Turkmenistan

Facts

Population:  4,603,244 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  37.88% (male 891,758; female 852,104) 15-64 years:  58.09% (male 1,313,303; female 1,360,690) 65 years and over:  4.03% (male 70,800; female 114,589) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.85% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  28.55 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  8.98 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 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 (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  73.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  61 years male:  57.43 years female:  64.76 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  3.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 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%
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  98% male:  99% female:  97% (1989 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $19.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  16% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $4,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  25% industry:  43% services:  32% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  58% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  2.6% highest 10%:  31.7% (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  14% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  2.34 million (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 44%, industry 19%, services 37% (1996)
Unemployment rate:  NA%
Budget:  revenues:  $588.6 million expenditures:  $658.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:  natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:  18% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  8.371 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  99.94% hydro:  0.06% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  4.785 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  4.1 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  1.1 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  cotton, grain; livestock
Exports:  $2.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  gas 33%, oil 30%, cotton fiber 18%, textiles 8% (1999)
Exports - partners:  Ukraine, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan
Imports:  $1.65 billion (c.i.f., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment 60%, foodstuffs 15% (1999)
Imports - partners:  Ukraine, Turkey, Russia, Germany, US, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Debt - external:  $2.5 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $27.2 million (1995)
Currency:  Turkmen manat (TMM)
Currency code:  TMM
Exchange rates:  Turkmen manats per US dollar - 5,200 (January 2001), 5,200 (January 2000), 5,350 (January 1999), 4,070 (January 1997), 2,400 (January 1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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