Turkmenistan

• Area: 488,100 sq. km (188,456 sq. mi.)
• Population: 5,291,317 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 1.13% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 70.1 years (2016)
• Languages: Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%
• Religions: Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
• Alternate names: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Türkmenistan, Turkmenskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika
• Government type: presidential republic; highly authoritarian
• Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW
• Capital: Ashgabat
• Administrative divisions: 5 provinces and 1 independent city
• GDP per capita (PPP): $16,400 (2015 est.)
• Exports: gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
• Imports: machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
• Currency: Turkmen manat (TMM)

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