Tadschikistan - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 38 33 N, 68 46 E
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (du) after Saturday (shambe)
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Tajikistan
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years or 3 years of continuous residence prior to application
land: 141,510 sq km
water: 2,590 sq km
arable land: 6.1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 27.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 2.9% (2018 est.)
other: 62.4% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 65.84% (male 3,025,782/female 3,061,836)
65 years and over: 4.18% (2023 est.) (male 159,728/female 226,374)
major-language sample(s):
Китоби Фактҳои Ҷаҳонӣ, манбаи бебадали маълумоти асосӣ (Tajik)
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note: Russian widely used in government and business
male: 69.2 years
female: 73.1 years
male: 22.3 years
female: 23.2 years
rate of urbanization: 2.73% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2013)
7.58% (2020 est.)
7.06% (2019 est.)
note: official rate; actual unemployment is much higher
42% of GDP (2016 est.)
3.9% (2018 est.)
7.3% (2017 est.)
$1.409 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$1.243 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$3.125 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$3.409 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.1 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 30.4% (2022 est.)
broad gauge: 680 km (2014) 1.520-m gauge
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 120 (2021 est.)
Tajikistan-Afghanistan: none identified
Tajikistan-China: in 2006, China and Tajikistan pledged to commence demarcation of the revised boundary agreed to in the delimitation of 2002; in 2011, Tajikistan and China ratified the 2002 border demarcation agreement whereby Tajikistan ceded approximately 1,100 square kilometers in the Pamirs to China
Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan: disputes in Isfara Valley delay delimitation with Kyrgyzstan; in May 2021, both countries agreed to a ceasefire following recent clashes at their border
Tajikistan-Uzbekistan: talks continue with Uzbekistan to delimit border and clear minefields; as of January 2020, Uzbekistan reported that it had cleared all mines along its side of the border