How much coast is there?

Afghanistan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Tajikistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Tajikistan and Afghanistan are practically level.

Afghanistan: 7,492 m (2026 edition) · Tajikistan: 7,495 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Afghanistan has 4.1 times as many people as Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 43.8 million (2025) · Tajikistan: 10.8 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Tajikistan is 16% more densely populated than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 67 per km² (2025) · Tajikistan: 78 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Tajikistan is 5 years older than in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 16.9 years (2023) · Tajikistan: 21.9 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Afghanistan have 1.7 more children on average than in Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 4.76 children per woman (2024) · Tajikistan: 3.04 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

4.1% of people in Tajikistan are 65 or older, versus 2.4% in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 2.4% (2025) · Tajikistan: 4.1% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Afghanistan and Tajikistan are practically level.

Afghanistan: 0 (2025) · Tajikistan: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Afghanistan has 3 official languages, Tajikistan 2.

Afghanistan: 3 (2026) · Tajikistan: 2 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Afghanistan and Tajikistan are nearly identical here.

Afghanistan: $17.8 billion (2024) · Tajikistan: $17.7 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Tajikistan produces 2.6 times as much per person as Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Int$2,236 (2024) · Tajikistan: Int$5,923 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Afghanistan: no data · Tajikistan: 36.1 (2024)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 13% in Afghanistan, versus 6.9% in Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 13.4% (2025) · Tajikistan: 6.9% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Tajikistan and Afghanistan are practically level.

Afghanistan: 1.8% (2021) · Tajikistan: 1.8% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Tajikistan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Afghanistan’s.

Afghanistan: 19% (2024) · Tajikistan: 28% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Tajikistan spends 44% more on health per person than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: $59 (2023) · Tajikistan: $85 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Afghanistan is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 48.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Tajikistan: 23.5 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Tajikistan has 5.9 times as many doctors per person as Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Tajikistan: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023)

How common is obesity?

21% of adults in Tajikistan are obese, versus 19% in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 18.8% (2024) · Tajikistan: 21% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Afghanistan: 22.1% (2024) · Tajikistan: no data

How do people rate their lives?

People in Tajikistan rate their lives 4.15 points higher than in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 1.45 (2025) · Tajikistan: 5.59 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Tajikistan drink 23 times as much alcohol as in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 0.03 litres (2023) · Tajikistan: 0.7 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Tajikistan has 5.2 times as much meat per person as Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 6.4 kg (2023) · Tajikistan: 32.9 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Tajikistan has 397 kcal more food per person per day than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 2,315 kcal (2023) · Tajikistan: 2,712 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Afghanistan: no data · Tajikistan: 2,134 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Tajikistan went to school 8.8 years longer than in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 2.5 years (2023) · Tajikistan: 11.3 years (2023)

How many people are online?

56% of people in Tajikistan are online, versus 16% in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 16% (2024) · Tajikistan: 56% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Tajikistan have electricity, versus 88% in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 87.8% (2024) · Tajikistan: 99.9% (2024)

How many live in cities?

Tajikistan and Afghanistan are practically level.

Afghanistan: 26% (2025) · Tajikistan: 26% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Tajikistan has 76 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Afghanistan 60.

Afghanistan: 60 (2024) · Tajikistan: 76 (2023)

How much railway is there?

Afghanistan: no data · Tajikistan: 620 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Tajikistan fly 2.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 0.02 (2023) · Tajikistan: 0.06 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 3.1% of Tajikistan, but only 1.9% of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 1.9% (2023) · Tajikistan: 3.1% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Tajikistan emits 4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 0.3 t (2024) · Tajikistan: 1 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

94% of Tajikistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 87% in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 86.9% (2024) · Tajikistan: 94.4% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Afghanistan carries 23% more fine dust than in Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 40 µg/m³ (2024) · Tajikistan: 32.6 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 4.5 times as likely to be murdered in Afghanistan as in Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 4 per 100k (2021) · Tajikistan: 0.9 per 100k (2020)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Afghanistan are 73% deadlier than in Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 24.1 per 100k (2021) · Tajikistan: 13.9 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Afghanistan is on average 12.5 °C warmer than Tajikistan.

Afghanistan: 13.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tajikistan: 1°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Tajikistan gets 2.1 times as much rain as Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: 324 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tajikistan: 679 mm (2016–2025 avg)