{"id":71,"date":"2009-09-11T18:27:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T18:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/2009\/09\/11\/tajikistan-fast-facts\/"},"modified":"2009-09-11T18:27:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T18:27:19","slug":"tajikistan-fast-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofchristmedia.org\/index.php\/resources\/tajikistan-fast-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tajikistan fast facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Land Area: 144,100 square kilometers (56,637 square miles) (slightly smaller than Wisconsin)<\/p>\n

Terrain: Pamir and Alay mountains dominate the landscape. Western Fergana Valley in north. Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest<\/p>\n

Arable Land: 6.1% (2011)<\/p>\n

People<\/strong><\/p>\n

Population: 8,604,882 (July 2018)<\/p>\n

Population Density: 57.8 per square kilometer<\/p>\n

Age Structure: 0-14 years – 32.05%, 15-64 – 64.54%, 65 years and older – 3.41% (2018)<\/p>\n

Population Growth: 1.58% annually (2018)<\/p>\n

Major Cities: Capital is Dushanbe 873,000 (2018). Other cities: Khujand, Qurghonteppa, Kulob, Khorugh, Urbanites 26.8% (2015)<\/p>\n

Ethnic Groups: Tajik 84.3% (includes pamiri and Yagnobi), Uzbek 12.2%, other 3.5% (includes Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Tatar, Arab (2010)<\/p>\n

Languages: Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz 0.8%, Russian 0.5%, other 2.4% (2010), Russian widely used in government and business<\/p>\n

Literacy: 99.5% (male=99.7%,female=99.2%) (2010)<\/p>\n

Languages with Scriptures: 9 Bibles, 2 New Testaments, 7 portions (2010)<\/p>\n

Religions: Sunni Muslim 90%, Shi’a Muslim 7%, Christian 1.6%, unaffiliated 1.5%, other 0.2% (2010)<\/p>\n

Religious freedom is guaranteed, but the government closely watches all religious activity. Proselytism is not forbidden, but any activity causing religious tension is quashed.<\/p>\n

Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Telephones: 468,000 (2016)<\/p>\n

Mobile Telephones: 9.4 million (2016)<\/p>\n

Radio Stations: 30 (2016)<\/p>\n

Radios: 1.291 million (1991)<\/p>\n

Television Stations: 44<\/p>\n

Televisions: 820,000 (1997)<\/p>\n

Internet Service Providers: 1,504 (2010)<\/p>\n

Internet Users: 1,705,345 (July 2016)<\/p>\n

Data Sources: World Factbook and Operation World<\/p>\n

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