Turkmenistan People 2008

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.)

Median age:
total: 22.3 years
male: 21.7 years
female: 22.9 years (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.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

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%