Demographics of Turkmenistan edit extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (using Wikipedia Reflection Script)

Number of inhabitants in thousands. FAO, 2005

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Data from CIA World Factbook

Population

5,179,571 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 35.7% (male 909,113; female 860,128)
15-64 years: 60.2% (male 1,462,198; female 1,516,836)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 78,119; female 125,687) (2005 est.)

Population growth rate

1.617% (2007 est.)

Birth rate

25.38 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: 1.06 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 (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate

53.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 61.39 years
male: 58.02 years
female: 64.93 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate

3.41 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality

noun: Turkmen(s)
adjective: Turkmen

Ethnic groups

Turkmen 61%, Uzbek 16%, Persians 14%, Russian 4%, Other 5% (2007)

Religion

Muslim 94%, Eastern Orthodox 4%, unknown 2%

Language

Turkmen 71%, Russian 12%—up to 50% claim "good knowledge" of Russian according to Ethnologue, Uzbek 5%, other 10%

Other languages include: Balochi language, Persian Language, and more.

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97% (1989 est.)

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