Just a small but very important news for our country. According to the State committee of statistics the population of Tajikistan by 1st of January, 2006 constituted 6, 919, 900, which is for 139, 500 more than in the previous year or for 2.1 percent higher. 40 percent of the population consists of children younger than 15 years old. By 1st of July 2005 the population of the country constituted 6, 838, 700. In recent times the government of Tajikistan several times claimed that by 15th anniversary of Independence (9th of September, 2006) the population of the country will constitute 7 million.