Demographics of Turkmenistan

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 Jul 2024

There are 3.27 million males and 3.33 million females in Turkmenistan. The percentage of the male population is 49.54%, compared to 50.46% of the female population. Turkmenistan has 61k more females than males. The sex ratio in Turkmenistan in 2024 will be 98.165 males per 100 females. Turkmenistan is in the 106th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Turkmenistan population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,214,0961.80
19551,363,5072.85
19601,602,0523.46
19651,897,0953.19
19702,201,4322.83
19752,525,7602.63
19802,862,9032.40
19853,246,8872.69
19903,720,2782.68
19954,226,6232.11
20004,569,1321.47
20054,885,7751.38
20105,267,9701.71
20155,766,4311.79
20206,250,4381.47
20216,341,8551.43
20226,430,7701.35
20236,516,1001.28
20246,598,0711.22
  • Total
  • Crude

Turkmenistan death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195022,19245,74918.25837.640
195524,80158,92818.21343.273
196027,26176,98917.04148.126
196527,69382,69514.61943.654
197026,72883,58712.15538.014
197527,08891,33210.72836.171
198028,153101,3529.82435.368
198530,297123,8899.31838.104
199030,709129,6298.25734.854
199532,913122,6437.78829.020
200031,782108,4336.94923.709
200533,597109,2386.86922.335
201033,638133,3146.37725.273
201537,687150,4656.53026.071
202042,735139,3806.83622.294
202141,769136,9686.58521.592
202242,353133,4916.58520.755
202343,133130,6536.61820.047
202443,997128,4186.66719.459
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Turkmenistan

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950544,495666,49944.963
1955623,450741,18445.686
1960744,101859,15746.412
1965892,1441,000,45547.139
19701,048,8461,146,32747.780
19751,200,9961,324,36547.557
19801,354,3421,522,46647.078
19851,491,4851,752,53345.976
19901,660,5422,023,42445.075
19951,884,8532,322,98744.794
20002,073,5092,442,62245.913
20052,237,1592,517,48247.052
20102,466,8322,620,37848.491
20152,800,2942,764,99050.317
20203,167,3542,863,84152.516
20213,241,9202,875,09152.998
20223,316,4932,883,23953.494
20233,391,0652,888,35054.003
20243,465,7172,890,56854.524
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Turkmenistan population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 334,046 316,668 650,714 9.86 105.488
05-09 360,850 342,262 703,111 10.66 105.431
10-14 343,025 325,547 668,572 10.13 105.369
15-19 276,323 263,063 539,386 8.17 105.041
20-24 246,954 236,095 483,049 7.32 104.599
25-29 261,887 251,683 513,570 7.78 104.054
30-34 281,700 272,174 553,874 8.39 103.500
35-39 257,596 263,599 521,196 7.90 97.723
40-44 201,243 210,350 411,593 6.24 95.671
45-49 166,650 179,834 346,485 5.25 92.669
50-54 148,016 159,803 307,818 4.67 92.624
55-59 128,321 145,806 274,127 4.15 88.008
60-64 110,433 138,954 249,387 3.78 79.475
65-69 77,217 103,017 180,234 2.73 74.956
70-74 43,119 64,174 107,293 1.63 67.191
75-79 18,456 29,913 48,369 0.73 61.699
80-84 8,249 15,460 23,709 0.36 53.357
85-89 3,659 8,641 12,300 0.19 42.345
90-94 669 2,180 2,849 0.04 30.688
95-99 63 350 413 0.01 18.000
100+ 1 19 20 0.00 5.263
Total 3,268,477 3,329,592 6,598,069 98.164