Tajikistan 
Facts
Population:
6,578,681 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
41.18% (male 1,367,194; female 1,341,967)
15-64 years:
54.22% (male 1,773,605; female 1,793,345)
65 years and over:
4.6% (male 131,009; female 171,561) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.12% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
33.23 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
8.57 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.76 male(s)/female
total population:
0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
116.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
64.18 years
male:
61.09 years
female:
67.42 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Tajikistani(s)
adjective:
Tajikistani
Ethnic groups:
Tajik 64.9%, Uzbek 25%, Russian 3.5% (declining because of emigration), other 6.6%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5%
Languages:
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98%
male:
99%
female:
97% (1989 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5.1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,140 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
19.8%
industry:
18.1%
services:
62.1% (1998)
Population below poverty line:
80% (2000 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
33% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
1.9 million (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 50%, industry 20%, services 30% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:
5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)
Budget:
revenues:
$146 million
expenditures:
$196 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:
aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers
Industrial production growth rate:
10% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
15.623 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
1.9%
hydro:
98.1%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
14.729 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
3.9 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
4.1 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Exports:
$761 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
Exports - partners:
Liechtenstein 26%, Uzbekistan 20%, Russia 8% (1998)
Imports:
$782 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Europe 32.3%, Uzbekistan 29%, Russia 13.6% (1998)
Debt - external:
$1.3 billion (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$64.7 million (1995)
Currency:
somoni
Currency code:
SM
Exchange rates:
Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 2.2 (January 2001), 1550 (January 2000), 998 (January 1999), 350 (January 1997), 284 (January 1996)
note:
the new unit of exchange was introduced on 30 October 2000, with one somoni equal to 1,000 of the old Tajikistani rubles
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Tajikistan in the News
Swedish Paper Dagens Nyheter finds that many in Tajikistan condemn the war in Afghanistan
Americas 
