Tajikistan

By Dilon Rochniak

Geography

• Location: Mountainous land locked country in central Asia. Its boarders by Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China.

• Climate: mid-latitude continental, hot summers, mild winters. Semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

• A little smaller than Wisconsin!

General Information

• Population:7,995,754• Gender break down: 0-14 years: 33.9%

(male 1,316,623/female 1,270,899)

15-64 years: 62.7% (male 2,368,554/female 2,413,982)

65 years and over: 3.4% (male 108,896/female 148,246) (2011 est.)

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• Religion: 85 percent Sunni Muslim, 5 percent Shia Muslim, other 10% (2003 est.)

• Ethnic Groups: Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6%.

• Languages: Official language, is Tajik. Russian is also used widely.

Education• Literacy Rates: Children 15 and over can

read and write total population: 99.5 percent male 99.7 percent female: 99.2 percent.

• Percent of Budget for Education: 3.5% of GDP.

Health• Percent of $ spent on health: 5.3% of

GDP.• Life expectancy: male: 62.97 years

female: 69.25 years.• Infant Mortality:38.54 deaths/1,000 live

births.

Government• Type: REPUBLIC.• Current Leader: Emomalii Rahmon• Stability: Pretty stable some small political

conflicts.

Economics

• Income per Capita: 2,000 dollars• Industry: aluminum, cement, vegetable oil• Agriculture products: cotton, grain, fruits,

grapes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats

United States Relationships

• Allies?: We are in a bilateral relations with Tajikistan.

• We assist Tajikistan in humanitarian aid after there civil war.

• We also have a broad based relationship in counter narcotics and counter terrorism.

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