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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. Because not everyone in Tajikistan is an ethnic Tajik, the non-Tajik citizens of the country are referred ...
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 2009, the Assembly of Representatives attempted to make the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam the official religion in Tajikistan, but this measure failed. [8] Tajikistan also marked 2009 as the year to commemorate the Sunni Muslim jurist Abu Hanifa, as the nation hosted an international symposium that drew scientific and religious leaders. [9]
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.
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.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Tajikistan" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Ethnic groups in Tajikistan (5 C, 18 P) Expatriates in Tajikistan (17 C) Pages in category "Demographics of Tajikistan" The following 2 pages are in this category ...
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]