0.2%, Uzbekistan 14.2%, Kazakhstan 12.8%, Azerbaijan 7.2%,
US 6.7%, China 4.8%, Ukraine 4.5% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$145.3 million (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$888 million (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$60.7 million from US (2001)

Currency (code):
somoni

Currency code:
TJS

Exchange rates:
Tajikistani somoni per US dollar - 2.9705 (2004), 3.0614 (2003),
2.7641 (2002), 2.3722 (2001), 2.0763 (2000)
note: the new unit of exchange was introduced on 30 October 2000,
with one somoni equal to 1,000 of the old Tajikistani rubles

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Tajikistan

Telephones - main lines in use:
242,100 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
47,600 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: poorly developed and not well maintained; many
towns are not linked to the national network
domestic: cable and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 992; linked by cable and microwave
radio relay to other CIS republics and by leased connections to the
Moscow international gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by Intelsat to
international gateway switch in Ankara (Turkey); satellite earth
stations - 1 Orbita and 2 Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 10, shortwave 2 (2002)

Radios:
1.291 million (1991)

Television broadcast stations:
13 (2001)

Televisions:
820,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.tj

Internet hosts:
69 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (2002)

Internet users:
4,100 (2003)

Transportation Tajikistan

Railways:
total: 482 km
broad gauge: 482 km 1.520-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 27,767 km
paved: NA
unpaved: NA (2000)

Waterways:
200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 541 km; oil 38 km (2004)

Airports:
55 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 38
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 35 (2004 est.)

Military Tajikistan

Military branches:
Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 2 years (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,556,415 (2005 es