| Population |
4,863,169 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 36.2% (male 904,627; female 857,601)
15-64 years: 59.7% (male 1,423,836; female 1,477,224)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 76,670; female 123,211) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 21.3 years
male: 20.4 years
female: 22.2 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
1.81% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
27.82 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 73.13 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 61.29 years
male: 57.87 years
female: 64.88 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
3.45 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
less than 0.1% (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
less than 100 (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2004 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: turkmen(s)
adjective: turkmen |
| 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 |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: turkmenistan
local long form: none
former: turkmen soviet socialist republic
local short form: turkmenistan |