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Tajikistan's population and rural population 1958–2005 (millions). 9,275,787 (2019 est.) According to Worldmeters Tajikistan's main ethnic group are the Tajiks, with minorities such as the Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, and a small Russian minority.
The list of ethnic groups in Tajikistan is a page about the ethnic groups in Tajikistan by population through time. Ethnic group in Tajikistan by population
In Tajikistan, since the 1939 Soviet census, its small Pamiri and Yaghnobi ethnic groups are included as Tajiks. [19] In China, the term is used to refer to its Pamiri ethnic groups, the Tajiks of Xinjiang, who speak the Eastern Iranian Pamiri languages. [20] [21] In Afghanistan, the Pamiris are counted as a separate ethnic group. [22]
Tajikistan is a presidential republic consisting of four provinces. Tajiks form the ethnic majority in the country, [19] and their national language is Tajik. [20] Russian is used as the official inter-ethnic language. [21] While the state is constitutionally secular, the Islamic religion is nominally adhered to by 97.5% of the population.
Tajikistan is a secular country, [2] but the post-Soviet era has seen a marked increase in religious practice in the country. [3] The majority of Tajikistan's Muslims adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam, and a smaller group (mostly in Gorno-Badakhshan in the east) belong to the Shia branch of Islam.
Zoroastrianism had been adopted by Persian emperors as a state religion, and was practiced in Central Asia as well. It eventually declined after the Arab conquests. The largest celebration in Tajikistan to come from the pre-Islamic period is Navruz, which means "New Day". It is held on March 21 or 22, when the cultivation of the land starts.
Related ethnic groups Other Iranian peoples The Yaghnobi Tajiks ( Yaghnobi : yaγnōbī́t or suγdī́t; Tajik : яғнобиҳо, yağnobiho/jaƣnoʙiho), commonly referred to as Yaghnobis , are an Eastern Iranian people residing in Tajikistan 's Sughd province, specifically in the valleys of the Yaghnob, Qul, and Varzob rivers.
Sunni Islam is, by far, the most widely practiced religion in Tajikistan. Sunni Islam of the Hanafi school is the recognized religious tradition of Tajikistan since 2009. [2] According to a 2009 U.S. State Department release, the population of Tajikistan is 98% Muslim, (approximately 95% Sunni and 3% Shia), [3] with some Sufi orders.