Geography - note:
landlocked; the western and central low-lying, desolate portions of
the country make up the great Garagum (Kara-Kum) desert, which
occupies over 80% of the country; eastern part is plateau
People Turkmenistan
Population:
4,863,169 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 36.2% (male 904,627; female 857,601)
15-64 years: 59.7% (male 1,423,836; female 1,477,224)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 76,670; female 123,211) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 21.3 years
male: 20.4 years
female: 22.2 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.81% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
27.82 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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 (2004 est.)