Demographics of Turkmenistan

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Turkmenistan is projected at 6.12 million, up by 1.44% compared with 6.03 million in 2020. Turkmenistan is ranked 113th in terms of population and 73rd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.13 million births in Turkmenistan in 2021. That is 363 per day, which is ranked 100th. The crude birth rate is 21.69 per 1000 people. There are 43.12 thousand deaths in Turkmenistan in 2021. That is 118 per day, which is ranked 114th. The crude death rate is 7.06 per 1000 people.

3.24 million people are living in urban areas, which is 53% of Turkmenistan population. Turkmenistan is ranked 152nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Turkmenistan in 2021 is 96.96 males per 100 females. There are 3.01 million males and 3.11 million females in Turkmenistan. The percentage of female population is 50.77% compare to 49.23% male population. Turkmenistan has 94.56 thousand more females than males. Turkmenistan is at 61st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Turkmenistan population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,210,998-
19551,364,6382.96
19601,603,2543.41
19651,892,5963.25
19702,195,1652.92
19752,525,3742.77
19802,876,8092.53
19853,244,0242.46
19903,683,9782.74
19954,207,8412.25
20004,516,1281.12
20054,754,6521.09
20105,087,2111.58
20155,565,2831.81
20165,662,3711.74
20175,757,6671.68
20185,850,9021.62
20195,942,0941.56
20206,031,1871.50
20216,117,9331.44
  • Total
  • Crude

Turkmenistan death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195021,78645,50617.8337.33
195523,80359,38217.2643.12
196025,66773,58315.9545.71
196526,11580,16813.8142.49
197026,03083,37811.8237.90
197527,36993,22610.8136.84
198028,712104,3169.9836.30
198529,996119,0409.2136.49
199032,671131,4008.8135.47
199534,427119,9118.2628.84
200035,067106,6867.7723.60
200535,602109,4467.4722.97
201036,869130,2427.2125.41
201539,459144,3197.1026.00
202042,429134,6247.0422.35
202143,116132,5377.0621.69
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Turkmenistan

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950544,495666,499-44.963
1955623,450741,1843.2945.686
1960744,101859,1573.7346.412
1965892,1441,000,4553.5747.139
19701,048,8461,146,3273.0547.780
19751,200,9961,324,3652.6747.557
19801,354,3421,522,4662.0547.078
19851,491,4851,752,5331.9745.976
19901,660,5422,023,4242.5445.075
19951,884,8532,322,9872.3944.794
20002,073,5092,442,6221.6245.913
20052,237,1592,517,4821.6147.052
20102,466,8322,620,3782.2648.491
20152,800,2942,764,9902.6250.317
20203,167,3542,863,8412.4152.516
20213,241,9202,875,0912.3552.998
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Turkmenistan population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 321,398 311,824 633,222 10.35 103.070
05-09 350,300 340,589 690,889 11.29 102.851
10-14 278,514 271,529 550,043 8.99 102.572
15-19 247,867 242,316 490,183 8.01 102.291
20-24 230,689 225,892 456,581 7.46 102.124
25-29 269,803 265,727 535,530 8.75 101.534
30-34 268,781 269,046 537,827 8.79 99.902
35-39 221,832 227,494 449,326 7.34 97.511
40-44 190,708 197,476 388,184 6.35 96.573
45-49 159,415 168,984 328,399 5.37 94.337
50-54 139,742 147,823 287,565 4.70 94.533
55-59 116,271 139,678 255,949 4.18 83.242
60-64 91,615 117,055 208,670 3.41 78.267
65-69 60,031 82,730 142,761 2.33 72.563
70-74 31,717 44,303 76,020 1.24 71.591
75-79 14,993 21,043 36,036 0.59 71.249
80-84 11,429 19,070 30,499 0.50 59.932
85-89 4,925 9,496 14,421 0.24 51.864
90-94 1,442 3,438 4,880 0.08 41.943
95-99 202 672 874 0.01 30.060
100+ 13 61 74 0.00 21.311
Total 3,011,687 3,106,246 6,117,933 96.956