Demographics of Turkmenistan
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Demographics of Turkmenistan:
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[edit] Population
5,097,028 (July 2007 est.)
[edit] 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.)
[edit] Population growth rate
1.617% (2007 est.)
[edit] Birth rate
25.38 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
[edit] Death rate
6.17 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
[edit] Net migration rate
-3.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
[edit] 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.)
[edit] Infant mortality rate
53.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
total population: 61.39 years
male: 58.02 years
female: 64.93 years (2005 est.)
[edit] Total fertility rate
3.41 children born/woman (2005 est.)
[edit] Nationality
noun: Turkmen(s)
adjective: Turkmen
[edit] Ethnic groups
Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, Other 6% (2003)
[edit] Religion
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
[edit] Language
Turkmen 71%, Russian 12%—up to 50% claim "good knowledge" of Russian according to Ethnologue, Uzbek 9%, other 6%
Other languages include: Balochi language, Persian Language, etc
[edit] Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97% (1989 est.)
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