Turkmenistan
Türkmenistan
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About the country
Most of Turkmenistan is the Karakum desert, and life gathers in its oases and along the Amu Darya. The country is known for its carpets, its Akhal-Teke horses and the dutar, and for the epic of Gorogly, which bagshy singers perform to music.
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 4.8%
- people aged 65 or older
- 366.3K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 10.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 17.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 3.4%
- women 4%, men 2.6%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2024
Languages
11 languages, 2 of them endangered
- DunganVulnerable
- KurmanjiVulnerable
- Dari
- Iranian Persian
- Karakalpak
- Kazakh
- Russian
- Southern Pashto
- Turkmen
- Uzbek
- Western Balochi
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Traditional turkmen carpet making art in Turkmenistan2019
- Art of Akhal-Teke horse breeding and traditions of horses' decoration2023
- Dutar making craftsmanship and traditional music performing art combined with singing2021
- Epic art of Gorogly2015
- Kushtdepdi rite of singing and dancing2017
- Nawrouz, Novruz, Nowrouz, Nowrouz, Nawrouz, Nauryz, Nooruz, Nowruz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nowruz, Navruz2024
List and years: ich.unesco.org
Holidays
- International Neutrality Day
- New Year's Day
- International Women's Day
- · date not final
- Eid al-Fitr
- · 2 days
- Spring Festival
- · date not final
- Eid al-Adha
- Constitution and State Flag Day
- Independence Day
- Memorial Day
Sources: python-holidays 0.106
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