Infant mortality rate: 68.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.35 years male: 61.85 years female: 69.02 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.72 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Turkmen(s) adjective: Turkmen
Ethnic divisions: Turkmen 73.3%, Russian 9.8%, Uzbek 9%, Kazakh 2%, other 5.9%
Religions: Muslim 87%, Eastern Orthodox 11%, unknown 2%
Languages: Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 97%
Labor force: 1.642 million (January 1994) by occupation: agriculture and forestry 44%, industry and construction 20%, other 36% (1992)
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