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Afghanistan vs Tajikistan
How Afghanistan and Tajikistan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Tajikistan was higher: 71.8 years against 66 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, Tajikistan was higher: $1,496 against $374
- Population · In 2023, Afghanistan was higher: 41.5 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Afghanistan was higher: 1.83% of GDP against 1% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Tajikistan was higher: 0.92 tonnes against 0.28 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Tajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Tajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Tajikistan: 55.3% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Tajikistan: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Tajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Tajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Tajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Tajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Tajikistan: 26.2% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Tajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Tajikistan: 3.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Tajikistan: 1.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Tajikistan: $220M in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Tajikistan: $23 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Tajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Tajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Tajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Tajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Tajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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