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Tajikistan Country Guide
Explore Tajikistan in Asia
The landscape offers Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape with western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest. The average density of population is approximately 50 per km². The notable climate conditions in Tajikistan can be described as midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters with semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains. Potential threats by nature are earthquakes or floods.
To reach someone in Tajikistan dial +992 prior to a number. There are 290,000 installed telephones. And there are 4,900,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks commonly support frequencies of 900/1800 MHz. Websites registered in this country end with the top level domain ".tj". If you want to bring electric equipment on your trip (e.g. laptop power supply), note the local power outlet of 220V - 50Hz.
About the flag and history of Tajikistan
Three horizontal stripes of red (top), a wider stripe of white, and green; a gold crown surmounted by seven gold, five-pointed stars is located in the center of the white stripe; red represents the sun, victory, and the unity of the nation, white stands for purity, cotton, and mountain snows, while green is the color of Islam and the bounty of nature; the crown symbolizes the Tajik people; the seven stars signify the Tajik magic number "seven" - a symbol of perfection and the embodiment of happiness.
The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Much of present-day Sughd province was transferred from the Uzbek SSR to the newly formed Tajik SSR in 1929. Ethnic Uzbeks form a substantial minority in Tajikistan. Tajikistan became independent in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union, and experienced a civil war between regional factions from 1992-97. Tajikistan endured several domestic security incidents in 2010-12, including a mass prison-break from a Dushanbe detention facility, the country''s first suicide car bombing in Khujand, and armed conflict between government forces and local strongmen in the Rasht Valley and government forces and criminal groups in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast. The country remains the poorest in the former Soviet sphere. Attention by the international community since the beginning of the NATO intervention in Afghanistan has brought increased economic and security assistance, which could create jobs and strengthen stability in the long term. Tajikistan joined NATO''s Partnership for Peace in 2002, and became a member of the World Trade Organization in March 2013.
Geography Quick-Facts
| Summary | Continent: Asia Neighbours: China, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Capital: Dushanbe |
| Size | 143,100 square kilometers (km² or sqkm) or 55,251 square miles (mi² or sqmi) slightly smaller than Wisconsin |
| Population | 7,211,000 |
| Currency | Name Somoni, Currency Code:TJS |
| Country Top Level Domain (cTLD) | .tj |
| Telephone Country Prefix | +992 |
| Mobile Phone Connections | 4,900,000 |
| Landline Phone Connections | 290,000 |
Country Position in World Rankings
Information about single country attributes and how these compare against the rest of the world. The information below is compiled with data from 2013. As such, it may differ a bit to the Information above in the text (which is from 2010).
Geography
| Value name | Value | World Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 143,100 (sq km) | 96 |
People and Society
| Value name | Value | World Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,910,041 | 96 |
| Population growth rate | 1.79 (%) | 67 |
| Birth rate | 25.49 (births/1,000 population) | 55 |
| Death rate | 6.38 (deaths/1,000 population) | 153 |
| Net migration rate | -1.19 (migrant(s)/1,000 population) | 150 |
| Maternal mortality rate | 65.00 (deaths/100,000 live births) | 93 |
| Infant mortality rate | 36.16 (deaths/1,000 live births) | 64 |
| Life expectancy at birth | 66.72 (years) | 166 |
| Total fertility rate | 2.80 (children born/woman) | 70 |
| Health expenditures | 6.00 (% of GDP) | 109 |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.20 (%) | 106 |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 9,100 | 101 |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 500 | 81 |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 8.60 (%) | 136 |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 15.00 (%) | 51 |
| Education expenditures | 3.90 (% of GDP) | 115 |
Economy
| Value name | Value | World Rank |
|---|---|---|
| GDP (purchasing power parity) | 18,040,000,000 | 137 |
| GDP - real growth rate | 7.50 (%) | 22 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 2,300 | 189 |
| Labor force | 2,100,000 | 121 |
| Unemployment rate | 2.50 (%) | 19 |
| Distribution of family income - Gini index | 32.60 | 102 |
| Investment (gross fixed) | 16.40 (% of GDP) | 129 |
| Taxes and other revenues | 26.90 (% of GDP) | 108 |
| Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) | -0.30 (% of GDP) | 48 |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | 6.40 (%) | 168 |
| Central bank discount rate | 5.00 (%) | 69 |
| Commercial bank prime lending rate | 26.30 (%) | 10 |
| Stock of narrow money | 1,213,000,000 | 143 |
| Stock of broad money | 2,000,000,000 | 149 |
| Stock of domestic credit | 1,400,000,000 | 148 |
| Industrial production growth rate | 10.40 (%) | 10 |
| Current account balance | -401,000,000 | 90 |
| Exports | 1,359,000,000 | 152 |
| Imports | 3,778,000,000 | 140 |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 972,000,000 | 140 |
| Debt - external | 2,200,000,000 | 142 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment - at home | 1,800,000,000 | 93 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad | 18,500,000,000 | 48 |
Energy
| Value name | Value | World Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity - production | 16,900,000,000 (kWh) | 78 |
| Electricity - consumption | 15,900,000,000 (kWh) | 76 |
| Electricity - exports | 1,000,000,000 (kWh) | 55 |
| Electricity - imports | 300,500,000 (kWh) | 82 |
| Electricity - installed generating capacity | 4,500,000 (kW) | 76 |
| Electricity - from fossil fuels | 9.00 (% of total installed capacity) | 196 |
| Electricity - from hydroelectric plants | 91.00 (% of total installed capacity) | 12 |
| Crude oil - production | 215 (bbl/day) | 100 |
| Crude oil - exports | 80 (bbl/day) | 71 |
| Crude oil - proved reserves | 12,000,000 (bbl) | 90 |
| Refined petroleum products - consumption | 45,810 (bbl/day) | 103 |
| Refined petroleum products - exports | 225 (bbl/day) | 119 |
| Refined petroleum products - imports | 7,758 (bbl/day) | 137 |
| Natural gas - production | 40,000,000 (cu m) | 85 |
| Natural gas - consumption | 172,000,000 (cu m) | 102 |
| Natural gas - imports | 132,400,000 (cu m) | 72 |
| Natural gas - proved reserves | 5,663,000,000 (cu m) | 91 |
| Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy | 6,678,000 (Mt) | 115 |
Communications
| Value name | Value | World Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Telephones - main lines in use | 380,000 | 106 |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 6,324,000 | 97 |
| Internet hosts | 6,258 | 142 |
| Internet users | 700,000 | 110 |
Transportation
| Value name | Value | World Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Airports | 24 | 132 |
| Railways | 680 (km) | 103 |
| Roadways | 27,767 (km) | 99 |
| Waterways | 200 (km) | 99 |
Military
| Value name | Value | World Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Military expenditures | 1.50 (% of GDP) | 99 |
Data based on CIA facts book 2010 & 2013, wikipedia, national statistical offices and their census releases
List of current world heritage sites
| Name | Since |
|---|---|
| Proto-urban Site of Sarazm Sarazm, which means “where the land begins”, is an archaeological site bearing testimony to the development of human settlements in Central Asia, from the 4th millennium BCE to the end of the 3rd millennium BCE. The ruins demonstrate the early develo ... | 2010 |
| Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) Tajikistan National Park covers more than 2.5 million hectares in the east of the country, at the centre of the so-called “Pamir Knot”, a meeting point of the highest mountain ranges on the Eurasian continent. It consists of high plateaux in the east ... | 2013 |