Statistical information Tajikistan 1992
Tajikistan in the World
Tajikistan - Introduction 1992
top of pageBackground: Tajikistan has experienced several changes of government since it gained independence in September 1991.
Tajikistan - Geography 1992
top of pageLocation
Geographic coordinates
Map reference
Area
Total: 143,100 km²
Land: 142,700 km²
Comparative: slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries:
3,651 km total; Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km,
Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Coastline: none - landlocked
Maritime claims: none - landlocked
Disputes: boundary with China under dispute
Climate: midlatitude semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
Terrain:
Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana
Valley in north, Kafirnigan and Vakhsh Valleys in southeast
Valley in north, Kafirnigan and Vakhsh Valleys in southeast
Elevation
Natural resources: significant hydropower potential, petroleum, uranium, mercury, small production of petroleum, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten
Land use
Land use:
6% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows and pastures;
NA% forest and woodland; NA% other; includes NA% irrigated
NA% forest and woodland; NA% other; includes NA% irrigated
Irrigated land
Major rivers
Major watersheds area km²
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Natural hazards
Geography
Tajikistan - People 1992
top of pagePopulation: 5,680,242 (July 1992), growth rate 3.0% (1992)
Nationality: noun - Tajik(s; adjective - Tajik
Ethnic groups: Tajik 62%, Uzbek 24%, Russian 8%, Tatar 2%, other 4%
Languages: Tajik (official) NA%
Religions: Sunni Muslim approximately 80%, Shi`a Muslim 5%
Demographic profile
Age structure
Age structure
Dependency ratios
Median age
Population growth rate
Birth rate: 40 births/1000 population (1992)
Death rate: 8 deaths/1000 population (1992)
Net migration rate: -1 migrant/1000 population (1992)
Population distribution
Urbanization
Major urban areas
Environment
Current issues: NA
Current issues note: landlocked
Air pollutants
Sex ratio
Mothers mean age at first birth
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate: 74 deaths/1000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth: 64 years male, 70 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate: 5.3 children born/woman (1992)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
Drinking water source
Current health expenditure
Physicians density
Hospital bed density
Sanitation facility access
Hiv/Aids
Major infectious diseases
Obesity adult prevalence rate
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco use
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
Education expenditures
Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write
School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Youth unemployment
Tajikistan - Government 1992
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Republic of Tajikistan
Government type: republic
Capital: Dushanbe
Administrative divisions: 3 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast') and one autonomous oblast*; Gorno-Badakhshan*; Kurgan-Tyube, Kulyab, Leninabad (Khudzhand; note - the rayons around Dushanbe are under direct republic jurisdiction; an oblast usually has the same name as its administrative center (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
Dependent areas
Independence:
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union); formerly Tajikistan
Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Socialist Republic
National holiday: NA
Constitution: adopted NA April 1978
Legal system: based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts
International law organization participation
Citizenship
Suffrage: universal at age 18
President:
last held 27 October 1991 (next to be held NA); results -
Rakhman NABIYEV, Communist Party 60%; Daolat KHUDONAZAROV, Democratic Party,
Islamic Rebirth Party and Rastokhoz Party 30%
Rakhman NABIYEV, Communist Party 60%; Daolat KHUDONAZAROV, Democratic Party,
Islamic Rebirth Party and Rastokhoz Party 30%
Supreme Soviet: last held 25 February 1990 (next to be held NA); results - Communist Party 99%, other 1%; seats - (230 total) Communist Party 227, other 3
Communists: NA
Executive branch: president, prime minister
Legislative branch: unicameral Supreme Soviet
Judicial branch: NA
Political parties and leaders
International organization participation: CSCE, IMF, UN
Diplomatic representation: NA
US: Ambassador-designate Stan ESCUDERO; Embassy at Interim Chancery, #39
Ainii Street; Residences:
Oktyabrskaya Hotel, Dushanbe (mailing address is
APO AE 9,862); telephone 8 (011) 7-3,772-24-32-23
APO AE 9,862); telephone 8 (011) 7-3,772-24-32-23
Diplomatic representation
Flag description
: NA; still in the process of designing oneNational symbols
National anthem
National heritage
Tajikistan - Economy 1992
top of pageEconomy overview:
Tajikistan has had the lowest standard of living and now faces the bleakest economic prospects of the 15 former Soviet republics.
Agriculture is the main economic sector, normally accounting for 38% of employment and featuring cotton and fruits. Industry is sparse, bright spots including electric power and aluminum production based on the country's sizable hydropower resources and a surprising specialty in the production of metal-cutting machine tools. In 1991 and early 1992, disruptions in food supplies from the outside have severely strained the availability of food throughout the republic. The combination of the poor food supply, the general disruption of industrial links to suppliers and markets, and political instability have meant that the republic's leadership could make little progress in economic reform in 1991 and early 1992.
Agriculture is the main economic sector, normally accounting for 38% of employment and featuring cotton and fruits. Industry is sparse, bright spots including electric power and aluminum production based on the country's sizable hydropower resources and a surprising specialty in the production of metal-cutting machine tools. In 1991 and early 1992, disruptions in food supplies from the outside have severely strained the availability of food throughout the republic. The combination of the poor food supply, the general disruption of industrial links to suppliers and markets, and political instability have meant that the republic's leadership could make little progress in economic reform in 1991 and early 1992.
GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate -9% (1991 est.)
Real gdp purchasing power parity
Real gdp growth rate
Real gdp per capita ppp
Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end use
Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture products: cotton, grain, fruits, grapes, vegetables; cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, yaks
Industries: aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers
Industrial production growth rate: growth rate -2.0% (1991)
Labor force: 1,938,000; agriculture and forestry 43%, industry and construction 22%, other 35% (1990)
Organized labor: NA
Labor force
Unemployment rate: 25% (1991 est.)
Youth unemployment
Population below poverty line
Gini index
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Distribution of family income gini index
Budget: $NA
Public debt
Taxes and other revenues
Revenue
Fiscal year: calendar year
Current account balance
Inflation rate consumer prices
Central bank discount rate
Commercial bank prime lending rate
Stock of narrow money
Stock of broad money
Stock of domestic credit
Market value of publicly traded shares
Current account balance
Exports: $706 million (1990)
Commodoties: aluminum, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
Partners: Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Imports: $1.3 billion (1990)
Commodoties: chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, textiles, foodstuffs
Partners: NA
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Debt external
Stock of direct foreign investment at home
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad
Exchange rates: NA
Tajikistan - Energy 1992
top of pageElectricity access
Electricity production: 4,575,000 kW capacity; 17,500 million kWh produced, 3,384 kWh per capita (1991)
Electricity consumption
Electricity exports
Electricity imports
Electricity installed generating capacity
Electricity transmission distribution losses
Electricity generation sources
Petroleum
Refined petroleum
Natural gas
Carbon dioxide emissions
Energy consumption per capita
Tajikistan - Communication 1992
top of pageTelephones fixed lines
Telephones mobile cellular
Telephone system
Broadcast media
Internet country code
Internet users
Broadband fixed subscriptions
Tajikistan - Military 1992
top of pageMilitary expenditures
Percent of gdp: $NA, NA% of GDP
Military and security forces
Military service age and obligation
Space program
Terrorist groups
Tajikistan - Transportation 1992
top of pageNational air transport system
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
Airports: NA
Airports with paved runways
Airports with unpaved runways
Heliports
Pipelines: NA
Civil air: NA
Railways
Roadways
Waterways: NA km perennially navigable
Merchant marine
Ports and terminals
Tajikistan - Transnational issues 1992
top of pageDisputes international
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Illicit drugs: illicit producers of cannabis and opium; mostly for domestic consumption; status of government eradication programs unknown; used as transshipment points for illicit drugs to Western Europe
