Population in Tajikistan compared to Uzbekistan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan
1960	2,112,131	8,209,109	-	-
1961	2,181,805	8,517,711	3.3%	3.76%
1962	2,255,026	8,854,368	3.36%	3.95%
1963	2,331,736	9,202,246	3.4%	3.93%
1964	2,411,260	9,557,611	3.41%	3.86%
1965	2,492,998	9,921,681	3.39%	3.81%
1966	2,577,184	10,289,294	3.38%	3.71%
1967	2,664,130	10,659,180	3.37%	3.59%
1968	2,753,848	11,032,155	3.37%	3.5%
1969	2,845,273	11,403,150	3.32%	3.36%
1970	2,936,779	11,762,638	3.22%	3.15%
1971	3,028,837	12,111,511	3.13%	2.97%
1972	3,123,691	12,465,106	3.13%	2.92%
1973	3,222,290	12,831,047	3.16%	2.94%
1974	3,324,499	13,209,011	3.17%	2.95%
1975	3,430,425	13,598,521	3.19%	2.95%
1976	3,540,076	13,998,620	3.2%	2.94%
1977	3,653,265	14,408,822	3.2%	2.93%
1978	3,768,508	14,816,349	3.15%	2.83%
1979	3,882,691	15,215,587	3.03%	2.69%
1980	3,995,256	15,619,936	2.9%	2.66%
1981	4,109,022	16,035,032	2.85%	2.66%
1982	4,227,171	16,462,736	2.88%	2.67%
1983	4,350,874	16,908,400	2.93%	2.71%
1984	4,480,026	17,378,846	2.97%	2.78%
1985	4,619,003	17,875,339	3.1%	2.86%
1986	4,772,139	18,395,621	3.32%	2.91%
1987	4,939,059	18,930,070	3.5%	2.91%
1988	5,114,989	19,460,630	3.56%	2.8%
1989	5,267,249	19,977,183	2.98%	2.65%
1990	5,398,768	20,464,956	2.5%	2.44%
1991	5,541,205	20,962,910	2.64%	2.43%
1992	5,649,400	21,485,090	1.95%	2.49%
1993	5,724,993	21,987,955	1.34%	2.34%
1994	5,825,368	22,463,291	1.75%	2.16%
1995	5,948,584	22,917,589	2.12%	2.02%
1996	6,066,523	23,351,981	1.98%	1.9%
1997	6,139,829	23,758,960	1.21%	1.74%
1998	6,176,397	24,134,929	0.6%	1.58%
1999	6,208,370	24,476,008	0.52%	1.41%
2000	6,284,735	24,787,054	1.23%	1.27%
2001	6,407,377	25,090,283	1.95%	1.22%
2002	6,531,669	25,399,980	1.94%	1.23%
2003	6,658,575	25,711,259	1.94%	1.23%
2004	6,790,547	26,029,350	1.98%	1.24%
2005	6,924,720	26,356,975	1.98%	1.26%
2006	7,057,566	26,699,043	1.92%	1.3%
2007	7,194,477	27,076,008	1.94%	1.41%
2008	7,338,403	27,494,774	2%	1.55%
2009	7,490,230	27,939,328	2.07%	1.62%
2010	7,652,141	28,385,506	2.16%	1.6%
2011	7,824,785	28,823,196	2.26%	1.54%
2012	8,014,084	29,261,903	2.42%	1.52%
2013	8,216,724	29,724,065	2.53%	1.58%
2014	8,425,552	30,222,994	2.54%	1.68%
2015	8,643,840	30,749,346	2.59%	1.74%
2016	8,865,631	31,284,568	2.57%	1.74%
2017	9,085,946	31,819,178	2.49%	1.71%
2018	9,307,333	32,373,490	2.44%	1.74%
2019	9,529,966	32,964,701	2.39%	1.83%
2020	9,749,310	33,586,372	2.3%	1.89%
2021	9,966,908	34,243,696	2.23%	1.96%
2022	10,182,222	34,938,955	2.16%	2.03%
2023	10,389,799	35,652,307	2.04%	2.04%
2024	10,590,927	36,361,859	1.94%	1.99%
2025	10,786,735	37,053,425	1.85%	1.9%
2026	10,978,598	37,724,224	1.78%	1.81%
2027	11,168,387	38,376,104	1.73%	1.73%
2028	11,356,920	39,010,995	1.69%	1.65%
2029	11,545,276	39,634,353	1.66%	1.6%
2030	11,733,066	40,248,246	1.63%	1.55%
2031	11,920,472	40,850,310	1.6%	1.5%
2032	12,110,150	41,442,243	1.59%	1.45%
2033	12,302,290	42,026,366	1.59%	1.41%
2034	12,496,888	42,603,253	1.58%	1.37%
2035	12,695,586	43,175,104	1.59%	1.34%
2036	12,899,096	43,744,382	1.6%	1.32%
2037	13,104,339	44,313,638	1.59%	1.3%
2038	13,308,237	44,885,866	1.56%	1.29%
2039	13,511,372	45,461,988	1.53%	1.28%
2040	13,713,948	46,044,151	1.5%	1.28%
2041	13,915,192	46,636,742	1.47%	1.29%
2042	14,115,137	47,240,035	1.44%	1.29%
2043	14,311,598	47,851,671	1.39%	1.29%
2044	14,504,865	48,470,624	1.35%	1.29%
2045	14,694,858	49,096,060	1.31%	1.29%
2046	14,879,388	49,724,395	1.26%	1.28%
2047	15,059,869	50,351,710	1.21%	1.26%
2048	15,236,594	50,975,927	1.17%	1.24%
2049	15,408,032	51,596,108	1.13%	1.22%
2050	15,574,643	52,210,749	1.08%	1.19%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Tajikistan increased by 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,585,525 people (a 17.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Tajikistan gained 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,446,780 (a 20.6% growth).

Tajikistan was ranked 98th most populous country in 2006 and is 88th in 2026. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2006 and still ranked 42nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Tajikistan's population will grow by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people with a rank change from 88th to 83rd. The population of Uzbekistan will increase by 38.4% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.