Nationality:

noun: Tajikistani(s)

adjective: Tajikistani

Ethnic groups:

Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)

Languages:

Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business

Religions:

Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)

Population:

7,768,385 (July 2012 est.)

country comparison to the world:

95 Age structure:

0-14 years: 33.9% (male 1,316,623/female 1,270,899)

15-64 years: 62.7% (male 2,368,554/female 2,413,982)

65 years and over: 3.4% (male 108,896/female 148,246) (2011 est.)

Median age:

total: 22.6 years

male: 22.1 years

female: 23.1 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.823% (2012 est.)

country comparison to the world: 65 Birth rate:

25.93 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

country comparison to the world: 53 Death rate:

6.49 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

country comparison to the world: 150

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html