Tajikistan

• Area: 144,100 sq. km (55,637 sq. mi.)
• Population: 8,330,946 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 1.66% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 67.7 years (2016)
• Languages: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Pashto
• Religions: Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10%
• Formal name: Republic of Tajikistan
• Alternate names: Jumhurii Tojikiston, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadjikistan, Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic, Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Tojikiston
• Government type: presidential republic
• Leaders: chief of state: President Emomali RAHMON; head of government: Prime Minister Qohir RASULZODA
• Capital: Dushanbe
• Administrative divisions: 2 provinces, 1 autonomous province, 1 capital region, and 1 district of republican subordination
• GDP per capita (PPP): $2,700 (2015 est.)
• Exports: aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
• Imports: petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
• Currency: Tajikistani somoni (TJS)

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