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Tajikistan

Dynamics of water use in Tajikistan by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln *
2.06
2.90
3.91
5.25
6.12
7.07
8.95
11.5
Irrigation area, th.ha **
391
518
617
640
639
600
700
850
GNP, $US per capita ***
     
880
       
Water withdrawal, km 3
10.1
12.5
15.5
13.7
11.9
11.0
14.0
15.0
Water consumption, km 3
5.9
7.2
9.0
8.2
7.3
6.9
9.1
10.5
notes: * - Source: United Nations "Urban and Rural Areas 1950-2025, the 1995 Revision" (World Resources Institute data)
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO FAOSTAT 95 (World Resources Institute data); 1995 – 2025 - SHI forecast

*** - Source: World Bank World Tables 1994 update (World Resources Institute data)
 
 

Water use of Tajikistan (km 3 /year) by data of different authors

author
 
year
1 of meas.
1980
1989
1990
1994
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
km 3
     
12.0
FAO
withdrawal
1997
km 3
     
11.9
Com.FSU
withdrawal
 
km 3
     
13.5
WRI
withdrawal
1995
km 3
 
12.6
   
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
km 3
16.0
 
13.7
 

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

FAO - Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in Figures. 1997. Rome: FAO.

WRI – World Resources Institute data, update, 1995

SWK – State Water Kadastr, 1980-1990 St.-Petersburg.: SHI.

Com.FSU – data of Comission by Countries of the Former Soviet Union.