Age structure:
0-14 years:
38% (male 887,088; female 850,384)
15-64 years:
58% (male 1,277,176; female 1,321,465)
65 years and over:
4% (male 69,383; female 112,772) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.87% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 28.88 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 9.04 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.62 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 73.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
60.91 years
male:
57.29 years
female:
64.71 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.63 children born/woman (2000 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%
Other languages include: Balochi language
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98%
male:
99%
female:
97% (1989 est.)