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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
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
2. Smallest by population
According to 2019 estimate, Kyrgyzstan has 6,389,500 inhabitants. Tajikistan has 9,275,827
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
3. Most densely populated
Pakistan has a density of 281/km2 (UN estimates). The least densely populated is Kazakhstan with 7 per Km2.
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
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
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
5. Tenge is its currency
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
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
Pakistan
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Afghanistan
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
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
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
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
9. Its capital, Dushanbe, is named after week day Monday
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
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
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
11. Has the lowest HDI
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Turkemnistan
12. The Karakum Desert occupies about 70% of its area
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
13. Its flag features a yellow sun that contains a stylized illustration of the roof of a traditional tent yurt
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
14. Birth country of youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
15. Site of World Heritage Site, Samarkand, once capital of Tamerlane's Timurid Empire