Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Tajikistan

One in every 491 babies in the world is born here: about 273,260 a year, 0.52 a minute.

Population: 10,786,734
Births a year: 273,260
Life expectancy: 71.9
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 28.1

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
74.1
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
69.7
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
23.5
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
28.1
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
14
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
≈ 26
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.74
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
15.7
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
0.89
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
3.04
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
9
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
98
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
87
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
36
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
8.9
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$5,062
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
36
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
6.1
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
6.9
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
43
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
22
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
62
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
26
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
89
World: 91
Internet users (%)
56
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.59
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.18
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.04
World: 0.34

≈ Estimated from the region

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 52.5 → 2026: 71.1 → 2050: 75.4

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 200 → 2026: 26 → 2050: 12

World

Children per woman

1960: 6.2 → 2026: 3 → 2050: 2.4

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 33 → 2026: 26 → 2050: 24

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Tajikistan comes up about once in every 491 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.