Demographics of Tajikistan


The Demographics of Tajikistan is about the demographic features of the population of Tajikistan, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

Demographic trends

's main ethnic group are the Tajiks, with minorities such as the Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, and a small Russian 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 Tajikistani, while the ethnic Tajik majority simply call themselves Tajik.
Contemporary Tajiks are an Iranian people. In particular, they are descended from ancient Eastern Iranian peoples of Central Asia, such as the Soghdians and the Bactrians, with an admixture of Western Iranian Persians as well as non-Iranian peoples.
Until the 20th century, people in the region used two types of distinction to identify themselves: way of life - either nomadic or sedentary - and place of residence. By the late nineteenth century, the Tajik and Uzbek 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.
Historically, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were also home to Bukharan Jews, who trace their ancestry to the Lost Tribes of Israel taken captive by the Babylonians in the 7th century BC, but almost no Bukharian Jews are left in Tajikistan.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Ethnic groups

Ethnic makeup according to the population censuses from 1926 to 2010
Note: The category Tajiks also includes approximately 135,000 ethnic Pamiris, of which 65% are Shughni speakers, 13% are Rushani speakers, 12% speak Wakhi, 5% are Bartangi speakers, 3% are Yazgulyami speakers, 1.5% speak Khufi, and 0.8% are Ishkashimi speakers. In addition there are 5,000 speakers of Yagnobi. According to the 2000 census, excluding the people whose native languages are Pamiri or Yagnobi, Tajiks account for 77.6% of the population.

Languages

Several dialects of Persian are spoken in Tajikistan and it is its official language. Russian is widely used in both government and business. The different ethnic minorities speak different languages, for instance Uzbek, Turkmen, Kyrgyz and Khowar. In the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Shughni as well as other Pamir languages are spoken. In the northern Yaghnob valley, the Yaghnobi language is still spoken.

Religion

9,275,787
According to Worldmeters

Age structure

0–14 years: 34.3%

15–64 years: 62.1%

65 years and over: 3.6%

Population growth rate

1.88%
2.21%

Net migration rate

-1.28 migrant/1,000 population

Sex ratio

at birth:
1.05 male/female

under 15 years:
1.04 male/female

15–64 years:
0.98 male/female

65 years and over:
0.74 male/female

total population:
0.99 male/female

Life expectancy at birth

total population:
65.33 years

male:
62.29 years

female:
68.52 years

Education

Education is required through high school but completion rate is under 90%;

Literacy

definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
99.5%

male:
99.7%

female:
99.2%

Vital statistics

UN estimateshttp://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision

Births and deaths
Average populationLive births in thousandsDeaths in thousandsNatural changeCrude birth rate Crude death rate Natural change TFR
19501,531,70046,57112,54334,02830.48.222.2-
19511,586,80048,40712,38436,02330.57.822.7-
19521,642,50054,93112,56242,36933.47.625.8-
19531,685,80054,69714,53040,16732.48.623.8-
19541,731,70056,94613,04543,90132.97.525.4-
19551,782,80060,33515,81244,52333.88.925.0-
19561,838,40062,96010,89452,06634.25.928.3-
19571,900,40062,96610,83852,12833.15.727.4-
19581,955,00056,82611,54845,27829.15.923.2-
19592,011,40060,97811,02449,95430.35.524.8-
19602,082,50069,71510,67059,04533.55.128.4-
19612,165,90073,65311,03562,61834.05.128.9-
19622,255,90075,90913,00162,90833.65.827.8-
19632,341,80080,73313,04267,69134.55.628.9-
19642,426,10084,30013,13271,16834.75.429.3-
19652,512,40092,44816,47475,97436.86.630.2-
19662,594,20091,82515,49176,33435.46.029.4-
19672,673,80093,98817,54676,44235.26.628.6-
19682,761,000101,46216,57784,88536.76.030.7-
19692,851,50098,83117,39081,44134.76.128.6-
19702,942,100102,20118,68683,51534.86.428.4-
19713,044,400111,83917,17394,66636.85.731.1-
19723,148,200111,06919,89591,17435.36.329.0-
19733,244,400115,15723,34391,81435.57.228.3-
19743,344,800123,33824,92398,41536.97.529.4-
19753,446,600127,46427,96599,49937.08.128.9-
19763,549,300135,24330,101105,14238.28.529.7-
19773,652,900132,87532,110100,76536.48.827.6-
19783,752,700140,62231,048109,57437.58.329.2-
19793,852,200145,43129,822115,60937.87.730.1-
19803,954,500146,42231,830114,59237.08.029.0-
19814,060,400155,50831,637123,87138.37.830.5-
19824,173,200159,57132,053127,51838.27.730.5-
19834,293,100164,71032,553132,15738.37.630.7-
19844,419,900176,19732,872143,32539.87.432.4-
19854,558,100182,71632,014150,70240.07.033.0-
19864,707,900198,64731,993166,65442.16.835.3-
19874,861,600204,45033,543170,90741.96.935.0-
19885,013,000201,86435,334166,53040.27.033.2-
19895,165,900200,43033,395167,03538.76.532.3-
19905,302,400205,81333,020172,79338.86.232.6-
19915,433,300212,59833,067179,53139.16.133.0-
19925,536,400179,53436,718142,81632.46.625.8-
19935,573,400186,50449,326137,17833.58.924.6-
19945,606,800191,59639,943151,65334.27.127.0-
19955,667,700193,18234,274158,90834.16.028.0-
19965,735,300172,34131,792140,54930.05.524.5-
19975,822,500178,12728,710149,41730.64.925.7-
19985,938,600185,73327,397158,33631.34.626.7-
19996,064,100180,88825,495155,39329.84.225.6-
20006,196,500167,24629,387137,85927.04.722.33.49
20016,317,900171,62332,015139,60827.25.122.13.49
20026,429,200175,59931,142144,45727.34.822.43.47
20036,543,000177,93833,185144,75327.15.122.03.42
20046,658,900179,56329,741149,82226.84.422.33.35
20056,780,600180,79031,520149,27026.44.621.83.27
20066,903,900186,46331,990154,47326.74.622.13.27
20077,031,200200,01033,686166,32428.14.723.3-
20087,173,800203,33231,996171,33627.94.423.5-
20097,334,100199,82632,332167,50426.84.322.5-
20107,519,300239,80533,343206,46231.74.427.33.58
20117,714,200224,17833,855190,32329.14.424.7-
20127,897,300219,28133,972185,30927.84.323.53.80
20138,074,300209,41731,706177,71125.93.922.0-
20148,246,000229,46032,879196,58127.84.023.8-
20158,551,200237,50033,500204,00028.14.024.1
20168,742,800229,99834,102195,89626.63.922.7
20178,931,200224,10032,000192,00025.43.621.73.80
20189,121,600231,00032,700198,30025.63.622.03.80

Life Expectancy

Fertility rate

Fertility Rate and CBR :
YearCBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR
201233.93.8 28.93.3 35.63.9
201733.43.8 25.63.0 36.14.0

Population pyramids

Estimates :
Age groupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total3 987 5173 909 7967 897 313100
0-4555 543522 1101 077 65313.65
5-9437 711414 701852 41210.79
10-14440 884419 105859 98910.89
15-19436 357420 499856 85610.85
20-24429 738424 831854 56910.82
25-29363 432358 886722 3189.15
30-34271 966265 850537 8166.81
35-39225 366227 780453 1465.74
40-44202 816208 317411 1325.21
45-49181 790189 145370 9344.70
50-54156 158160 512316 6694.01
55-59100 176104 798204 9742.60
60-6464 19267 836132 0281.67
65-6936 01433 30069 3140.88
70-7438 81338 36077 1720.98
75-7924 91328 11953 0320.67
80-8414 69116 11030 8010.39
85-895 4326 68212 1140.15
90-941 2112 1143 3240.04
95-992684917580.01
100+52257309<0.01

Estimates :
Age groupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total4 078 8573 995 4098 074 266100
0-4564 736528 4511 093 18713.54
5-9453 224428 754881 97810.92
10-14437 293415 432852 72510.56
15-19440 389422 520862 90910.69
20-24428 230422 055850 28410.53
25-29382 376379 040761 4169.43
30-34286 675279 681566 3567.01
35-39230 478231 505461 9835.72
40-44206 328211 812418 1395.18
45-49184 234191 988376 2224.66
50-54163 910168 577332 4874.12
55-59108 532113 347221 8792.75
60-6469 78874 346144 1331.79
65-6937 79936 79074 5890.92
70-7437 49536 38873 8830.92
75-7925 17328 08453 2560.66
80-8414 48216 83831 3190.39
85-896 0917 04613 1360.16
90-941 3012 1083 4080.04
95-992624346960.01
100+69218287<0.01

Birth rate

There were slightly over 224 thousand births in Tajikistan in 2017, down from 230 thousand in 2016. Most births occurred in Khatlon Region, followed by Sughd Region and the Districts of Republican Subordination. The least number of births is recorded in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in eastern Tajikistan, with around 5,700 births. Dushanbe city recorded approximately 15,500 births in 2017.
The crude birth rate for Tajikistan was 25.4‰ in 2017, down from 28.1‰ two years earlier. Khatlon Region has the highest birth rate in 2017, while the city of Dushanbe has the lowest birth rate with 18.8‰.