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Tajikistan

Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an area of 143,100 km2 and an estimated population of 8.7 million people as of 2016. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Tajikistan 142,036.3 km²
Population 8.5 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +149.1%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +37.4%
Timezone Tajikistan Time

Map of Tajikistan

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 3,408,245 5,283,865 6,182,093 8,491,425
Population Density 24.0 / km² 37.2 / km² 43.5 / km² 59.8 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 600 to 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
600 178,743 n/a n/a
700 191,485 0.7% 1,274
800 205,138 0.7% 1,365
900 215,296 0.5% 1,015
1000 225,446 0.5% 1,015
1100 236,160 0.5% 1,071
1200 256,489 0.8% 2,032
1300 276,734 0.8% 2,024
1400 297,045 0.7% 2,031
1500 317,516 0.7% 2,047
1600 358,749 1.2% 4,123
1700 399,946 1.1% 4,119
1800 692,637 5.6% 29,269
1900 1,175,288 5.4% 48,265
1910 1,238,803 5.4% 63,515
1920 1,305,720 5.4% 66,917
1930 1,376,211 5.4% 70,491
1940 1,450,482 5.4% 74,271
1950 1,528,742 5.4% 78,260
1960 2,074,779 35.7% 546,037
1970 2,915,636 40.5% 840,857
1990 5,283,865 34.6% 1,184,114
2000 6,182,093 17% 898,228
2020 8,891,121 19.9% 1,354,514
2030 9,392,471 5.6% 501,350
2040 9,615,026 2.4% 222,555
2050 9,597,804 -0.2% -17,222
2060 9,387,285 -2.2% -210,519
2070 9,153,080 -2.5% -234,205
2080 8,927,929 -2.5% -225,151
2090 8,732,404 -2.2% -195,525
2100 8,586,739 -1.7% -145,665
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Cities in Tajikistan

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