7 </td> <td align="right">3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td align="right">7,324,627 </td> <td align="right">203,332 </td> <td align="right">31,996 </td> <td align="right">171,336 </td> <td align="right">27.9 </td> <td align="right">4.4 </td> <td align="right">23.5 </td> <td>-4.5 </td> <td align="right">3.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td align="right">7,468,595 </td> <td align="right">199,826 </td> <td align="right">32,332 </td> <td align="right">167,504 </td> <td align="right">26.8 </td> <td align="right">4.3 </td> <td align="right">22.5 </td> <td>-2.8 </td> <td align="right">3.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td align="right">7,621,779 </td> <td align="right">218,065 </td> <td align="right">32,635 </td> <td align="right">185,430 </td> <td align="right">29.4 </td> <td align="right">4.4 </td> <td align="right">25.0 </td> <td>-4.5 </td> <td align="right">3.576 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td align="right">7,784,818 </td> <td align="right">226,652 </td> <td align="right">33,958 </td> <td align="right">192,693 </td> <td align="right">28.7 </td> <td align="right">4.3 </td> <td align="right">24.4 </td> <td>-3.0 </td> <td align="right">3.49 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td align="right">7,956,381 </td> <td align="right">219,281 </td> <td align="right">33,972 </td> <td align="right">185,309 </td> <td align="right">27.8 </td> <td align="right">4.3 </td> <td align="right">23.5 </td> <td>-1.5 </td> <td align="right">3.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td align="right">8,136,610 </td> <td align="right">209,417 </td> <td align="right">31,706 </td> <td align="right">177,711 </td> <td align="right">25.9 </td> <td align="right">3.9 </td> <td align="right">22.0 </td> <td>0.7 </td> <td align="right">3.54 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td align="right">8,326,347 </td> <td align="right">229,460 </td> <td align="right">32,879 </td> <td align="right">196,581 </td> <td align="right">27.8 </td> <td align="right">4.0 </td> <td align="right">23.8 </td> <td>-0.5 </td> <td align="right">3.87 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td align="right">8,524,062 </td> <td align="right">237,500 </td> <td align="right">33,500 </td> <td align="right">204,000 </td> <td align="right">28.1 </td> <td align="right">4.0 </td> <td align="right">24.1 </td> <td>-0.4 </td> <td align="right">4.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td align="right">8,725,318 </td> <td align="right">229,998 </td> <td align="right">34,102 </td> <td align="right">195,896 </td> <td align="right">26.6 </td> <td align="right">3.9 </td> <td align="right">22.7 </td> <td>0.9 </td> <td align="right">3.87 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td align="right">8,925,525 </td> <td align="right">226,852 </td> <td align="right">32,152 </td> <td align="right">194,700 </td> <td align="right">25.4 </td> <td align="right">3.6 </td> <td align="right">21.7 </td> <td>1.2 </td> <td align="right">3.61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td align="right">9,128,132 </td> <td align="right">233,641 </td> <td align="right">32,856 </td> <td align="right">200,785 </td> <td align="right">25.6 </td> <td align="right">3.6 </td> <td align="right">22.0 </td> <td>0.7 </td> <td align="right">3.65 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td align="right">9,337,003 </td> <td align="right">234,383 </td> <td align="right">33,537 </td> <td align="right">200,846 </td> <td align="right">25.4 </td> <td align="right">3.6 </td> <td align="right">21.8 </td> <td>1.1 </td> <td align="right">3.69 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td align="right">9,543,207 </td> <td align="right">243,011 </td> <td align="right">42,626 </td> <td align="right">200,385 </td> <td align="right">25.8 </td> <td align="right">4.5 </td> <td align="right">21.3 </td> <td>0.8 </td> <td align="right">3.72 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td align="right">9,750,064 </td> <td align="right">206,501 </td> <td align="right">39,112 </td> <td align="right">167,389 </td> <td align="right">22.1 </td> <td align="right">4.0 </td> <td align="right">18.1 </td> <td>3.6 </td> <td align="right">3.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td align="right">9,952,787 </td> <td align="right">231,551 </td> <td align="right">31,206 </td> <td align="right">200,345 </td> <td align="right">23.2 </td> <td align="right">3.1 </td> <td align="right">20.1 </td> <td>0.9 </td> <td align="right">3.78 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td align="right">10,159,805 </td> <td align="right">250,285 </td> <td align="right">32,397 </td> <td align="right" style="color: blue">217,888 </td> <td align="right">24.6 </td> <td align="right">3.2 </td> <td align="right">21.4 </td> <td>-1.6 </td> <td align="right">3.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right" style="color: blue">253,500 </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right" style="color: blue"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Current_vital_statistics">Current vital statistics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current vital statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2025</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Live births </th> <th>Deaths </th> <th>Natural increase </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>January — June 2022</b> </td> <td>110,200 </td> <td>16,350 </td> <td>+93,850 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>January — June 2023</b> </td> <td>106,800 </td> <td>17,000 </td> <td>+89,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Difference</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> -3,400 (-3%) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Negative increase"><img alt="Negative increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Increase_Negative.svg/20px-Increase_Negative.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Increase_Negative.svg/40px-Increase_Negative.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> +650 (+4%) </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> -4,050 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_expectancy">Life expectancy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Life expectancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_in_Tajikistan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Life_expectancy_in_Tajikistan.svg/250px-Life_expectancy_in_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Life_expectancy_in_Tajikistan.svg/330px-Life_expectancy_in_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Life_expectancy_in_Tajikistan.svg/500px-Life_expectancy_in_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Life_expectancy" title="Life expectancy">Life expectancy</a> in Tajikistan since 1950</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Tajikistan_-diff.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Tajikistan_-diff.png/250px-Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Tajikistan_-diff.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Tajikistan_-diff.png/330px-Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Tajikistan_-diff.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Tajikistan_-diff.png/500px-Life_expectancy_by_WBG_-Tajikistan_-diff.png 2x" data-file-width="1153" data-file-height="721" /></a><figcaption>Life expectancy in Tajikistan since 1960 by gender</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Life expectancy in<br />Years </th> <th>Period </th> <th>Life expectancy in<br />Years </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950–1955 </td> <td>53.1 </td> <td>1985–1990 </td> <td>64.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955–1960 </td> <td>55.1 </td> <td>1990–1995 </td> <td>62.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960–1965 </td> <td>57.2 </td> <td>1995–2000 </td> <td>64.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965–1970 </td> <td>59.3 </td> <td>2000–2005 </td> <td>66.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970–1975 </td> <td>60.8 </td> <td>2005–2010 </td> <td>68.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–1980 </td> <td>62.1 </td> <td>2010–2015 </td> <td>70.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1985 </td> <td>63.2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographic_and_health_surveys">Demographic and health surveys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographic and health surveys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:50pt;">Year </th> <th style="width:50pt;">CBR (Total) </th> <th style="width:50pt;">TFR (Total) </th> <th style="width:50pt;">CBR (Urban) </th> <th style="width:50pt;">TFR (Urban) </th> <th style="width:50pt;">CBR (Rural) </th> <th style="width:50pt;">TFR (Rural) </th></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">33.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.8 (3.3) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.3 (2.9) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.9 (3.4) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">33.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.8 (3.5) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.0 (2.8) </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.0 (3.7) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_birth_data">Regional birth data</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Regional birth data"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were slightly over 224 thousand births in Tajikistan in 2017, down from 230 thousand in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most births occurred in <a href="/wiki/Khatlon_Region" title="Khatlon Region">Khatlon Region</a> (89 thousand births), followed by <a href="/wiki/Sughd_Region" title="Sughd Region">Sughd Region</a> (61 thousand births) and the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Republican_Subordination" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Republican Subordination">Districts of Republican Subordination</a> (53 thousand births). The fewest births is recorded in <a href="/wiki/Gorno-Badakhshan_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region">Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region</a> in eastern Tajikistan, with around 5,700 births. <a href="/wiki/Dushanbe" title="Dushanbe">Dushanbe city</a> recorded approximately 15,500 births in 2017. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Crude_birth_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Crude birth rate">crude birth rate</a> for Tajikistan was 25.4‰ in 2017, down from 28.1‰ two years earlier (in 2015). <a href="/wiki/Khatlon_Region" title="Khatlon Region">Khatlon Region</a> has the highest birth rate (28.1‰) in 2017, while the <a href="/wiki/Dushanbe" title="Dushanbe">city of Dushanbe</a> has the lowest birth rate with 18.8‰. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="19">Crude birth rate by division from 2000 to 2018<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>2000</th> <th>2002</th> <th>2004</th> <th>2006</th> <th>2008</th> <th>2010</th> <th>2012</th> <th>2014</th> <th>2016</th> <th>2018 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gorno-Badakhshan_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region">Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region</a></td> <td>17.4</td> <td>20.3</td> <td>19.2</td> <td>23.8</td> <td>17.3</td> <td>18.4</td> <td>19.8</td> <td>21.9</td> <td>23.7</td> <td>23.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sughd_Region" title="Sughd Region">Sughd Region</a></td> <td>25.1</td> <td>25.4</td> <td>23.9</td> <td>24.0</td> <td>25.8</td> <td>29.4</td> <td>27.6</td> <td>28.2</td> <td>24.9</td> <td>24.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khatlon_Region" title="Khatlon Region">Khatlon Region</a></td> <td>28.6</td> <td>29.0</td> <td>31.9</td> <td>29.4</td> <td>30.5</td> <td>31.1</td> <td>29.4</td> <td>31.1</td> <td>30.0</td> <td>28.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dushanbe" title="Dushanbe">Dushanbe city</a></td> <td>28.5</td> <td>25.6</td> <td>20.9</td> <td>20.4</td> <td>25.6</td> <td>24.1</td> <td>22.8</td> <td>16.5</td> <td>17.5</td> <td>18.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Republican_Subordination" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Republican Subordination">Districts of Republican Subordination</a></td> <td>28.1</td> <td>28.8</td> <td>26.0</td> <td>27.9</td> <td>28.8</td> <td>30.2</td> <td>28.5</td> <td>27.5</td> <td>27.5</td> <td>25.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Tajikistan</th> <th>27.0</th> <th>27.3</th> <th>26.8</th> <th>26.7</th> <th>27.9</th> <th>29.4</th> <th>27.8</th> <th>27.8</th> <th>26.6</th> <th>25.6 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_Tajikistan" title="List of ethnic groups in Tajikistan">List of ethnic groups in Tajikistan</a></div> <p>Ethnic Groups in 2020 Census<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tajiks" title="Tajiks">Tajiks</a> 86.1%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbeks" title="Uzbeks">Uzbeks</a> 11.3%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz</a> 0.4%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> 0.3%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_Tajikistan" title="List of ethnic groups in Tajikistan">Other</a> 1.9%</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Afghan_children_in_Badakhshan_Province-2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tajik children"><img alt="Tajik children" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Afghan_children_in_Badakhshan_Province-2012.jpg/120px-Afghan_children_in_Badakhshan_Province-2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Afghan_children_in_Badakhshan_Province-2012.jpg/180px-Afghan_children_in_Badakhshan_Province-2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Afghan_children_in_Badakhshan_Province-2012.jpg/240px-Afghan_children_in_Badakhshan_Province-2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3683" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tajik children</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tajikistani_boys.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Group of boys in Tajikistan"><img alt="Group of boys in Tajikistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tajikistani_boys.jpg/120px-Tajikistani_boys.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tajikistani_boys.jpg/180px-Tajikistani_boys.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tajikistani_boys.jpg/240px-Tajikistani_boys.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Group of boys in Tajikistan</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_bearded_man_from_Tajikistan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Tajik man in traditional headgear (2005)."><img alt="A Tajik man in traditional headgear (2005)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Old_bearded_man_from_Tajikistan.jpg/80px-Old_bearded_man_from_Tajikistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Old_bearded_man_from_Tajikistan.jpg/120px-Old_bearded_man_from_Tajikistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Old_bearded_man_from_Tajikistan.jpg/160px-Old_bearded_man_from_Tajikistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A Tajik man in traditional headgear (2005).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tajik003.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Tajik woman and her son."><img alt="A Tajik woman and her son." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Tajik003.jpg/80px-Tajik003.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Tajik003.jpg/120px-Tajik003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Tajik003.jpg/160px-Tajik003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A Tajik woman and her son.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tajik004.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Two young Tajik women"><img alt="Two young Tajik women" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Tajik004.jpg/80px-Tajik004.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Tajik004.jpg/120px-Tajik004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Tajik004.jpg/160px-Tajik004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Two young Tajik women</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Tajikistani_man.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A religious scholar from Tajikistan (2005)"><img alt="A religious scholar from Tajikistan (2005)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/A_Tajikistani_man.jpg/120px-A_Tajikistani_man.jpg" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/A_Tajikistani_man.jpg/250px-A_Tajikistani_man.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1134" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A religious scholar from Tajikistan (2005)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_makeup_according_to_the_population_censuses_from_1926_to_2020">Ethnic makeup according to the population censuses from 1926 to 2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ethnic makeup according to the population censuses from 1926 to 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Note: The category <a href="/wiki/T%C4%81jik_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tājik people">Tajiks</a> also includes ethnic <a href="/wiki/Pamiris" title="Pamiris">Pamiris</a>, of which 65% are <a href="/wiki/Shughni_language" title="Shughni language">Shughni</a> speakers, 13% are <a href="/wiki/Rushani_language" title="Rushani language">Rushani</a> speakers, 12% speak <a href="/wiki/Wakhi_language" title="Wakhi language">Wakhi</a>, 5% are <a href="/wiki/Bartangi_language" title="Bartangi language">Bartangi</a> speakers, 3% are <a href="/wiki/Yazgulyam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yazgulyam language">Yazgulyami</a> speakers, 1.5% speak <a href="/wiki/Khufi_language" title="Khufi language">Khufi</a>, and 0.8% are <a href="/wiki/Ishkashimi_language" title="Ishkashimi language">Ishkashimi</a> speakers. In addition there are a few thousands speakers of <a href="/wiki/Yagnobi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yagnobi language">Yagnobi</a>. According to the 2000 census, excluding the people whose <a href="/wiki/Native_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Native language">native languages</a> are Pamiri or Yagnobi, Tajiks account for 77.6% of the population and Pamiris and Yagnobis account for 2.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spo_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spo-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-spoo_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spoo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> <b>Population of Tajikistan according to ethnic group 1926–2020</b> </caption> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th rowspan="2">Ethnic<br />group </th> <th colspan="2">census 1926 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1939 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1959 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1970 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1979 </th> <th colspan="2">census 1989 </th> <th colspan="2">census 2000 </th> <th colspan="2">census 2010 </th> <th colspan="2">census 2020 </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tajiks" title="Tajiks">Tajiks</a> </td> <td align="right">617,125 </td> <td align="right">74.6 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">883,966 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">59.5 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">1,051,164 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">53.1 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">1,629,920 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">56.2 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2,237,048 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">58.8 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">3,172,420 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">62.3 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">4,898,400 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">79.9 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">6,373,834 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">84.3 </td> <td rowspan="2">8,314,700 </td> <td rowspan="2">86.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yagnobi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Yagnobi people">Yagnobi</a> </td> <td align="right">1,829 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uzbeks" title="Uzbeks">Uzbeks</a> </td> <td align="right">175,627 </td> <td align="right">21.2 </td> <td align="right">353,478 </td> <td align="right">23.8 </td> <td align="right">454,433 </td> <td align="right">23.0 </td> <td align="right">665,662 </td> <td align="right">23.0 </td> <td align="right">873,199 </td> <td align="right">22.9 </td> <td align="right">1,197,841 </td> <td align="right">23.5 </td> <td align="right">1,012,500 </td> <td align="right">16.5 </td> <td align="right">926,344 </td> <td align="right">12.2 </td> <td>1,091,200 </td> <td>11.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz</a> </td> <td align="right">11,410 </td> <td align="right">1.4 </td> <td align="right">27,968 </td> <td align="right">1.9 </td> <td align="right">25,635 </td> <td align="right">1.3 </td> <td align="right">35,485 </td> <td align="right">1.2 </td> <td align="right">48,376 </td> <td align="right">1.3 </td> <td align="right">63,832 </td> <td align="right">1.3 </td> <td align="right">65,500 </td> <td align="right">1.1 </td> <td align="right">60,715 </td> <td align="right">0.8 </td> <td>38,600 </td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> </td> <td align="right">5,638 </td> <td align="right">0.7 </td> <td align="right">134,916 </td> <td align="right">9.1 </td> <td align="right">262,610 </td> <td align="right">13.3 </td> <td align="right">344,109 </td> <td align="right">11.9 </td> <td align="right">395,089 </td> <td align="right">10.4 </td> <td align="right">388,481 </td> <td align="right">7.6 </td> <td align="right">68,200 </td> <td align="right">1.1 </td> <td align="right">34,838 </td> <td align="right">0.5 </td> <td>29,000 </td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkmen_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmen people">Turkmen</a> </td> <td align="right">4,148 </td> <td align="right">0.5 </td> <td align="right">4,040 </td> <td align="right">0.3 </td> <td align="right">7,115 </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">11,043 </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">13,991 </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">20,487 </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">20,300 </td> <td align="right">0.3 </td> <td align="right">15,171 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td rowspan="4">183,500 </td> <td rowspan="4">1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a> </td> <td align="right">950 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">18,296 </td> <td align="right">1.2 </td> <td align="right">56,893 </td> <td align="right">2.9 </td> <td align="right">70,803 </td> <td align="right">2.4 </td> <td align="right">79,529 </td> <td align="right">2.1 </td> <td align="right">79,442 </td> <td align="right">1.6 </td> <td align="right">19,000 </td> <td align="right">0.3 </td> <td align="right">6,495 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> </td> <td align="right">3,260 </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">2,290 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">1,297 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">248 </td> <td align="right">0.0 </td> <td align="right">176 </td> <td align="right">0.0 </td> <td align="right">276 </td> <td align="right">0.0 </td> <td align="right">14,500 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">4,184 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td align="right">7,180 </td> <td align="right">0.9 </td> <td align="right">60,137 </td> <td align="right">4.0 </td> <td align="right">120,750 </td> <td align="right">6.1 </td> <td align="right">142,332 </td> <td align="right">4.9 </td> <td align="right">158,812 </td> <td align="right">4.2 </td> <td align="right">169,824 </td> <td align="right">3.3 </td> <td align="right">29,100 </td> <td align="right">0.5 </td> <td align="right">142,921 </td> <td align="right">1.9 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#e0e0e0"> <th align="left">Total </th> <th colspan="2">827,167 </th> <th colspan="2">1,485,091 </th> <th colspan="2">1,979,897 </th> <th colspan="2">2,899,602 </th> <th colspan="2">3,806,220 </th> <th colspan="2">5,092,603 </th> <th colspan="2">6,127,500 </th> <th colspan="2">7,564,502 </th> <th colspan="2">9,657,005 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="19"><small><sup>1</sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2134">[1]</a>. <sup>2</sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php">[2]</a>. <sup>3</sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php">[3]</a>. <sup>4</sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php">[4]</a>. <sup>5</sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php">[5]</a>. <sup>6</sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php">[6]</a> <sup>7</sup> including 51,000 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lakai_(tribe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lakai (tribe) (page does not exist)">Lakai</a>, 15,100 Kongrat, 4,900 Katagan, 3,700 Barlos and 1,100 Yuz. <sup>8</sup> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116004155/http://stat.tj/en/img/526b8592e834fcaaccec26a22965ea2b_1355502192.pdf">[7]</a>, p. 7. including 65,555 Lakai, 38,078 Kongrat, 7,601 Katagan, 5,271 Barlos and 3,798 Yuz </small>. <small><sup>9</sup>Source</small><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages">Languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several dialects of <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> (Central Asian dialects of <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>) are spoken in Tajikistan and it is one of the two official languages of Tajikistan (officially referred to as <a href="/wiki/Tajik_language" title="Tajik language">Tajik</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> is the official interethnic language and is widely used in both government and business. The different ethnic <a href="/wiki/Minorities" class="mw-redirect" title="Minorities">minorities</a> speak different languages, for instance <a href="/wiki/Uzbek_language" title="Uzbek language">Uzbek</a>, Turkmen, <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_language" title="Kyrgyz language">Kyrgyz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khowar_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Khowar language">Khowar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ethnologue-Tajikistan_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethnologue-Tajikistan-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Gorno-Badakhshan_Autonomous_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province">Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shughni_language" title="Shughni language">Shughni</a> as well as other <a href="/wiki/Pamir_languages" title="Pamir languages">Pamir languages</a> are spoken. In the northern Yaghnob valley, the <a href="/wiki/Yaghnobi_language" title="Yaghnobi language">Yaghnobi language</a> is still spoken. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tajikistan" title="Religion in Tajikistan">Religion in Tajikistan</a></div> <div class="barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tajikistan" title="Religion in Tajikistan">Religion in Tajikistan</a> (2020) by ARDA<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Darkgreen; width:87.55%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">87.55%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:9.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">9.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a> </td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:1.67%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.67%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tajikistan#Other_religions" title="Religion in Tajikistan">Other</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Brown; width:1.19%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.19%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Tajikistan" title="Christianity in Tajikistan">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:0.69%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.69%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>Religious demographics as of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a> 87.55%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isma%27ilism" class="mw-redirect" title="Isma'ilism">Shia Ismaili Islam</a> 9.9%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Tajikistan#Other_religions" title="Religion in Tajikistan">Other</a> 3.55%</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Central_Asia" title="Demographics of Central Asia">Demographics of Central Asia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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title="Extreme points of Tajikistan">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Tajikistan#Lakes" title="Geography of Tajikistan">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_of_Tajikistan" title="List of mountains of Tajikistan">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Tajikistan#Rivers" title="Geography of Tajikistan">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_Tajikistan" title="List of towns and villages in Tajikistan">Towns and villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_Tajikistan" title="Category:Fauna of Tajikistan">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamir_Mountains" 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