| People | Tajikistan |
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Population:
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7,627,200 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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54 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 26% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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DUSHANBE (capital) 704,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 33.9% (male 1,316,623/female 1,270,899)
15-64 years: 62.7% (male 2,368,554/female 2,413,982)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 108,896/female 148,246) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 22.6 years
male: 22.1 years
female: 23.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.846% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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26.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.6 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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64 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 38.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 43.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66.03 years
male: 62.97 years
female: 69.25 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.89 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.0128 physicians/1,000 population (2006) |
Hospital bed density:
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5.41 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 61% of population
total: 70% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6% of population
rural: 39% of population
total: 30% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 95% of population
rural: 94% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 5% of population
rural: 6% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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9,100 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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14.9% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Tajikistani(s)
adjective: Tajikistani |
Ethnic groups:
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Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census) |
Religions:
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Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.) |
Languages:
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Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 10 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.5% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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