Tajik (Persie: تاجيک, Tājīk; Tajik: Тоҷик) is a general designation for a wide range o Persie-speakin fowk o Iranian origin,[13] wi tradeetional homelands in present-day Tajikistan, Afghanistan an Uzbekistan.
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TajiksFawzia Koofi | Emomalii Rahmon | Burhanuddin Rabbani | Haron Amin | Atta Muhammad Nur | Mohammed Fahim | Ismail Khan | Yunus Qanuni | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi | Amrullah Saleh | Hammasa Kohistani | Ahmad Zia Massoud |
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Tot population |
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ca. 16 tae 22 million (estimates vary) |
Regions wi signeeficant populations |
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Afghanistan | 8,213,380 (2012)[1] |
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Tajikistan | 6,206,939 (2012)[2] |
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Uzbekistan | 1,419,709 (2012, offeecial) ither, non-offeecial, scholarly estimates are 6 - 11 million[3][4][5] |
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Pakistan | 220,000[6] |
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Roushie | 200,666[7] |
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United States | 52,000[8] |
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Kyrgyzstan | 47,500[9] |
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Cheenae | 41,028[10] |
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Canadae | 15,870[11] |
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Ukraine | 4,255[12] |
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Leids |
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Persian varieties o Dari an Tajiki |
Releegion |
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Islam (Sunni, maistly Hanafi; sizable Shia minority) an aa minorities o Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Baha'i an Christianity. |
Relatit ethnic groups |
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Ither Iranian fowks, Persie fowk |
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