Republic of Tajikistan | |
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.svg) Location of Tajikistan (green) | |
| Capital and largest city | Dushanbe 38°33′N 68°48′E / 38.550°N 68.800°E |
| Official languages | Tajik Russian (official interethnic) [1] |
| Inter-ethnic languagea | Russian |
| Ethnic groups (2010[2]) | |
| Demonym(s) | Tajik or Tajikistani[3] |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic |
| Emomali Rahmon | |
| Kokhir Rasulzoda | |
• Chairman of the Majlisi Milli | Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev |
| Legislature | Supreme Assembly |
| National Assembly | |
| Assembly of Representatives | |
| Formation | |
| 27 October 1924 | |
| 5 December 1929 | |
• Independence from the Soviet Union | 9 September 1991 |
| 21 December 1991 | |
• Recognized | 26 December 1991 |
| 2 March 1992 | |
| 6 November 1994 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 143,100 km2 (55,300 sq mi)[4][5][6] (94th) |
• Water (%) | 1.8 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 9,275,827 [7] ((96th) [8]) |
• Density | 48.6/km2 (125.9/sq mi) (155th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $30.547 billion[9] (132nd) |
• Per capita | $3,354[9] (155th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $7.350 billion[9] (147th) |
• Per capita | $807[9] (164th) |
| Gini (2015) | 34[10] medium |
| HDI (2018) |  0.650[11]medium · 127th |
| Currency | Somoni (TJS) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (TJT) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +992 |
| ISO 3166 code | TJ |
| Internet TLD | .tj |
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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 (55,300 sq mi) and an estimated population of 9,275,828 people. It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east. The traditional homelands of the Tajik people include present-day Tajikistan as well as parts of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.