Tajikistan: cities by population
Tajikistan has a population of 9,100,837, with Dushanbe as its capital. The 50 largest of its 85 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dushanbe | Dushanbe | 679,400 |
| 2 | Isfara | Sughd | 274,000 |
| 3 | Istaravshan | Sughd | 273,500 |
| 4 | Kŭlob | Khatlon Province | 214,700 |
| 5 | Konibodom | Sughd | 211,100 |
| 6 | Khujand | Sughd | 191,000 |
| 7 | Bokhtar | Khatlon Province | 110,800 |
| 8 | Qayroqqum | Sughd | 49,200 |
| 9 | Vahdat | Republican Subordination | 45,693 |
| 10 | Tursunzoda | Republican Subordination | 37,000 |
| 11 | Buston | Sughd | 36,900 |
| 12 | Panjakent | Sughd | 35,085 |
| 13 | Zarhalol | Khatlon Province | 30,689 |
| 14 | Khorugh | Gorno-Badakhshan | 30,500 |
| 15 | Muchun | Sughd | 27,835 |
| 16 | Ishqoshim | Gorno-Badakhshan | 26,000 |
| 17 | Hisor | Republican Subordination | 23,978 |
| 18 | Boshkengash | Dushanbe | 23,696 |
| 19 | Dalyoni Bolo | Sughd | 23,670 |
| 20 | Shahriston | Sughd | 22,903 |
| 21 | Danghara | Khatlon Province | 22,824 |
| 22 | Moskovskiy | Khatlon Province | 22,100 |
| 23 | Hulbuk | Khatlon Province | 21,736 |
| 24 | Farkhor | Khatlon Province | 21,736 |
| 25 | Chubek | Khatlon Province | 19,563 |
| 26 | Kolkhozobod | Khatlon Province | 18,476 |
| 27 | Norak | Khatlon Province | 18,122 |
| 28 | Istiqlol | Sughd | 17,600 |
| 29 | Yovon | Khatlon Province | 17,471 |
| 30 | Proletar | Sughd | 16,441 |
| 31 | Vakhsh | Khatlon Province | 15,215 |
| 32 | Nov | Sughd | 13,833 |
| 33 | Amondara | Sughd | 13,380 |
| 34 | Adrasmon | Sughd | 13,372 |
| 35 | Bŭston | Sughd | 13,043 |
| 36 | Shahritus | Khatlon Province | 13,042 |
| 37 | Mŭ’minobod | Khatlon Province | 11,955 |
| 38 | Shaydon | Sughd | 11,705 |
| 39 | Murghob | Gorno-Badakhshan | 10,815 |
| 40 | Rasht | Republican Subordination | 10,771 |
| 41 | Avzikent | Khatlon Province | 10,373 |
| 42 | Nijoní | Sughd | 10,350 |
| 43 | Abdurahmoni Jomí | Khatlon Province | 9,943 |
| 44 | Khodzha-Maston | Republican Subordination | 9,781 |
| 45 | Dŭstí | Khatlon Province | 8,700 |
| 46 | Sovet | Khatlon Province | 8,695 |
| 47 | Gharavŭtí | Khatlon Province | 8,474 |
| 48 | Pakhtakoron | Sughd | 8,220 |
| 49 | Panj | Khatlon Province | 8,019 |
| 50 | 20-solagii Istiḳlolijati Toçikiston | Khatlon Province | 8,000 |
Twenty years earlier: Tajikistan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 6,537,420.