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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
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
2. Smallest by population
According to 2019 estimate, Kyrgyzstan has 6,389,500 inhabitants. Tajikistan has 9,275,827
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
3. Most densely populated
Pakistan has a density of 281/km2 (UN estimates). The least densely populated is Kazakhstan with 7 per Km2.
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Pakistan
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
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
5. Tenge is its currency
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
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
Kazakhstan
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
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
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
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
9. Its capital, Dushanbe, is named after week day Monday
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
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
Uzbekistan
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
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
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
14. Birth country of youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Kazakhstan
15. Site of World Heritage Site, Samarkand, once capital of Tamerlane's Timurid Empire