Introduction - Turkmenistan: |
Location - Turkmenistan: |
People - Turkmenistan: |
Population | 5,097,028 (July 2007 est.) |
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Age structure | 0-14 years: 34.7% (male 900,718/female 866,930)
15-64 years: 60.9% (male 1,537,638/female 1,567,049)
65 years and over: 4.4% (male 97,454/female 127,239) (2007 est.) |
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Median age | total: 22.3 years
male: 21.7 years
female: 22.9 years (2007 est.) |
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Population growth rate | 1.617% (2007 est.) |
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Birth rate | 25.36 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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Death rate | 6.17 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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Net migration rate | -3.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.039 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.981 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.766 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate | total: 53.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 57.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth | total population: 68.3 years
male: 65.23 years
female: 71.54 years (2007 est.) |
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Total fertility rate | 3.13 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | less than 0.1% (2004 est.) |
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Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | less than 200 (2003 est.) |
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Hiv aids deaths | less than 100 (2004 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Turkmen(s)
adjective: Turkmenistani |
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Ethnic groups | Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003) |
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Religions | Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% |
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Languages | Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7% |
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Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.) |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007