Tajikistan - Country information


		Tajikistan	Population Government Economy Geography Communication Transportation

Population		Top of page

Inhabitants		Life expectancy
7,076,598 (July 2007 est.)		total population: 64.61 years male: 61.6 years female: 67.78 years (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups		Religions
Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)		Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)

Languages		Literacy
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business		definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.6% female: 99.1% (2003 est.)

Government		Top of page

Government type		Capital
republic		Dushanbe

Independance		National day
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)		Independence Day (or National Day), 9 September (1991)

Constitution		Legal system
6 November 1994		based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts

Economy		Top of page

GDP (purchasing power parity)		Growth rate
$2.066 billion (2006 est.)		7% (2006 est.)

GDP per inhabitant		Unemployment rate
$1,300 (2006 est.)		12% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line		Inflation rate
64% (2004 est.)		7.5% (2006 est.)

Exports		Imports
$1.16 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)		$1.513 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold		Currency
$209.2 million (2006 est.)		somoni (TJS)

Military expenditures
3.9% (2005 est.)

Geography		Top of page

Location		Area
Central Asia, west of China		143,100 sq km

Climate		Natural resources
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains		hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold

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