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Population (2003 est.): 6.25 million.
Population growth rate (2003 est.): 2.1%.
Ethnic groups: Tajik 67%, Uzbek 23%, Russian 3.5%, other 6.5%.
Religion: Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a (Ismaili) Muslim 5%, other 15%.
Language: Tajik (sole official language as of 1994); Russian widely used in government and business; 77% of the country, however, is rural and they speak mostly Tajik.
Education: Literacy (according to Tajikistan official statistics, 2003)--88%. The Tajik education system has suffered greatly since independence.
Health: Life expectancy--65.2 years men; 67.38 years women. Infant mortality rate--89 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.).
Work force (2003 est.): 3.301 million.
The official state language, Tajik, is spoken by an estimated 62 percent; Russian, widely used in government and business, and is a second language for most of urban non-Russian population.
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