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1. Smallest by area
With a 143,100 km² area, Tajikistan is the smallest of the -stan countries, followed by Kyrgyzstan with 199,900 km²
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
2. Smallest by population
According to 2019 estimate, Kyrgyzstan has 6,389,500 inhabitants. Tajikistan has 9,275,827
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
3. Most densely populated
Pakistan has a density of 281/km2 (UN estimates). The least densely populated is Kazakhstan with 7 per Km2.
Pakistan
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
4. Has the highest average elevation
Tajikistan ranks third in the world for highest average elevation with 3,186 m. Kyrgyzstan follows as fourth with 2,988 m
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Pakistan
5. Tenge is its currency
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
6. Its demonym and currency only vary for one letter and are often confused
The people of Afghanistan are called Afghans and their currency is Afghanis
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
7. Until 2010, a central square of its capital hosted ex president Niyazov's 12-meter gold-plated statue rotating to always face the sun
The status was moved to the outskirts of the city and doesn't rotate anymore. It was replaced with an equestrian statue of current president Berdymukhamedov
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
8. Its capital city changed name in 2019 in honor of long-ruling president Nazarbayev
In March 2019, following a unanimous vote in Kazakhstan's parliament, Astana was after former President Nazarbayev first name, Nursultan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
9. Its capital, Dushanbe, is named after week day Monday
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
10. One of two doubly landlocked countries in the world
Doubly landlocked countries are surrounded entirely by one or more landlocked countries. The only other one is Liechtenstein
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
11. Has the lowest HDI
Uzbekistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Turkemnistan
12. The Karakum Desert occupies about 70% of its area
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Afghanistan
13. Its flag features a yellow sun that contains a stylized illustration of the roof of a traditional tent yurt
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
14. Birth country of youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai
Pakistan
Kazakhstan
Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
15. Site of World Heritage Site, Samarkand, once capital of Tamerlane's Timurid Empire