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Tajikistan Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Tajikistan with its 5 first-level divisions, the capital Dushanbe and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Tajikistan

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 5 units

Tajikistan is divided into 5 first-level administrative divisions:

DushanbeGorno-BadakhshanKhatlonLeninabadTadzhikistan Territories

Largest cities in Tajikistan

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1DushanbeCapital1,086,244
2Khujand437,684
3Qurghonteppa311,574
4Konibodom259,876
5Uroteppa156,621
6Kulob115,164
7Khorugh30,000
8Leninobod11,468
9Kuybyshevskiy8,925

Dushanbe is the largest urban area in Tajikistan with about 1,086,244 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Tajikistan: ≈ 7,449 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Syr Darya
  • Naryn
  • Pamir
  • Panj
  • Amu Darya
  • Zarafshon

🏞️ Lakes

  • Obanbori Qayroqum

Ethnic groups in Tajikistan

CIA World Factbook · 2014
Tajik
84.3%Uzbek
13.8%other
2%

Tajik 84.3% (includes Pamiri and Yagnobi), Uzbek 13.8%, other 2% (includes Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Tatar, Arab) (2014 est.)

Regionally, Tajik is the most common ethnic group across most of the 5 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2014 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Tajikistan

CIA World Factbook · 2014
Muslim
98%

Muslim 98% (Sunni 95%, Shia 3%) other 2% (2014 est.)

Regionally, Muslim is the most common religious group across most of the 5 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2014 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Tajikistan

CIA World Factbook · 2010
Tajik
84.4%Uzbek
11.9%Kyrgyz
0.8%Russian
0.5%other
2.4%

Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz 0.8%, Russian 0.5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)

Regionally, Tajik is the most common language group across most of the 5 divisions, while Pamiri predominates in 1 division (Gorno-Badakhshan).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2010 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.