Turkmenistan is one of the world's most isolated and authoritarian states. The Darvaza gas crater, known as the Gates of Hell, burns continuously in the Karakum Desert.
Turkmen
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 15 people per km² rank 178 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.091 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Asia | 0.155% of its people, 1.5% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 188,456 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Cameroon (475,442 km²) |
| Closest in population | Libya (7,305,659 people) |
Turkmenistan is the only country in our list that uses TMT.