Tajikistan (formerly Tadzhikistan or Tadzhik SSR)
Area | 55,251 sq. mi |
Population | 5,812,000 |
Capital | Dushanbe, 629,000 |
Largest cities | Khodzhent (Leninabad), 160,000 |
Proclaimed date of independence | August 1990 |
Tajikistan on the map
Ethnic Groups Composition
NAME | THOUSANDS | % |
---|---|---|
Tajiks | 3,872.0 | 66.7 |
Uzbeks | 1,198.0 | 20.5 |
Russians | 388.0 | 6.68 |
Tatars | 72.0 | 1.24 |
Kyrgyz | 64.0 | 1.11 |
Ukrainians | 41.0 | 0.7 |
Germans | 33.0 | 0.57 |
Turkmen | 20.0 | 0.35 |
Koreans | 13.0 | 0.23 |
Kazakhs | 11.0 | 0.19 |
Jews | 9.7 | 0.17 |
Ossetins | 7.9 | 0.14 |
Belorussians | 7.2 | 0.13 |
Crimean Tatars | 7.2 | 0.13 |
Bashkirs | 6.8 | 0.12 |
Armenians | 5.7 | 0.11 |
Mordvins | 5.5 | 0.1 |
Other groups | 50.0 | 0.86 |
Total | 5,812.0 | 100.0 |
*Population estimates for 1994
Ethnic Composition Chart
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