Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Region
- Asia, Central Asia
- Population
- 7,618,847 (2025)
- Area
- 488,100 km²
- Currency
- Turkmenistan manat (TMT)
- Languages
- Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
- Calling code
- +993
- Internet domain
- .tm
- ISO codes
- TM, TKM, 795
- Time zone
- UTC+5:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ###### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Turkmenistan covers about 488,100 square kilometres. By area it ranks 54th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Spain and a little larger than Cameroon. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 40° north, 60° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 7.62 million people live in Turkmenistan (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 104th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 16 people to each square kilometre. About 47 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 70 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek.
Money and economy
The currency is the Turkmenistan manat (code TMT, symbol m). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 49.8 billion (2025), which is about US$ 6,540 for each person (2025).
Time
Turkmenistan uses one time zone, UTC+5:00 (Asia/Ashgabat). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Ashgabat | 1,030,063 |
| Türkmenabat | 230,861 |
| Daşoguz | 201,142 |
| Mary | 167,027 |
| Türkmenbaşy | 91,745 |
| Balkanabat | 87,822 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.