Migration trends in Tajikistan

Asia

514.5K people from Tajikistan have built lives abroad. That's 4.9% of the country population, spread across 32 different countries

10.6M

Population

276.5K

Immigrants

514.5K

Emigrants

−238K

Outflow

1 in every 22 people born in Tajikistan now lives abroad

The #105 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Tajikistan

Where people move to

415.7K80.8%

30.3K5.9%

27.9K5.4%

Where people come from

235.6K85.2%

12.5K4.5%

11.4K4.1%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

428.2K immigrants · 552.9K emigrants

Today

Since 1990: 151.8K fewer foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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