Tajikistan
Population 2026
10,978,600
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.78%
- Density
- 79 per km²
- Land area
- 138,790 km²
- Capital
- Dushanbe
- Currency
- Somoni (TJS)
- Official languages
- TG, RU
- Urban population
- 26.2%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 261,6792026
- Deaths
- 50,9212026
- Birth rate
- 25.3per 1,000
- Death rate
- 4.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.04
- Life expectancy
- 71.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 22.4
- Net migration
- -21,606
Age distribution
- 0–1435.9%
- 15–6460.1%
- 65+4.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $17.7B
- GDP per capita
- $1.6K
- GDP growth
- +8.4%
- Inflation
- 3.4%
- Unemployment
- 6.9%
- Exports
- $1.6B
- Imports
- $6.9B
- Tourism receipts
- 7.3%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture23.1%
- Industry32.4%
- Manufacturing13.2%
- Services36.5%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture43.3%
- Industry17.7%
- Services39.1%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DushanbeDushanbe | 679,4002016 |
| 2 | IsfaraSughd | 274,0002022 |
| 3 | IstaravshanSughd | 273,5002022 |
| 4 | KŭlobKhatlon Province | 214,7002022 |
| 5 | KonibodomSughd | 211,1002022 |
| 6 | KhujandSughd | 191,0002026 |
| 7 | BokhtarKhatlon Province | 110,8002026 |
| 8 | QayroqqumSughd | 49,2002026 |
| 9 | VahdatRepublican Subordination | 45,6932021 |
| 10 | TursunzodaRepublican Subordination | 37,0002017 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10,978,600 | 262K | 50.9K |
| 2020 | 9,749,312 | 277K | 57.0K |
| 2010 | 7,652,144 | 245K | 43.4K |
| 2000 | 6,284,737 | 183K | 46.4K |
| 1990 | 5,398,773 | 233K | 54.2K |
| 1980 | 3,995,258 | 163K | 45.1K |
| 1970 | 2,936,784 | 124K | 38.4K |
| 1960 | 2,112,136 | 101K | 35.4K |
| 1950 | 1,528,311 | 64.4K | 26.1K |