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Tajikistan

39.0N 71.0E · 20 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
DECLARATION OF STATE INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN · 9 SEPTEMBER 1991
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1997 – present · The Rahmon Era and the Mountain Republic
3 EVENTS
2015 CE · Rahmon named 'Leader of the Nation' 2 REFS
2020s · A remittance-dependent economy 2 REFS
1991 – 1997 CE · Independence and Civil War
3 EVENTS
1992–1997 · The Tajik civil war 2 REFS
1994 CE · Emomali Rahmon elected president; UNMOT established 2 REFS
1868 – 1991 CE · Russian Conquest and the Soviet Republic
4 EVENTS
1868 CE · Bukhara becomes a Russian protectorate 2 REFS
1924 CE · Creation of the Tajik ASSR 2 REFS
999 – 1868 CE · Turkic, Mongol and Bukharan Rule
3 EVENTS
1219–1221 CE · The Mongol conquest of Transoxania 2 REFS
18th–19th centuries · Division between Bukhara and Kokand 2 REFS
651 – 999 CE · The Samanid Golden Age
4 EVENTS
819 CE · The Samanid Empire centred on Bukhara 2 REFS
892–907 CE · The reign of Ismail Samani 2 REFS
c. 3500 BCE – 651 CE · Sogdiana, Bactria and the Silk Road
3 EVENTS
c. 3500–2000 BCE · The proto-urban settlement of Sarazm 2 REFS
c. 329 BCE · Alexander the Great in Sogdiana and Bactria 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Dushanbe
Population
8.5 m
Area
143,100 km²
Region
Central Asia
Languages
Russian, Tajik
Currency
Tajikistani somoni (ЅМ)
Demonym
Tadzhik
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$18 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,637’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
8.4%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
6.0%’16 WB-WDI
Trade openness
59.1%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
11 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
71.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
26.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.0’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.7%’09 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
28.1’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
61.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
39.7’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
42.9’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
36.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
23.2’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
7.4%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.87’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
28.1’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
98.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
65.1%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
99.7%’09 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
5.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
95.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
86.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
35.6%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.1%’20 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
55.8%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
76’23 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
15.2%’23 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
138,790 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
3.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
27.9%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.9’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
34.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
9.0%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
7.1%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
99.9%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.8%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$246 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
17,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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