Tajikistan vs Uzbekistan
Tajikistan vs Uzbekistan: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: -1.9 per 1,000 people in Tajikistan and -0.2 per 1,000 people in Uzbekistan, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 1.8 per 1,000 people.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook Tajikistan.
- In 2023, Tajikistan ranked 173 and Uzbekistan ranked 121 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Tajikistan at -1 per 1,000 people and Uzbekistan at -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -1.9 | -0.2 |
| 2022 | -1.7 | -0.1 |
| 2021 | -0.4 | -0.3 |
| 2020 | -0.4 | -0.3 |
| 2019 | -0.9 | -0.3 |
| 2018 | -0.7 | -0.4 |
| 2017 | -0.5 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | -0.9 | -0.5 |
| 2015 | -0.9 | -0.5 |
| 2014 | -1.7 | -0.7 |
| 2013 | -2 | -0.7 |
| 2012 | -1.5 | -0.7 |
| 2011 | -3.9 | -0.7 |
| 2010 | -4.4 | -0.7 |
| 2009 | -4.9 | -0.7 |
| 2008 | -4.8 | -0.9 |
| 2007 | -4.6 | -1 |
| 2006 | -4.3 | -1.1 |
| 2005 | -4 | -1.3 |
| 2004 | -3.7 | -1.5 |
| 2003 | -3.4 | -1.7 |
| 2002 | -3.1 | -1.9 |
| 2001 | -3.1 | -1.9 |
| 2000 | -2.2 | -2.7 |
| 1999 | -18.9 | -2.5 |
| 1998 | -19.4 | -2.1 |
| 1997 | -18 | -2 |
| 1996 | -5.1 | -2.2 |
| 1995 | -6.8 | -2 |
| 1994 | -8.5 | -1.9 |
| 1993 | -13.1 | -1.7 |
| 1992 | -16.9 | -1.5 |
| 1991 | -5.3 | -1.4 |
| 1990 | -7.7 | -3.6 |
| 1989 | -10.1 | -0.7 |
| 1988 | 1.1 | -0 |
| 1987 | 2 | -0 |
| 1986 | 0.9 | -0 |
| 1985 | 0.1 | -0 |
| 1984 | -1.6 | -0 |
| 1983 | -1.6 | 0.1 |
| 1982 | -1.6 | 0.2 |
| 1981 | -1.5 | 0.4 |
| 1980 | -1.4 | 0.5 |
| 1979 | -0.4 | 0.7 |
| 1978 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1977 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 1976 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 1975 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 1974 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1973 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 1972 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 1971 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 1970 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| 1969 | 3.1 | 5.8 |
| 1968 | 3.7 | 7.1 |
| 1967 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
| 1966 | 3.4 | 6.8 |
| 1965 | 3.1 | 6.6 |
| 1964 | 2.7 | 6.4 |
| 1963 | 2.3 | 6.2 |
| 1962 | 1.9 | 5.9 |
| 1961 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| 1960 | 1.2 | 2.7 |
| 1959 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1958 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1957 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 1956 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 1955 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
| 1954 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
| 1953 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| 1952 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| 1951 | 11.5 | 0.7 |
| 1950 | 15.3 | 0.8 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -2-8.8–3.9 | -0.2-1.8–1.2 |
| 2025 | -2-11–6.1 | -0.2-2.3–1.7 |
| 2026 | -1.8-11.5–7.3 | -0.1-2.8–2.2 |
| 2027 | -1.7-11.7–7.8 | -0.1-3.2–2.6 |
| 2028 | -1.6-12.3–8.2 | -0.2-3.5–2.9 |
| 2029 | -1.5-12.3–8.6 | -0-3.5–3.2 |
| 2030 | -1.7-13.2–8.5 | -0.1-4–3.4 |
| 2031 | -1.8-13.4–9 | -0.1-4–3.3 |
| 2032 | -1.7-13.2–8.9 | -0.1-4.4–3.8 |
| 2033 | -1.8-13.3–8.2 | -0.1-4.3–4 |
| 2034 | -1.8-12.6–9.2 | -0.1-4.6–4.2 |
| 2035 | -1.7-12.3–9.4 | -0.1-4.7–4.3 |
| 2036 | -1.5-12.8–9.5 | -0.1-5–4.3 |
| 2037 | -1.6-12.8–9.9 | -0.1-4.9–4.6 |
| 2038 | -1.7-12.8–9.6 | -0-5.3–4.5 |
| 2039 | -1.6-13.6–9.6 | -0.1-5.5–4.6 |
| 2040 | -1.5-13.3–9.7 | -0.1-5.5–4.9 |
| 2041 | -1.5-13.7–9.9 | -0-5.6–5.1 |
| 2042 | -1.4-12.9–9.9 | -0.1-5.5–5.2 |
| 2043 | -1.6-13.2–10.5 | -0.1-5.4–5.3 |
| 2044 | -1.4-13.5–10.3 | -0.1-5.6–5.5 |
| 2045 | -1.5-13–9.6 | -0.1-5.6–5.3 |
| 2046 | -1.5-13.6–9.7 | -0.1-5.6–5.8 |
| 2047 | -1.4-13.6–9.5 | -0-5.8–5.5 |
| 2048 | -1.4-13.3–9.9 | -0-5.8–5.5 |
| 2049 | -1.5-13.2–9.6 | -0-5.9–5.7 |
| 2050 | -1.5-14.2–9.7 | -0.1-5.6–5.9 |
| 2051 | -1.4-14–10.4 | -0-5.8–6.1 |
| 2052 | -1.2-13.5–10 | -0-6–5.9 |
| 2053 | -1.5-14.2–9.7 | -0-6–5.9 |
| 2054 | -1.3-13.3–9.7 | -0-6–5.7 |
| 2055 | -1.3-13–10.8 | -0.1-6–5.9 |
| 2056 | -1.3-13.5–10.7 | -0.1-6–5.7 |
| 2057 | -1.2-14–10.5 | -0-6–5.8 |
| 2058 | -1.2-13.9–10.3 | -0-6.2–6.2 |
| 2059 | -1.2-13.4–9.9 | 0-6.1–6.2 |
| 2060 | -1.2-13.8–9.2 | -0-6.1–6 |
| 2061 | -1.5-13.7–9.5 | -0-6.2–6.3 |
| 2062 | -1.3-13.5–10.6 | -0-6.5–6.1 |
| 2063 | -1.1-13.5–9.8 | -0-6.4–5.9 |
| 2064 | -1.2-13.1–10.5 | -0-6.5–6.3 |
| 2065 | -1.3-13.8–9.7 | -0.1-6.8–6 |
| 2066 | -1.1-13.5–9.8 | -0.1-6.5–6.5 |
| 2067 | -1.2-14.3–9.8 | -0.1-6.4–6.4 |
| 2068 | -1.2-14.1–10.4 | -0-6.6–6.7 |
| 2069 | -1.1-13.4–9.8 | -0-6.4–6.3 |
| 2070 | -1.1-13.9–9.4 | -0-6.7–6.5 |
| 2071 | -1.2-13.3–9.8 | 0-7–6.7 |
| 2072 | -1.2-13.2–10.9 | -0.1-7.1–6.6 |
| 2073 | -1.2-13.2–10.6 | -0-7.1–6.3 |
| 2074 | -1.2-13.6–10.7 | -0-6.7–6.4 |
| 2075 | -1.1-14.1–11 | 0-6.6–6.7 |
| 2076 | -1-13.2–10.6 | 0-6.8–6.4 |
| 2077 | -1.2-13.4–10.9 | 0.1-6.7–6.5 |
| 2078 | -1.2-14.2–10.3 | 0-6.5–6.4 |
| 2079 | -1.3-14.3–9.3 | -0-6.8–6.9 |
| 2080 | -1.1-13.8–10.4 | -0-6.9–6.3 |
| 2081 | -1.3-14.4–10.6 | 0-6.8–6.7 |
| 2082 | -1.2-14.2–10 | -0.1-7–6.3 |
| 2083 | -1-14.3–10 | 0-6.7–6.6 |
| 2084 | -1-14–10.4 | 0-7.2–6.3 |
| 2085 | -1.1-13.8–10.2 | -0-7.1–6.5 |
| 2086 | -1.2-14.4–10.2 | -0.1-7.2–6.2 |
| 2087 | -1-14.3–10.4 | -0-7.2–6.5 |
| 2088 | -1.1-13.9–10.7 | -0.1-6.8–6.5 |
| 2089 | -1.1-14.4–10.4 | -0-6.8–6.5 |
| 2090 | -1-13.9–11 | -0.1-7.2–6.4 |
| 2091 | -0.9-13.7–10.2 | -0.1-6.9–6.6 |
| 2092 | -0.9-13.8–10.4 | -0.1-6.9–6.5 |
| 2093 | -1.2-14.8–10.1 | -0-7–6.7 |
| 2094 | -0.9-14.1–10.2 | -0-7–7 |
| 2095 | -1-13.4–10.3 | -0.1-7.1–6.8 |
| 2096 | -0.9-14–10.8 | -0.1-7.3–7.2 |
| 2097 | -1-14.4–10.4 | -0-6.8–6.9 |
| 2098 | -1-14.1–10.4 | -0.1-7.1–6.8 |
| 2099 | -1-14.9–10.4 | -0.1-7.2–6.8 |
| 2100 | -1-14.6–10 | -0.1-7–6.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Tajikistan vs Uzbekistan
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
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