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Kazakhstan vs. Turkmenistan

Demographics

KazakhstanTurkmenistan
Population19,245,793 (July 2021 est.)5,579,889 (July 2021 est.)

note: some sources suggest Turkmenistan's population could be as much as 1 to 2 million people lower than available estimates because of large-scale emigration during the last 10 years
Age structure0-14 years: 26.13% (male 2,438,148/female 2,550,535)

15-24 years: 12.97% (male 1,262,766/female 1,212,645)

25-54 years: 42.23% (male 3,960,188/female 4,102,845)

55-64 years: 10.25% (male 856,180/female 1,099,923)

65 years and over: 8.43% (male 567,269/female 1,041,450) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 25.44% (male 713,441/female 693,042)

15-24 years: 16.48% (male 458,566/female 452,469)

25-54 years: 44.14% (male 1,214,581/female 1,226,027)

55-64 years: 8.56% (male 221,935/female 251,238)

65 years and over: 5.38% (male 129,332/female 167,996) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 31.6 years

male: 30.3 years

female: 32.8 years (2020 est.)
total: 29.2 years

male: 28.7 years

female: 29.7 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.81% (2021 est.)1.02% (2021 est.)
Birth rate15.87 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)17.85 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate8.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 0.94 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.78 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.54 male(s)/female

total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 19.59 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 22.18 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 17.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 38.54 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 46.87 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 29.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 72.25 years

male: 67.12 years

female: 77.06 years (2021 est.)
total population: 71.54 years

male: 68.5 years

female: 74.73 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate2.13 children born/woman (2021 est.)2.04 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.3% (2020 est.)NA
Nationalitynoun: Kazakhstani(s)

adjective: Kazakhstani
noun: Turkmenistani(s)

adjective: Turkmenistani
Ethnic groupsKazakh (Qazaq) 68%, Russian 19.3%, Uzbek 3.2%, Ukrainian 1.5%, Uighur 1.5%, Tatar 1.1%, German 1%, other 4.4% (2019 est.)Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS35,000 (2020 est.)NA
ReligionsMuslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox), other 0.2%, atheist 2.8%, unspecified 0.5% (2009 est.)Muslim 93%, Christian 6.4%, Buddhist <1%, folk religion <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified <1% (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<500 (2020 est.)NA
LanguagesKazakh (official, Qazaq) 83.1% (understand spoken language) and trilingual (Kazakh, Russian, English) 22.3% (2017 est.); Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 94.4% (understand spoken language) (2009 est.)

major-language sample(s):
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Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%

major-language sample(s):
Dünyä Facebooky, esasy maglumat üçin ayrylmaz bir çesme dir. (Turkmen)

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.8%

male: 99.8%

female: 99.8% (2015)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.7%

male: 99.8%

female: 99.6% (2015)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 16 years

male: 15 years

female: 16 years (2019)
total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 13 years (2019)
Education expenditures2.6% of GDP (2018)3.1% of GDP (2012)
Urbanizationurban population: 57.8% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 53% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 2.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 93.8% of population

total: 97.4% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 6.2% of population

total: 2.6% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 99.9% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 99.9% of population

unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0.1% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population1.928 million Almaty, 1.212 million NUR-SULTAN (capital), 1.093 million Shimkent (2021)865,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2021)
Maternal mortality rate10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight2% (2015)3.1% (2019)
Health expenditures2.9% (2018)6.6% (2018)
Physicians density3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2014)2.23 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
Hospital bed density6.1 beds/1,000 population (2014)4 beds/1,000 population (2014)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate21% (2016)18.6% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth28.9 years (2019 est.)24.2 years (2019)
Contraceptive prevalence rate53% (2018)

note: percent of women aged 18-49
49.7% (2019)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 58.8

youth dependency ratio: 46.3

elderly dependency ratio: 12.6

potential support ratio: 8 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 55.2

youth dependency ratio: 47.8

elderly dependency ratio: 7.4

potential support ratio: 13.5 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook