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Tajikistan vs Uzbekistan
How Tajikistan and Uzbekistan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Uzbekistan was higher: 72.4 years against 71.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Uzbekistan was higher: $4,733 against $1,593
- Population · In 2023, Uzbekistan was higher: 35.7 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2018, Uzbekistan was higher: 2.49% of GDP against 1.05% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Uzbekistan was higher: 4.09 tonnes against 0.92 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyTajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTajikistan: 55.3% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionTajikistan: 2.56% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateTajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTajikistan: 26.2% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageTajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTajikistan: 3.7% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateTajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTajikistan: 1.47% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsTajikistan: $220M in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personTajikistan: $23 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingTajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelTajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerTajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 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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