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Turkmenistan

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Turkmenistan is a country. The capital city is Ashgabat, located in the Central Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 469,930 km², a population of 7,364,438 people and uses the currency New Turkmen manat. The President is Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.

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currency: New Turkmen manat
capital city: Ashgabat
region: Central Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 469,930 km²
population: 7,364,438 people
political leader: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (President)

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GDP: 60,628,857,142.86 current US$
self-employed workers: 31.53 % of total employment
unemployment: 4.10 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 28.61 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 57,000 people
democracy score: 1.72
democracy type: Authoritarian
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 4,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 21.30 % of population
military expenditure: 2.90 % of GDP
net migration: 15,005 people
press freedom: 0.92
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 25.60 %
birth rate: 20.75 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.58 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 565.26 current US$
health expenditure: 5.57 % of GDP
hospital beds: 4.03 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 69
suicide mortality rate: 5.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 338,380.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 65.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 100.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: -191.51 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.62 births per woman
forest area: 41,270 km²
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 98.79 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 22.20
methane emissions: 26.84 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 5.81 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 3,753,089 people
male population: 3,611,349 people
renewable energy consumption: 0.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 463,257.52 km²
rural population: 3,387,421 people
urban land area: 2,004.62 km²
urban population: 3,977,017 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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