Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Capital Dushanbe
144,100 km² · 10,786,734 people (2025) · Tajikistani somoni
Over ninety percent mountain, and more than half the country lies above 3,000 m. Ismoil Somoni Peak reaches 7,495 m in the Pamirs. The Fedchenko Glacier there is about 77 km long, the longest glacier outside the polar regions.
The facts
- Capital
- Dushanbe
- Area
- 144,100 km² — 55,637 sq mi
- Population
- 10,786,734 (2025)
- Density
- 74.9 people per km²
- Currency
- Tajikistani somoni (TJS, ЅМ)
- Official languages
- Russian, Tajik
- Time zone
- UTC+05:00
- Calling code
- +992
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- TJ · TJK
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 95 of 200
- By population
- 91 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 148,460 | 175,686,899 |
| Nepal | 147,181 | 29,618,118 |
| Tajikistan ← | 144,100 | 10,786,734 |
| Greece | 131,957 | 10,413,962 |
| Nicaragua | 130,370 | 7,007,502 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Tajikistan?
- Dushanbe
- What currency does Tajikistan use?
- The Tajikistani somoni (TJS).
- How big is Tajikistan?
- 144,100 km², or 55,637 square miles — 95 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Tajikistan drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Bangladesh 148,460 km²
- Nepal 147,181 km²
- Greece 131,957 km²
- Nicaragua 130,370 km²
- India Asia
- China Asia
- Indonesia Asia
- Pakistan Asia
- Bangladesh Asia
- Japan Asia
- Philippines Asia
- Vietnam Asia
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)