Population:
4,775,544 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 36.8% (male 899,954; female 855,293)
15-64 years: 59.2% (male 1,386,606; female 1,438,333)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 74,958; female 120,400) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 21.1 years
male: 20.2 years
female: 22 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
1.82% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
28.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
8.87 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 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 (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 73.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 61.19 years
male: 57.72 years
female: 64.84 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.5 children born/woman (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (2001 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Turkmen(s)
adjective: Turkmen
Ethnic groups:
Turkmen 77%, Uzbek 9.2%, Russian 6.7%, Kazakh 2%, other 5.1% (1995)
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%
male: 99%
female: 97% (1989 est.)