Demographics of Tajikistan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Apr 2026

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As of 2026, the population of Tajikistan is projected at 10.98 million, compared to 10.79 million in 2025. It ranks 88th in the world by population and 29th in Asia, accounting for 0.23% of Asia's population. The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 1.74%, placing Tajikistan 55th among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 5.40 million males and 5.58 million females in Tajikistan. The male population accounts for 49.21%, compared to 50.79% for females. Tajikistan has 174k more females than males. The sex ratio in 2026 is projected at 96.87 males per 100 females. Tajikistan ranks 84th globally in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Tajikistan population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	742,610	785,698	1,528,308	4.03	94.516
1955	883,337	926,901	1,810,238	3.02	95.300
1960	1,034,493	1,077,639	2,112,131	3.21	95.996
1965	1,226,000	1,266,998	2,492,998	3.33	96.764
1970	1,449,833	1,486,946	2,936,779	3.11	97.504
1975	1,699,987	1,730,438	3,430,425	3.14	98.240
1980	1,986,920	2,008,335	3,995,256	2.81	98.934
1985	2,295,891	2,323,113	4,619,003	3.16	98.828
1990	2,624,436	2,774,332	5,398,768	2.54	94.597
1995	2,900,597	3,047,988	5,948,584	2.16	95.164
2000	3,007,626	3,277,109	6,284,735	1.95	91.777
2005	3,334,391	3,590,329	6,924,720	1.91	92.871
2010	3,704,601	3,947,540	7,652,141	2.19	93.846
2015	4,213,493	4,430,347	8,643,840	2.58	95.105
2020	4,775,554	4,973,757	9,749,310	2.21	96.015
2021	4,885,967	5,080,941	9,966,908	2.20	96.163
2022	4,995,578	5,186,644	10,182,222	2.08	96.316
2023	5,101,342	5,288,457	10,389,799	1.96	96.462
2024	5,203,997	5,386,931	10,590,927	1.87	96.604
2025	5,304,080	5,482,654	10,786,734	1.79	96.743
2026	5,402,061	5,576,538	10,978,599	1.74	96.871

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	49.349	20.709	5.609
1955	50.818	21.109	5.785
1960	52.535	20.689	6.235
1965	54.655	17.590	6.743
1970	56.589	16.630	6.911
1975	57.880	16.713	6.692
1980	58.632	17.041	6.212
1985	60.973	17.146	5.944
1990	61.636	17.065	5.456
1995	61.389	16.563	4.664
2000	63.542	17.361	3.490
2005	66.531	18.562	3.398
2010	68.370	19.772	3.457
2015	69.665	20.705	3.459
2020	68.605	21.414	3.211
2021	69.594	21.566	3.170
2022	71.562	21.742	3.127
2023	71.790	21.925	3.072
2024	71.927	22.098	3.036
2025	72.052	22.245	2.994
2026	72.188	22.353	2.960

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Tajikistan death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	26,127	64,354	17.095	42.108
1955	31,685	82,128	17.503	45.369
1960	35,351	100,765	16.737	47.708
1965	37,184	112,321	14.915	45.055
1970	38,448	124,094	13.092	42.255
1975	41,032	141,634	11.961	41.288
1980	45,081	162,970	11.284	40.791
1985	46,270	191,987	10.017	41.565
1990	54,186	232,618	10.037	43.087
1995	55,371	224,305	9.308	37.707
2000	46,394	182,945	7.382	29.109
2005	42,497	202,686	6.137	29.270
2010	43,358	244,745	5.666	31.984
2015	45,649	276,548	5.281	31.994
2020	57,033	276,503	5.850	28.361
2021	53,673	276,523	5.385	27.744
2022	47,023	275,357	4.618	27.043
2023	47,595	271,420	4.581	26.124
2024	48,626	268,304	4.591	25.333
2025	49,747	264,517	4.612	24.522
2026	50,919	261,679	4.638	23.835

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Tajikistan
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	401,333	1,126,975	26.260
1955	549,481	1,260,757	30.354
1960	705,350	1,406,782	33.395
1965	898,273	1,594,725	36.032
1970	1,089,976	1,846,803	37.115
1975	1,226,824	2,203,601	35.763
1980	1,368,384	2,626,872	34.250
1985	1,539,927	3,079,077	33.339
1990	1,721,317	3,677,451	31.884
1995	1,690,849	4,257,735	28.424
2000	1,667,687	4,617,049	26.536
2005	1,837,300	5,087,420	26.532
2010	2,029,916	5,622,225	26.527
2015	2,288,788	6,355,052	26.479
2020	2,553,592	7,195,718	26.193
2021	2,611,245	7,355,663	26.199
2022	2,667,306	7,514,916	26.196
2023	2,720,986	7,668,812	26.189
2024	2,772,579	7,818,349	26.179
2025	2,822,323	7,964,411	26.165
2026	2,870,525	8,108,073	26.147

Population
Urbanization

Tajikistan population by Age Group (2026)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	672,683	636,830	1,309,513	11.93	105.630
05-09	672,149	640,438	1,312,586	11.96	104.951
10-14	629,735	637,394	1,267,130	11.54	98.798
15-19	518,886	521,383	1,040,269	9.48	99.521
20-24	402,342	438,527	840,870	7.66	91.749
25-29	437,437	458,969	896,406	8.17	95.309
30-34	404,448	422,492	826,940	7.53	95.729
35-39	391,212	405,053	796,264	7.25	96.583
40-44	309,969	324,382	634,351	5.78	95.557
45-49	237,928	252,523	490,450	4.47	94.220
50-54	196,805	214,816	411,622	3.75	91.616
55-59	172,836	192,540	365,375	3.33	89.766
60-64	147,328	168,405	315,734	2.88	87.484
65-69	107,647	126,299	233,946	2.13	85.232
70-74	58,382	72,310	130,692	1.19	80.738
75-79	25,924	37,135	63,059	0.57	69.810
80-84	9,796	14,464	24,260	0.22	67.727
85-89	5,215	9,481	14,697	0.13	55.005
90-94	1,174	2,672	3,846	0.04	43.937
95-99	157	402	558	0.01	39.055
100+	6	23	29	0.00	26.087
Total	5,402,059	5,576,538	10,978,597		96.871

Population pyramid
Gender ratio