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Tajikistan: map and facts
Tajikistan is in Central Asia. It has about 10.8 million people (2025), the 90th largest population. It covers 141,379 km², the 94th largest by area. That is about 76 people per km². Its highest point is Ismoil Somoni Peak, at 7,495 m. The longest river on its map is the Amu Darya, 2,620 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 10,786,734 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 141,379 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Dushanbe
- Highest point: Ismoil Somoni Peak, 7,495 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 3.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Tajikistan, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Amu Darya: 2,620 km
- Syr Darya: 2,212 km
- Panj: 921 km
Also on the map: Pamir and Zarafshon.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Ismoil Somoni Peak: 7,495 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Pamirs.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Fergana Valley.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 43.6%, bare ground 39.1%, snow and ice 6.4%, farmland 5.2%, open shrubland 4.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): high mountains 61.3%, mountains 26.6%, hills 8.7%, plateaus 3.3%.
Forests covered 3.1% of its land in 2024, up from 2.9% in 1995 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #3 in antimony among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Tajikistan shares land borders with Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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