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title: "Turkmenistan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Turkmenistan: capital Ashgabat, area 488,100 km², population 7,618,847 (2025), currency Turkmenistan manat. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/turkmenistan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Turkmenistan

**Turkmenistan: Capital Ashgabat**

488,100 km² · 7,618,847 people (2025) · Turkmenistan manat

About eighty percent Karakum desert. The Darvaza gas crater, a 70 m pit that has been burning since the 1970s, is one of the odder landmarks anywhere. The Karakum Canal, roughly 1,375 km long, is among the longest irrigation canals in the world.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Ashgabat
- **Area:** 488,100 km² — 188,456 sq mi
- **Population:** 7,618,847 (2025)
- **Density:** 15.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Turkmenistan manat (TMT, m)
- **Official language:** Turkmen
- **Time zone:** UTC+05:00
- **Calling code:** +993
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** TM · TKM
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 54 of 200
- **By population:** 104 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thailand | 513,120 | 71,619,863 |
| Spain | 505,370 | 49,355,143 |
| Turkmenistan ← | 488,100 | 7,618,847 |
| Cameroon | 475,440 | 29,879,337 |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 10,762,817 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Turkmenistan?

Ashgabat

### What currency does Turkmenistan use?

The Turkmenistan manat (TMT).

### How big is Turkmenistan?

488,100 km², or 188,456 square miles — 54 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Turkmenistan drive on?

The right.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]