| People | Turkmenistan |
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Population:
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4,997,503 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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11 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 50% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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ASHGABAT (capital) 637,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 27.5% (male 696,749/female 679,936)
15-64 years: 68.4% (male 1,692,885/female 1,724,019)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 88,590/female 115,324) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 25.3 years
male: 24.9 years
female: 25.8 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.138% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.54 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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77 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 42.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 50.42 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 68.52 years
male: 65.57 years
female: 71.63 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.16 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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2.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.438 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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4.06 beds/1,000 population (2007) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 72% of population
total: 83% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3% of population
rural: 28% of population
total: 17% of population (2000) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 97% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 3% of population
total: 2% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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fewer than 200 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2004 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Turkmen(s)
adjective: Turkmen |
Ethnic groups:
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Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003) |
Religions:
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Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% |
Languages:
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Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7% |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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NA |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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