| Population: |
5,097,028 (July 2007 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Population growth rate: |
1.617% (2007 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
25.36 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Death rate: |
6.17 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-3.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 68.3 years
male: 65.23 years
female: 71.54 years (2007 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
3.13 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
less than 0.1% (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
less than 200 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (2004 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Turkmen(s)
adjective: Turkmenistani |
| Ethnic groups: |
Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003) |
| Religions: |
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% |
| Languages: |
Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7% |
| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.) |
