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Turkmenistan
Quick facts
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Population
- 5.4 m
- Area
- 488,100 km²
- Region
- Central Asia
- Languages
- Russian, Turkmen
- Currency
- Turkmenistan manat (m)
- Demonym
- Turkmen
- UN member
- Yes
How Turkmenistan compares
Economy size$51 B
90th of 178 worldwide · 3rd of 5 in Central Asia
Income per person$6,857
90th of 178 worldwide · 2nd of 5 in Central Asia
Life expectancy70.2 yrs
121st of 179 worldwide · 5th of 5 in Central Asia
Internet access18.0%
168th of 179 worldwide · 5th of 5 in Central Asia
Highlights
GDP
$51 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$6,857
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
70.2 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
0.1%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Internet users
18.0%
ITU / World Bank2016
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
Resource rents
13.5%
World Bank2019
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From the Bronze Age oases of Margiana and Parthian Nisa, through Silk Road Merv and the Turkmen tribes, to Russian conquest, Soviet cotton and a neutral, gas-rich republic.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.