1. PopulationTurkmenistan

   Turkmenistan: the IMF counts 896k fewer people than the UN

   UNIMF

   How many people lived in Turkmenistan in 2024? The IMF (April 2026) says 6.6M, the UN projection says 7.49M. Both are official; the gap is 12% of the UN figure. Why the counts differ, these data do not say.

   Source: IMF World Economic Outlook; UN World Population Prospects 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• Turkmenistan: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• Turkmenistan: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected fewer people than there are
• Turkmenistan: fertility has been falling since 2015, from 3.03 to 2.69 children per woman
• Turkmenistan: from 4.84 to 3.18 children per woman in just 10 years
• China: an older population than the US
• Thailand: an older population than the US

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