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GeographyLocation: Central Asia, west of China
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,651 km, Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 6,155,474 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.6% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 34.06 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.58 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -1.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 60.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.55 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Tajik 64.9%, Uzbek 25%, Russian 3.5% (declining because of emigration), other 6.6% Religions: Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 5% Languages: Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Dushanbe Independence: 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: new constitution adopted 6 November 1994
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $8.5 billion National product real growth rate: -12% National product per capita: $1,415 Inflation rate (consumer prices): Unemployment rate: 1.5% includes only officially registered unemployed; also large numbersof underemployed workers and unregistered unemployed people
Electricity:
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