Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Bashkir (secondary) · Belarusian (secondary) · Belarusian (Polesian) (secondary) · Chuvash (secondary) · Crimean Tatar (secondary) · Erzya (secondary) · Gagauz (secondary) · Kazakh (secondary) · Northern Kurdish (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Tajik (secondary) · Tatar (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · Turkmen (secondary) · Ukrainian (secondary) · Western Armenian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Turkmenistan

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Turkmen	5872000	Turkmen	Islam
Uzbek, Northern	541000	Uzbek, Northern	Islam
Aimaq	320000	Aimaq	Islam
Russian	209000	Russian	Christianity
Armenian	109000	Armenian, Western	Christianity
Tatar	105000	Tatar	Islam
Turk	68000	Turkish	Islam
Baloch, Western	64000	Balochi, Western	Islam
Kurd, Kurmanji	64000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Azerbaijani	64000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam
Kazakh	38000	Kazakh	Islam
Ukrainian	29000	Ukrainian	Christianity
Lezgin	23000	Lezgi	Islam
Persian	21000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Deaf	18000	Language unknown	Unknown
Tajik	13000	Tajik	Islam
Pashtun, Northern	13000	Pashto, Northern	Islam
Bashkir	10000	Bashkort	Islam
Karakalpak	7300	Karakalpak	Islam
Belarusian	6500	Belarusian	Christianity
Lak	5800	Lak	Islam
Mordvinian	5100	Erzya	Christianity
Ossette	4900	Ossetic	Christianity
Chuvash	4600	Chuvash	Christianity
Dargin	3900	Dargwa	Islam
Tatar, Crimean	2100	Crimean Tatar	Islam
Tabasaran	700	Tabasaran	Islam
Gagauz	700	Gagauz	Christianity

Languages

28 languages recorded here.

Aimaq

Armenian, Western

Azerbaijani, North

Balochi, Western

Bashkort

Belarusian

Chuvash

Crimean Tatar

Dargwa

Erzya

Gagauz

Karakalpak

Kazakh

Kurdish, Northern

Lak

Language unknown

Lezgi

Ossetic

Pashto, Northern

Persian, Iranian

Russian

Tabasaran

Tajik

Tatar

Turkish

Turkmen

Ukrainian

Uzbek, Northern

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

rog3: TX
iso3: TKM
iso2: TM
ctry: Turkmenistan
poplpeoples: 7622000
cntpeoples: 28
cntpeopleslr: 20
poplpeopleslr: 7254000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: tuk
officiallang: Turkmen
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 3.7243631260466
percentevangelical: 0.1040494566247
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 5
regionname: Asia, Central
workersneeded: 152
harvest_rog3: TX
harvest_iso3: TKM
harvest_iso2: TM
harvest_owcountrycode: TURM
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: TM
harvest_countrynumber: 216
harvest_ctry: Turkmenistan
harvest_ctryshort: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynamechinese: 土库曼斯坦
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 土库曼斯坦
harvest_countrynamedutch: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynamefrench: Turkménistan
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Turkménistan
harvest_countrynamegerman: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Turkimenistan
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Turkimenistan
harvest_countrynameitalian: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynamekorean: 투르크메니스탄
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 투르크메니스탄
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Turcomenistão
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Turquimenistão
harvest_countrynamerussian: Туркменистан
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Туркменистан
harvest_countrynamespanish: Turkmenistán
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Turkmenistán
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Turkmenistan
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Turkmenistan
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
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harvest_regioncode2414: 12
harvest_regioncode: 5
harvest_unsr: 143
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_capital: Ashgabat
harvest_population: 7619000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/turkmenistan.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 74853490
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-tx.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/turkmenistan
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 35
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/turkmenistan
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 10
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 60
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/TM_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0
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harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 2.0999999
harvest_owcountrypage: turkmenistan
harvest_literacyrate: 100
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 52
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harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: rus
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 96.16
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.01
harvest_pctnonreligious: 2
harvest_pctother: 0
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harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.02
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.02
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 1.64
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.14
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0.01
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A015
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.6919999999999999
harvest_hdirank: 111
harvest_internetusers: 18
harvest_flashmapzoom: 600
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -331
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -156
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 40
harvest_googlemaplng: 60
harvest_ctrylatitude: 38.969719
harvest_ctrylongitude: 59.556278
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/casia_ethnic_93.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/turkmenistan/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 202
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.176686890972605
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=tm&joshua=tx
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-turkmenistan
harvest_internetusage: 21
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/turkmenistan/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 188456
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 488100
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 25
harvest_countryphonecode: 7
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=631
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 3.7
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 2.66
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .tm
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turkmenistan
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00