Number of inhabitants in thousands. FAO, 2005

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Population

4,952,081 (July 2005 est.)

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.) Male symbol Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ...

Population growth rate

1.82% (2005 est.)

Birth rate

27.68 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate

8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

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.)

Infant mortality rate

73.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 61.39 years
male: 58.02 years
female: 64.93 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate

3.41 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality

noun: Turkmen(s)
adjective: Turkmen

Ethnic groups

Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003)

Religion

Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ...

Language

Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%—up to 50% claim "good knowledge" of Russian according to Ethnologue, Uzbek 9%, other 7% Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with native language biblical texts. ...

Other languages include: Balochi language Balochi, a north-western Iranian language, is the principal language of Balochistan. ...

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97% (1989 est.) 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...