Turkmenistan
Asia · Central Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Central Asia
- Population (2025)
- 7.6 million (7,618,847) · rank 103 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 491,209 km² · rank 54 of 193
- People per km²
- 16 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Turkmenistan, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Turkmenistan in the map data: 4.
- Afghanistan capitals 1,040 km apart
- Iran capitals 670 km apart
- Kazakhstan capitals 1,790 km apart
- Uzbekistan capitals 1,000 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mauritania.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Turkmenistan is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
| Italiano | Turkmenistan | Aşgabat |
| Magyar | Türkmenisztán | Aşgabat |
| Suomi | Turkmenistan | Ašgabat |