Capital

Tadschikistan

name: Dushanbe

geographic coordinates: 38 33 N, 68 46 E

time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

etymology: today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (du) after Saturday (shambe)

Myanmar

name: Rangoon (Yangon); note - Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital geographic coordinates: 16 48 N, 96 09 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: Rangoon (Yangon) is a compound of "yan" signifying "enemies" and "koun" meaning "to run out of" and so denoting "End of Strife"; Nay Pyi Taw translates as: "Great City of the Sun" or "Abode of Kings"

Norwegen

name: Oslo

geographic coordinates: 59 55 N, 10 45 E

time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

etymology: the medieval name was spelt "Aslo"; the as component refered either to the Ekeberg ridge southeast of the town ("as" in modern Norwegian), or to the Aesir (Norse gods); lo refered to "meadow," so the most likely interpretations would have been either "the meadow beneath the ridge" or "the meadow of the gods"; both explanations are considered equally plausible

Citizenship

Tadschikistan

citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Tajikistan

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years or 3 years of continuous residence prior to application

Myanmar

citizenship by birth: no citizenship by descent only: both parents must be citizens of Burma dual citizenship recognized: no residency requirement for naturalization: none note: an applicant for naturalization must be the child or spouse of a citizen

Norwegen

citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Norway

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 7 years

Myanmar

parliamentary republic

Legal system

Tadschikistan

civil law system

Myanmar

mixed legal system of English common law (as introduced in codifications designed for colonial India) and customary law

Norwegen

mixed legal system of civil, common, and customary law; Supreme Court can advise on legislative acts

Suffrage

Tadschikistan

18 years of age; universal

Myanmar

18 years of age; universal

Norwegen

18 years of age; universal

Area

Tadschikistan

total: 144,100 sq km

land: 141,510 sq km

water: 2,590 sq km

Myanmar

total: 676,578 sq km land: 653,508 sq km water: 23,070 sq km

Norwegen

total: 323,802 sq km

land: 304,282 sq km

water: 19,520 sq km

Land use

Tadschikistan

agricultural land: 34.7% (2018 est.)

arable land: 6.1% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.9% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 27.7% (2018 est.)

forest: 2.9% (2018 est.)

other: 62.4% (2018 est.)

Myanmar

agricultural land: 19.2% (2011 est.) arable land: 16.5% (2011 est.) / permanent crops: 2.2% (2011 est.) / permanent pasture: 0.5% (2011 est.) forest: 48.2% (2011 est.) other: 32.6% (2011 est.)

Norwegen

agricultural land: 2.7% (2018 est.)

arable land: 2.2% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 0.5% (2018 est.)

forest: 27.8% (2018 est.)

other: 69.5% (2018 est.)

Location

Tadschikistan

Central Asia, west of China, south of Kyrgyzstan

Myanmar

Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand

Norwegen

Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden

Age structure

Tadschikistan

0-14 years: 29.98% (male 1,411,335/female 1,360,882)

15-64 years: 65.84% (male 3,025,782/female 3,061,836)

65 years and over: 4.18% (2023 est.) (male 159,728/female 226,374)

Myanmar

0-14 years: 26.56% (male 7,556,848 /female 7,216,374) 15-24 years: 17.51% (male 4,900,092 /female 4,837,726) 25-54 years: 42.51% (male 11,577,883 /female 12,068,190) 55-64 years: 7.75% (male 2,011,057 /female 2,301,983) 65 years and over: 5.67% (male 1,373,892 /female 1,778,461) (2018 est.)

Norwegen

0-14 years: 17.83% (male 510,835/female 487,126)

15-64 years: 64% (male 1,842,794/female 1,739,688)

65 years and over: 18.18% (2023 est.) (male 474,878/female 542,603)

Birth rate

Tadschikistan

26.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Myanmar

17.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Norwegen

10.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

Tadschikistan

4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Myanmar

7.30

Norwegen

8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Languages

Tadschikistan

Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz 0.8%, Russian 0.5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Китоби Фактҳои Ҷаҳонӣ, манбаи бебадали маълумоти асосӣ (Tajik)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

note: Russian widely used in government and business

Myanmar

Burmese (official) note: minority ethnic groups use their own languages

Norwegen

Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms

major-language sample(s):
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.

Life expectancy at birth

Tadschikistan

total population: 71.1 years (2023 est.)

male: 69.2 years

female: 73.1 years

Myanmar

68.60

Norwegen

total population: 83 years (2023 est.)

male: 81.4 years

female: 84.7 years

Major urban areas - population

Tadschikistan

987,000 DUSHANBE (capital) (2023)

Myanmar

5.157 million RANGOON (Yangon) (capital), 1.374 million Mandalay (2018)

Norwegen

1.086 million OSLO (capital) (2023)

Median age

Tadschikistan

total: 22.7 years (2023 est.)

male: 22.3 years

female: 23.2 years

Myanmar

total: 28.5 years male: 27.7 years female: 29.4 years (2018 est.)

Norwegen

total: 40.6 years (2023 est.)

male: 39.9 years

female: 41.4 years

Mother's mean age at first birth

Tadschikistan

23.2 years (2017 est.)

Myanmar

25 years (2015/16 est.)

Norwegen

29.8 years (2020 est.)

note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births

Net migration rate

Tadschikistan

-2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Myanmar

-1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Norwegen

3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

Tadschikistan

the country's population is concentrated at lower elevations, with perhaps as much as 90% of the people living in valleys; overall density increases from east to west

Myanmar

population concentrated along coastal areas and in general proximity to the shores of the Irrawaddy River; the extreme north is relatively underpopulated

Norwegen

most Norwegians live in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found all along the North Sea coast in the southwest, and Skaggerak in the southeast; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated

Population growth rate

Tadschikistan

1.94% (2023 est.)

Myanmar

0.89% (2018 est.)

Norwegen

0.6% (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

Tadschikistan

3.6 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Myanmar

2.13 children born/woman (2018 est.)

Norwegen

1.57 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Urbanization

Tadschikistan

urban population: 28.2% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 2.73% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Myanmar

rate of urbanization: 1.74% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Norwegen

urban population: 84% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Education expenditures

Tadschikistan

5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

Myanmar

0.80

Norwegen

5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Tadschikistan

total: 11 years

male: 12 years

female: 11 years (2013)

Myanmar

female: 10 years (2017)

Norwegen

total: 18 years

male: 18 years

female: 19 years (2020)

Myanmar

6.80

Myanmar

17.70

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

Tadschikistan

-1.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Myanmar

-3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Norwegen

4.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Myanmar

$329,800,000,000

Industrial production growth rate

Tadschikistan

22.04% (2021 est.)

Myanmar

8.90

Norwegen

2.19% (2021 est.)

Myanmar

4.0

Myanmar

$6,300

Myanmar

22,300,000

Myanmar

4.00

Labor force

Tadschikistan

2.5 million (2021 est.)

Myanmar

22,300,000

Norwegen

2.971 million (2021 est.)

Population below poverty line

Tadschikistan

26.3% (2019 est.)

Myanmar

25.6% (2016 est.)

Norwegen

12.7% (2018 est.)

Unemployment rate

Tadschikistan

7.75% (2021 est.)

7.58% (2020 est.)

7.06% (2019 est.)

note: official rate; actual unemployment is much higher

Myanmar

4% (2017 est.) 4% (2016 est.)

Norwegen

4.99% (2021 est.)

4.42% (2020 est.)

3.69% (2019 est.)

Myanmar

total: 4% male: 3.3% female: 4.8% (2017 est.)

Myanmar

33.60

Public debt

Tadschikistan

50.4% of GDP (2017 est.)

42% of GDP (2016 est.)

Myanmar

33.60

Norwegen

36.5% of GDP (2017 est.)

36.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data exclude treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions

Myanmar

4.00

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Tadschikistan

7.7% (2019 est.)

3.9% (2018 est.)

7.3% (2017 est.)

Myanmar

4.00

Norwegen

3.48% (2021 est.)

1.29% (2020 est.)

2.17% (2019 est.)

Myanmar

9.95

Myanmar

9.95

Myanmar

$9,832,000,000

Exports

Tadschikistan

$2.161 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$1.409 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$1.243 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Myanmar

$9,832,000,000

Norwegen

$199.074 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$116.718 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$146.28 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Exports - partners

Tadschikistan

Turkey 24%, Switzerland 22%, Uzbekistan 16%, Kazakhstan 12%, China 10% (2019)

Myanmar

China 36.5%, Thailand 21.8%, Japan 6.6%, Singapore 6.4%, India 5.9% (2017)

Norwegen

United Kingdom 21%, Germany 19%, Sweden 8%, Netherlands 7%, China 6% (2021)

Myanmar

$15,780,000,000

Imports

Tadschikistan

$4.258 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$3.125 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$3.409 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Myanmar

$15,780,000,000

Norwegen

$140.444 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$119.632 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$140.211 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

Imports - partners

Tadschikistan

China 40%, Russia 38%, Kazakhstan 19%, Uzbekistan 5% (2019)

Myanmar

China 31.4%, Singapore 15%, Thailand 11.1%, Saudi Arabia 7.5%, Malaysia 6.2%, Japan 6%, India 5.5%, Indonesia 4.5% (2017)

Norwegen

Sweden 18%, Germany 12%, China 10%, Denmark 6%, United States 5% (2021)

Myanmar

17,320,000,000

Myanmar

14,930,000,000

Myanmar

2016 est.

Myanmar

2016 est.

Myanmar

12,000

Myanmar

1,824

Myanmar

2015 est.

Myanmar

18,410,000,000

Myanmar

14,070,000,000

Myanmar

2017 est.

Myanmar

556,112

Myanmar

47,951,228

Myanmar

14,264,308

Myanmar

404,932

Myanmar

64

Myanmar

5,031

Myanmar

12,800

Airports

Tadschikistan

24 (2021)

Myanmar

64

Norwegen

95 (2021)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

Tadschikistan

total: 6,000 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.1 (2020 est.)

Myanmar

total: 404,932 (2017 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)

Norwegen

total: 2,387,661 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 44 (2020 est.)

Myanmar

1,824

Myanmar

0 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Myanmar

12,000 bbl/day (2017 est.)

Myanmar

14,930,000,000

Myanmar

0

Myanmar

0

Myanmar

17,320,000,000

Internet users

Tadschikistan

total: 3,009,054 (2022 est.)

percent of population: 30.4% (2022 est.)

Myanmar

total: 14,264,308 (July 2016 est.)

Norwegen

total: 5.346 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 99% (2021 est.)

Myanmar

14,070,000,000

Myanmar

0 cu m (2017 est.)

Myanmar

18.41 billion cu m (2017 est.)

Railways

Tadschikistan

total: 680 km (2014)

broad gauge: 680 km (2014) 1.520-m gauge

Myanmar

total: 5,031 km (2008) narrow gauge: 5,031 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Norwegen

total: 3,848 km (2020) 2,482 km electrified

Roadways

Tadschikistan

total: 30,000 km (2018)

Myanmar

157,000

Norwegen

total: 94,902 km (2018) (includes 455 km of expressways)

Telephones - fixed lines

Tadschikistan

total subscriptions: 500,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2021 est.)

Myanmar

total subscriptions: 556,112 (2017 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)

Norwegen

total subscriptions: 350,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

Tadschikistan

total subscriptions: 12 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 120 (2021 est.)

Myanmar

47,951,228

Norwegen

total subscriptions: 5.8 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2021 est.)

Waterways

Tadschikistan

200 km (2011) (along Vakhsh River)

Myanmar

12,800

Norwegen

1,577 km (2010)

Disputes - international

Tadschikistan

Tajikistan-Afghanistan: none identified

Tajikistan-China: in 2006, China and Tajikistan pledged to commence demarcation of the revised boundary agreed to in the delimitation of 2002; in 2011, Tajikistan and China ratified the 2002 border demarcation agreement whereby Tajikistan ceded approximately 1,100 square kilometers in the Pamirs to China

Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan: disputes in Isfara Valley delay delimitation with Kyrgyzstan; in May 2021, both countries agreed to a ceasefire following recent clashes at their border

Tajikistan-Uzbekistan: talks continue with Uzbekistan to delimit border and clear minefields; as of January 2020, Uzbekistan reported that it had cleared all mines along its side of the border

Myanmar

over half of Burma's population consists of diverse ethnic groups who have substantial numbers of kin in neighboring countries; the Naf River on the border with Bangladesh serves as a smuggling and illegal transit route; Bangladesh struggles to accommodate 741,792 Rohingya, Burmese Muslim minority from Arakan State, living as refugees in Cox's Bazar; Burmese border authorities are constructing a 200 km (124 mi) wire fence designed to deter illegal cross-border transit and tensions from the military build-up along border with Bangladesh in 2010; Bangladesh referred its maritime boundary claims with Burma and India to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea; Burmese forces attempting to dig in to the largely autonomous Shan State to rout local militias tied to the drug trade, prompts local residents to periodically flee into neighboring Yunnan Province in China; fencing along the India-Burma international border at Manipur's Moreh town is in progress to check illegal drug trafficking and movement of militants; over 100,000 mostly Karen refugees and asylum seekers fleeing civil strife, political upheaval, and economic stagnation in Burma were living in remote camps in Thailand near the border as of May 2017

Norwegen

Norway-Antarctica: Norway asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land and its continental shelf)

Norway-Russia: Russia amended its 2001 CLCS submission in 2015 and 2021, each time delineating the outer limits of its continental shelf further into the Arctic Ocean; Norway and Russia signed a comprehensive maritime boundary agreement in 2010, ending a dispute over an area of the Barents Sea by dividing the territory equally

Norway-Sweden: none identified