There are 26 public airports in Turkmenistan, good enough for country with only 5 million residents.

A Girl using Internet at Cyber Cafe

There are only 80,400 people in Turkmenistan using Internet (~ 1.59% of its population) which puts Turkmenistan in bottom 10th percentile among all countries in the world.

Karakum (Black Sands) Desert.

Average population density of Turkmenistan is merely 10 person/km.

Area 491,210 km2

Population 5.17 Million


Turkmenistan is 6th most corrupted out of 174 worldwide countries as per a survey.

The Darvaza gas crater, known locally as the “Door to Hell” or ”Gates of Hell”, is a natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan, that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater. Geologists set it on fire to prevent the spread of methane gas, and it has been burning continuously since then. The diameter of the crater is 69 meters (226 feet), and its depth is 30 meters (98 feet).

If we consider people over 15 who can read and write literate, Turkmenistan has 99.6% literacy.


Almost 90% of workers in Turkmenistan are employed by government.

Roughly 80% of Turkmenistan is covered by the Karakum (Black Sands) Desert.

Turkmenistan is 4th biggest reserve of natural gas in the world.

There is a 133 meter tall Turkmen flagpole amidst Ashgabat, which puts it among world’s tallest flags.