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title: "Tajikistan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Tajikistan: capital Dushanbe, area 144,100 km², population 10,786,734 (2025), currency Tajikistani somoni. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/tajikistan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country/nepal/)
- [Greece](https://atoneplace.net/country/greece/)
- [Nicaragua](https://atoneplace.net/country/nicaragua/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]