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Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan's best placing is 17th of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #17Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 0 / 16
Population: 7.6 million
Land area: 469,930 km²

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Land area per person

#17 of 194

0.062 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#17 of 134

671.10 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Land area

#53 of 194

469,930 km² of land

14th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways

#37 of 135

5,113 km of railway

11th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

Forest per person

#65 of 194

0.0054 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#75 of 194

41,270 km² of forest

18th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#61 of 133

10.88 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2017

GDP

#93 of 182

49,828,621,356 US$ (current prices)

28th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Population

#103 of 195

7,618,847 people

32nd in Asia · World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#102 of 182

6,540 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#123 of 192

3.02 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports

#127 of 193

23 airports

30th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#156 of 194

8.8 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#178 of 194

16.21 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#167 of 179

161 mm of precipitation per year

37th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#180 of 191

0.49 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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