Migration trends in Tajikistan

Asia

Tajikistan loses more people than it takes in: 514.5K emigrants against 276.5K immigrants. Net balance −238K — 2% of the country's population

10.6M

Population

276.5K

Immigrants

514.5K

Emigrants

−238K

Outflow

1 in 38 residents of Tajikistan was born abroad — and 1 in 22 people born in Tajikistan lives abroad

#105 in the world by net migration loss

Top corridors

The largest migration flows in Tajikistan

Where people move to

415.7K80.8%

30.3K5.9%

27.9K5.4%

Where people come from

1Russia

235.6K85.2%

2Afghanistan

12.5K4.5%

3Kyrgyzstan

11.4K4.1%

Immigrants in Tajikistan

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 emigrants

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

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