Tajikistan Population Pyramid 2012
Tajikistan in 2012
As of 2012, Tajikistan counted 8,014,084 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2002, the population was 6,531,669; it has grown by 22.7% since.
With a median age of 21.2 years, Tajikistan had a youth dependency ratio of 60.7 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.0 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Tajikistan was 3.07 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 71.8 years in 2023: 74.0 for women and 69.6 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
276,478 immigrants live in Tajikistan, 2.6% of the population.
| Russian Federation | 235,636 |
| Afghanistan | 12,467 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11,382 |
| Uzbekistan | 7,583 |
| Ukraine | 1,215 |
514,478 people born in Tajikistan live in other countries.
| Russian Federation | 415,676 |
| Ukraine | 30,256 |
| Kazakhstan | 27,922 |
| Turkey | 11,341 |
| Uzbekistan | 11,339 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tajikistan | 8,014,084 | 21.2 | |
| Turkmenistan | 5,808,546 | 24.5 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,696,519 | 24.5 | |
| Kazakhstan | 17,306,106 | 28.8 | |
| Uzbekistan | 29,261,903 | 25.4 |





