TM
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan sits in Central Asia and uses TMT - Turkmenistan manat (m). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Capital
Ashgabat
Population
7.1M
Area
488.1K km2
Population
7.1M
7,057,841 people
Area
488.1K km2
488,100 square kilometers
Density
14/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Ashgabat
37.95, 58.38
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Turkmenistan, officially listed here as Turkmenistan, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Turkmenistan, TM, TKM, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Turkmenistan is grouped under Asia, more specifically Central Asia, with Asia shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 7,057,841 people and a land area of 488,100 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 14 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 40, 60, while the capital coordinate reference is 37.95, 58.38. Turkmenistan shares listed land borders with AFG, IRN, KAZ, UZB, and the landlocked value is recorded as yes. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Ashgabat (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Ashgabat, Türkmenabat, Daşoguz, Balkanabat and Mary. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Turkmenistan, capital of Turkmenistan, and major urban areas in Turkmenistan. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary presidential republic under a totalitarian hereditary dictatorship. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Turkmenistan uses calling code +993, postal format ######, and time zone data listed as UTC+05:00. The number format uses . as the thousands separator and , as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists TMT - Turkmenistan manat (m), while language records include Russian and Turkmen. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as TM. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 40.8 for 1998.
How to use this profile
This Turkmenistan profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
TM / TKM
Top-level domains
.tm
Continents
Asia
Border countries
AFG, IRN, KAZ, UZB
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
TM
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Turkmenistan is represented by the TM country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Ashgabat
Aşgabat
1,030,063
primary
#2
Türkmenabat
Lebap
230,861
admin
#3
Daşoguz
Daşoguz
227,184
admin
#4
Balkanabat
Balkan
139,000
admin
#5
Mary
Mary
126,141
admin
Governance
Government type
Unitary presidential republic under a totalitarian hereditary dictatorship
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
Yes
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
. thousands, , decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+993
Postal format
######
Timezones
UTC+05:00
Languages
Russian, Turkmen
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
40.8
1998