Republic of Tajikistan

National name: Jumhurii Tojikiston

President: Imomali Rakhmonov (1992)

Prime Minister: Akil Akilov (1999)

Land area: 55,096 sq mi (142,700 sq km); total area: 55,251 sq mi (143,100 sq km)

Population (2006 est.): 7,320,815 (growth rate: 2.2%); birth rate: 32.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 106.5/1000; life expectancy: 64.9; density per sq mi: 133

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Dushanbe, 817,100 (metro. area), 590,300 (city proper)

Other large city: Khodzhent (Leninabad), 156,500

Monetary unit: somoni

Languages: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business

Ethnicity/race: Tajik 79%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000)

Religions: Islam: Sunni 85%, Shiite 5%; other 10% (2003 est.)

Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $8.826 billion; per capita $1,200. Real growth rate: 8%. Inflation: 8%. Unemployment: 12% (2004 est.). Arable land: 7%. Agriculture: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats. Labor force: 3.7 million (2003); agriculture 67.2%, industry 7.5%, services 25.3% (2000 est.). Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead; chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers. Natural resources: hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold. Exports: $950 million f.o.b. (2005 est.): aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles. Imports: $1.25 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Netherlands, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Latvia, Switzerland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, U.S., China, Ukraine (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 363,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 2,500 (1997). Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 10, shortwave 2 (2002). Radios: 1.291 million (1991). Television broadcast stations: 13 (2001). Televisions: 820,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (2002). Internet users: 5,000 (2002).

Transportation: Railways: total: 482 km (2002). Highways: total: 27,767 km (2000). Ports and harbors: none. Airports: 66 (2002).

International disputes: prolonged regional drought creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; boundary agreements signed in 2002 cede 1,000 sq km of Pamir Mountain range to China in return for China relinquishing claims to 28,000 sq km of Tajikistani lands; negotiations with China resolved the longstanding boundary dispute; talks have begun with Uzbekistan to demine and delimit border; disputes in Isfara Valley delay completion of delimitation with Kyrgyzstan.

 

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