The largest metropolitan area in Tajikistan is that of the capital Dushanbe, with 1,563,400 inhabitants (2024 est.).[1] Thirteen percent of the population of the country lives in the region of the capital.The population figures are for the city proper, and do not include adjacent communities.There is also the capital district, and the Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction (Nohiyahoi tobei jumhuri, here abbreviated NTJ), which do not belong to a region, and are directly under the central government.1: Name from 1929 to 1961: Stalinabad 2: Name from 1939 to 1992: Leninabad *Cities under central government jurisdiction **Cities under regional jurisdiction