“In general, the number of people of this age in the country at the end of last year was 6 million 57 thousand 81 people. Accordingly, 13 thousand 743 people are still illiterate,” reports the portal of the project Countrymeters, which is engaged in the dynamics of population change in the world, with reference to UN statistics.

Under the adult population means all residents of the country over 15 years.

The youth literacy rate is estimated to be slightly higher than the overall adult literacy rate at 99.88%. The concept of youth in this case covers the population aged 15 to 24 years inclusive.

According to the project, at the end of 2018, the population of Tajikistan was 9 million 166 thousand 841 people. In 2018, the population of Tajikistan increased by approximately 201 thousand. Considering that the population of Tajikistan at the beginning of last year was estimated at 8,965,827 people, the annual increase was 2.24%.

“The Qazaq Times”