Turkmenistan
Life expectancy in Turkmenistan
Life expectancy in Turkmenistan: 48.1 years in 1950 and 70.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 70.1 years
- Since 1950
- +22 years
- Rank, 2023
- 162 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 80.5 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 80.5 years in 2100, between 68 years and 89.1 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Turkmenistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 70.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 69.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 69.4 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 68.9 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 69.4 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 69.3 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 69.2 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 69.1 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 69.1 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 69 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 69 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 69 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 68.9 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 68.6 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 68.2 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 67.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 67 | 69 |
| 2006 | 66.6 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 66.3 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 66.1 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 65.9 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 65.6 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 65.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 64.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 64.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | 64 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 63.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 63.5 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 63.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 63.5 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 63.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 63.8 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 63.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 63.9 | 64 |
| 1989 | 63.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 63.7 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 63.5 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 63.2 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 62.8 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 62.4 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 62 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 61.6 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 61 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 60.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 59.1 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 58.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 57.7 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 57.5 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 57.2 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 57 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 56.8 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 56.6 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 56.4 | 56 |
| 1970 | 56.1 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 55.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 55.3 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 54.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 54.4 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 54 | 54 |
| 1964 | 53.6 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 53.2 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 52.9 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 52.2 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 51.8 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 51.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 51 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 50.6 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 50.2 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 49.8 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 49.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 49 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 48.6 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 48.1 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Turkmenistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70.268.9–71.5 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 70.368.4–72.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 70.568.2–72.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 70.668–73.3 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 70.767.9–73.5 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 70.867.7–74 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 7167.5–74.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 71.167.4–74.8 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 71.267.3–75.1 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 71.467.2–75.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 71.567–75.5 | 75 |
| 2035 | 71.667–75.9 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 71.866.9–76.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 71.966.9–76.7 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 7266.7–76.9 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 72.166.6–77.1 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 72.366.6–77.5 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 72.466.6–77.8 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 72.566.7–77.7 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 72.666.6–78 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 72.866.5–78.4 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 72.966.5–78.7 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 73.166.4–78.8 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 73.266.3–79.1 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 73.366.2–79.2 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 73.566.1–79.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 73.666.3–79.7 | 77 |
| 2051 | 73.766.3–80 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 73.966.6–80.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 7466.4–80.4 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 74.166.4–80.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 74.366.6–80.9 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 74.466.4–81.1 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 74.666.2–81.2 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 74.766.2–81.5 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 74.866.3–81.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 7566.2–82.3 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 75.166.2–82.2 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 75.266.6–82.4 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 75.466.7–82.6 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 75.566.5–82.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 75.666.7–83.2 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 75.866.7–83.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 75.966.9–83.5 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 76.166.9–83.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 76.266.9–83.9 | 79 |
| 2070 | 76.467.1–84.1 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 76.566.7–84.3 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 76.666.9–84.6 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 76.866.8–84.7 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 76.966.9–84.8 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 7766.8–85 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 77.266.6–85 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 77.366.8–85.3 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 77.566.8–85.4 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 77.667.2–85.8 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 77.867.5–86.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 77.967.4–86 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 7867.2–86.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 78.267.1–86.3 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 78.367–86.6 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 78.567.1–86.7 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 78.667.1–86.9 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 78.767.3–87.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 78.967.2–87.2 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 7967.2–87.3 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 79.167.1–87.5 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 79.367.3–87.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 79.467.7–87.9 | 81 |
| 2093 | 79.667.6–88.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 79.767.7–88 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 79.867.7–88.3 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 8067.7–88.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 80.167.9–88.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 80.267.8–88.6 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 80.468–89.1 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 80.568–89.1 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 1999
- Military spending in US dollars$188M in 1999
- Military spending per person$25 in 1999
- Military share of state spending15% of government spending in 1999
- Armed forces personnel57,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports382 million TIV in 2021