Where is Tajikistan?
Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
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Crazy but True
Roughly 93 percent of Tajikistan is mountains. Its Pamir Highway is the second highest international road in the world, crossing passes over 4,600 meters, and much of the country is so vertical that some villages are reachable only on foot for parts of the year.
Tajikistan facts
- Capital
- Dushanbe
- Population
- 10,786,734 (2025)
- Area
- 143,100 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Central Asia
- Currency
- Tajikistani somoni (TJS)
- Languages
- Russian and Tajik
- Coordinates
- 39°, 71°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- TJ · TJK
How Tajikistan compares
- Tajikistan is the 95th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Nepal and larger than Greece.
- It is the 90th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 4 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Asia, it is the 28th largest of 45 countries by area.