Turkmenistan

Population:
4,884,887 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.9% (male 713,698/female 697,222)
15-64 years: 66.9% (male 1,618,678/female 1,646,992)
65 years and over: 4.3% (male 90,352/female 117,945) (2009 est.)
Median age:
total: 24.4 years
male: 24.1 years
female: 24.8 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.141% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:
25.07 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate:
6.11 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 49% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2005-2010)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 45.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 53.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 36.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.87 years
male: 64.94 years
female: 70.95 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.22 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer 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:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.)
Education expenditures:
3.9% of GDP (1991)