language and is widely used in both government and business. The different ethnic minorities speak different languages, for instance Uzbek, Turkmen, Kyrgyz and Khowar. In the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Shughni as well as other Pamir languages are spoken. In the northern Yaghnob valley, the Yaghnobi language is still spoken. Religion Sunni Islam 95% Shia Ismaili Islam 3% others 2% Population 9,275,787 (2019 est.) According to Worldmeters Age structure 0–14 years: 34.3% (male 1,282,681/female 1,238,607) 15–64 years: 62.1% (male 2,260,552/female 2,303,034) 65 years and over: 3.6% (male 112,334/female 151,937) (2009 est.) Population growth rate 1.88% (2009 est.) 2.21% (2013-2014 est.) (source:www.stat.tj) Net migration rate -1.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 65.33 years male: 62.29 years female: 68.52 years (2009 est.) Education Education is required through high school (11 years of schooling) but completion rate is under 90%; Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.5% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2000 census) Vital statistics UN estimates Births and deaths Life Expectancy Fertility rate Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate): Population pyramids Source: Birth rate There were slightly over 224 thousand births in Tajikistan in 2017, down from 230 thousand in 2016. Most births occurred in Khatlon Region (89 thousand births), followed by Sughd Region (61 thousand births) and the Districts of Republican Subordination (53 thousand births). The fewest births is recorded in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in eastern Tajikistan, with around 5,700 births. Dushanbe city recorded approximately 15,500 births in 2017. The crude birth rate for Tajikistan was 25.4‰ in 2017, down from 28.1‰ two years earlier (in 2015). Khatlon Region has the highest birth rate (28.1‰) in 2017, while the city of Dushanbe has the lowest birth rate with 18.8‰. See also Demographics of Central Asia References External links Ethnolinguistic map of Tajikistan by Iraj Bashiri Dr. Kurbanov, Ruslan. Majority Minoritized by Government: Muslims in Tajikistan. OnIslam.net. May 19, 2012.