Tajikistan

Facts

Population:  6,578,681 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  41.18% (male 1,367,194; female 1,341,967) 15-64 years:  54.22% (male 1,773,605; female 1,793,345) 65 years and over:  4.6% (male 131,009; female 171,561) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.12% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  33.23 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  8.57 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.76 male(s)/female total population:  0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  116.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  64.18 years male:  61.09 years female:  67.42 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Tajikistani(s) adjective:  Tajikistani
Ethnic groups:  Tajik 64.9%, Uzbek 25%, Russian 3.5% (declining because of emigration), other 6.6%
Religions:  Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5%
Languages:  Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  98% male:  99% female:  97% (1989 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  5.1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $1,140 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  19.8% industry:  18.1% services:  62.1% (1998)
Population below poverty line:  80% (2000 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  33% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  1.9 million (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 50%, industry 20%, services 30% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:  5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people (December 1998)
Budget:  revenues:  $146 million expenditures:  $196 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:  aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers
Industrial production growth rate:  10% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  15.623 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  1.9% hydro:  98.1% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  14.729 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  3.9 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  4.1 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Exports:  $761 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
Exports - partners:  Liechtenstein 26%, Uzbekistan 20%, Russia 8% (1998)
Imports:  $782 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:  Europe 32.3%, Uzbekistan 29%, Russia 13.6% (1998)
Debt - external:  $1.3 billion (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $64.7 million (1995)
Currency:  somoni
Currency code:  SM
Exchange rates:  Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 2.2 (January 2001), 1550 (January 2000), 998 (January 1999), 350 (January 1997), 284 (January 1996) note:  the new unit of exchange was introduced on 30 October 2000, with one somoni equal to 1,000 of the old Tajikistani rubles
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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