Tajikistan
Country name: Republic of Tajikistan
Area: 143,100 sq km
Population: 6,578,681 (July 2001 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.12% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 33.23 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate: 8.57 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate: –3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio: 0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 116.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth— 64.18 years, male: 61.09 years, female: 67.42 years (2001 est.)
Major religions: Sunni Muslim, Shiʿa Muslim
Major languages: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Literacy—total population: 98%, male: 99%, female: 97% (1989 est.)
Government type: republic
Capital: Dushanbe
Administrative divisions: 2 oblasts and one autonomous oblast
Independence: 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
National holiday: Independence Day, 9 September (1991)
Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal and compulsory
GDP—real growth rate: 5.1% (2000 est.)
GDP—per capita: (purchasing power parity): $1,140 (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line: 80% (2000 est.)
Exports: $ 761 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports: $782 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Currency: somoni (SM)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency. (2001) The World Book Factbook 2001. Retrieved 5 March 2002, from http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac tbook.
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