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Current account balance : $957 million (2003) . HIV Ashgabat : less than 0.1% (2004 est.) Population below poverty line : 34.4% (2001 est.) . Literacy : 98% House hold income lowest than 10% : 2,60% House hold income highest than 10% : 31.7% (1998) Inflation : 9.5% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : NA . Internet Users : 8,000 (2002) . Location Ashgabat : Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan . Geographic Coordinates : 40 00 N, 60 00 E . Religion : Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2% . Administrative region : 5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat): Ahal Welayaty (Ashgabat), Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dasoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty . Terrain : flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west . Elevation extremes lowest : Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m) . Elevation extremes highest : Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m . Natural resources : petroleum, natural gas, coal, sulfur, salt . Land use arable land : 3,72%. Land use permanentcrops : 0,14%. Irrigated land : 17,500 sq km (2003 est.) . Natural hazards : NA . Environment current issues : contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water-logging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; diversion of a large share of the flow of the Amu Darya into irrigation contributes to that river's inability to replenish the Aral Sea; desertification . Geography note : landlocked; the western and central low-lying, desolate portions of the country make up the great Garagum (Kara-Kum) desert, which occupies over 80% of the country; eastern part is plateau . Population : 4,863,169 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 36,20%. age -14 men : 904 627. age -14 ladies : 857 601. age 15/64 p : 59,70%. age 15/64 men : 1 423 836. age 15/64 ladies : 1 477 224. age +65 p : 4,10%. age +65 men : 76 670. age +65 ladies : 123 211. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 21.3 years . median age male : 20.4 years . median age female : 22.2 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 1.81% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 27.82 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : -0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.06 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 0.96 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.62 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 69.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 61.29 years . life expectancy at birth male : 57.87 years . life expectancy at birth female : 64.88 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 3.45 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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