It is, however, a dominant-party system, where the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan routinely has a vast majority in Parliament. Population, female (% of total population), International migrant stock (% of population), International Comparison Program & Purchasing Power Parity, International Household Survey Network (IHSN), Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building. In the Gorno-Badakhshan oblast, despite its sparse population, there is large linguistic diversity where Rushani, Shughni, Ishkashimi, Wakhi and Tajik are some of the languages spoken. Russia was interested in gaining access to a supply of cotton and in the 1870s attempted to switch cultivation in the region from grain to cotton (a strategy later copied and expanded by the Soviets). Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population. The Kara-Khanid Khanate conquered Transoxania (which corresponds approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and southwest Kazakhstan) and ruled between 999–1211. While the state is constitutionally secular, Islam is practiced by 98% of the population. United States Army and Marine Corps personnel periodically visit Tajikistan to conduct joint training missions of up to several weeks duration.

The region was later conquered by the Russian Empire and subsequently by the Soviet Union. [137], According to World Bank, 96% of births are attended by skilled health staff, a figure which has rose from 66.6% in 1999.

They form the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) within Tajikistan. Top 20; Top 100; All; Rank City Population, … The government of Tajikistan and the World Bank considered activities to support this part of the population described in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Russia and Iran focused on keeping peace in the warring nation to decrease the chance of U.S. and Turkey involvement. In 2009, an agreement was made between Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to improve and build a 1,300 km (810 mi) highway and rail system connecting the three countries to Pakistan's ports. View live population, charts & trends: Population of Tajikistan, A Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1 represents the Replacement-Level Fertility: the average number of children per woman needed for each generation to exactly replace itself without needing international immigration. Tajikistan - Tajikistan - People: The name Tajik came to denote a distinct nationality only in the modern period; not until the 1920s did an official Tajik territorial-administrative unit exist under that name. Tajikistan is a member of the United Nations, CIS, OSCE, OIC, ECO, SCO and CSTO as well as an NATO PfP partner. "Ethnologue report for Languages of Tajikistan", World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision, "Official Tajikistan Government Statistic", Socio-demographic sector Basic social indicators, 2000–2018, "World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations", Ethnolinguistic map of Tajikistan by Iraj Bashiri. Poverty Reduction and Enhancing the Development Impact of Remittances. A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants. The new Persian language, known as “farsi” in Iran and Dari language in Afghanistan is defined as “Tajik language” in Central Asia starting from the 8th century AD. Emomali Rahmon has held the office of President of Tajikistan continuously since November 1994. There are also Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Russian minorities. There are also international flights, mainly to Russia, from Khujand Airport in the northern part of the country as well as limited international services from Kulob Airport, and Qurghonteppa International Airport. The Jewish population is now estimated at less than 500, about half of whom live in Dushanbe.[127]. Source United Nations Population Division . (life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined), © Copyright Worldometers.info - All rights reserved -, Countries in the world ranked by Life Expectancy, GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of Tajikistan, World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision, World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

feel this is discriminatory. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution. [82] Cotton accounts for 60% of agricultural output, supporting 75% of the rural population, and using 45% of irrigated arable land. Dushanbe is located on the southern slopes above the Kofarnihon valley. 65.33 years Coordinates: 39°N 71°E / 39°N 71°E / 39; 71. [80], Tajikistan's economy grew substantially after the war. Now Yaghnobis speak two languages – Yaghnobi and Tajik. There were slightly over 224 thousand births in Tajikistan in 2017, down from 230 thousand in 2016. Tadzhikistan is the most common alternate spelling and is widely used in English literature derived from Russian sources. [citation needed], The Yaghnobi people live in mountainous areas of northern Tajikistan.