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Afghanistan vs Turkmenistan
How Afghanistan and Turkmenistan compare on 36 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Turkmenistan was higher: 70.1 years against 66 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, Turkmenistan was higher: $8,230 against $374
- Population · In 2023, Afghanistan was higher: 41.5 million people against 7.36 million people
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Turkmenistan was higher: 10.86 tonnes against 0.28 tonnes
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Turkmenistan was higher: 0.15 of 1 against 0.07 of 1
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Turkmenistan: 70.1 years in 2023
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Turkmenistan: 7.36 million people in 2023
- GDP per personAfghanistan: $374 in 2024Turkmenistan: $8,605 in 2025
- TemperatureAfghanistan: 13.8 °C in 2025Turkmenistan: 18.3 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Turkmenistan: 70.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Turkmenistan: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Turkmenistan: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Turkmenistan: 94.9% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Turkmenistan: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Turkmenistan: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Turkmenistan: 7.36 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Turkmenistan: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Turkmenistan: 2.69 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Turkmenistan: 47.1% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Turkmenistan: 26.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Turkmenistan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Turkmenistan: 2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Turkmenistan: 3.11% of GDP in 1999
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Turkmenistan: $188M in 1999
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Turkmenistan: $25 in 1999
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Turkmenistan: 15% of government spending in 1999
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Turkmenistan: 57,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Turkmenistan: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Turkmenistan: 2.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Turkmenistan: 382 million TIV in 2021
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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