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Turkmenistan: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 6,430,770 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.392 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 56.905 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 53.494 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 35.8 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 69.264 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 21.4 billion kWh (2021) #76
Consumption 15.23 billion kWh (2021) #82
Exports 3.2 billion kWh (2021) #46
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 0 billion kWh (2021) #180

Oil

Ranking
Production 252.73 thousand bbl/day (2021) #33
Consumption 152.55 thousand bbl/day (2021) #64
Exports (Refined) [3] 70.74 thousand bbl/day (2013) #40
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.6 billion bbl (2021) #44

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 2,910.38 billion cu ft (2015) #13
Consumption (Dry) 1,540.99 billion cu ft (2021) #21
Exports (Dry) 1,531.63 billion cu ft (2021) #8
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 400 trillion cu ft (2021) #5

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 26 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 8,575,000 (2018 est.)
Highways 58,592 km (2003)
Internet Users 951,925 (2019 est.)
Railways 5,113 km (2017)
Telephones 5,315,000 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationCentral Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
Total Area488,100 sq. km
Land Area469,930 sq. km
Water Area18,170 sq. km
Coastline0 km
Climatesubtropical desert
Terrainflat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west
Lowest PointVpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m)
Highest Point Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020