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Tajiks

Таджики · Q483505

language area per Glottologcensus counts
6,373,834
Tajikistan, census 2010 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
6,876,551
sum of censuses in 10 countries, 2001-2021
Indo-European
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Tajikistan: 6,373,834 people in the 2010 census.

Official figures exist for 10 countries; together they add up to 6,876,551. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2001-2021) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 350,236 people identified with the nationality "Таджики" (Tajiks)1. That is 0.27% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 6 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Tajik. Glottolog classifies it in the Indo-European family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Tajikistan2010 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [2]
6,373,834
Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Таджики» · [1]
350,236
China2020 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [3]
50,896
Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [4]
49,827
Kyrgyzstan2009 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [5]
46,105
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [6]
4,255
Belarus2019 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [7]
1,013
Latvia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [8]
188
Moldova, Republic of2014 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [9]
155
Lithuania2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tajik» · [10]
42
Sum across 10 countries6,876,551

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex, urban and rural, Russian regions

Sex

Men 225,786 · 64.5%Women 124,450 · 35.5%

Urban and rural

Urban 273,510 · 78.1%Rural 76,726 · 21.9%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Moscow Oblast
37,741
Moscow (city)
22,783
Sverdlovsk Oblast
21,803
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
21,791
Kaluga Oblast
18,715
Krasnoyarsk Krai
12,968
Samara Oblast
12,844
Republic of Tatarstan
12,541
Chelyabinsk Oblast
12,308
Saint Petersburg (city)
9,573

Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1

Languages and their lineage

Tajik

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Iranian-Nuristaniiran1271
  5. Iranianiran1269
  6. Southwestern Iraniansout3157
  7. Middle-Modern Persianmidd1352
  8. Modern Southwestern Iranianmode1259
  9. Farsic-Caucasian Tatfars1254
  10. Farsicfars1255
  11. Eastern Farsiceast2745
  12. Tajikictaji1250
  13. Tajiktaji1245

Dari

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Iranian-Nuristaniiran1271
  5. Iranianiran1269
  6. Southwestern Iraniansout3157
  7. Middle-Modern Persianmidd1352
  8. Modern Southwestern Iranianmode1259
  9. Farsic-Caucasian Tatfars1254
  10. Farsicfars1255
  11. Eastern Farsiceast2745
  12. Daridari1249

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

PakistanisRussiansMarathiGermansSpaniardsMexicansUkrainiansEnglishIrishAmericansItaliansRomaniansNepali (Khas-Arya)DutchBelarusiansCzechsScotsSerbsBulgariansSlovaksArmeniansCubansLithuaniansAlbanians

Sources

  1. Rosstat. National composition of the population of the Russian Federation. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census (reference date 1 October 2021), vol. 5, table 1. Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx (archived copy)
  2. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Tajikistan, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  3. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. China, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  4. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Kazakhstan, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  5. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Kyrgyzstan, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  6. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Ukraine, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  7. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Belarus, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  8. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Latvia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  9. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Republic of Moldova, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  10. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Lithuania, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
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