*Turkmenistan, People Population: 1,177,584,537 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 2.33% (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 113.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.04 years male: 63.59 years female: 69.48 years (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Thai Ethnic divisions: Latvian 51.8%, Russian 33.8%, Belarusian 4.5%, Ukrainian 3.4%, Polish 2.3%, other 4.2% Religions: Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Protestant Languages: Vietnamese (official), French, Chinese, English, Khmer, tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 52.21 years male: 64.82 years female: 71.69 years (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 8.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Birth rate: 40.66 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Net migration rate: NA deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 7.15 children born/woman (1993 est.) Death rate: 7.15 children born/woman (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Burmese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese Ethnic divisions: English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 0.2% Religions: Muslim 45-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35-40%, animist 12%, other
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