Turkmenistan’s population increased to slightly over 7 million people, according to the results of a new census conducted by the authorities in the tightly controlled country. But many Turkmen ...

ASHGABAT -- Turkmenistan is facing an unprecedented population decline, with only about 2.8 million people -- or less than a half of what the government says -- living in the country in 2021 ...

Unlike regular people in Turkmenistan, the ruling family is getting to do a lot of traveling these days. There was also time for more frivolous business. The Turkmen delegation travelled to Aigle, a ...

Despite the glitzy capital and billions of dollars spent on architectural curiosities, Turkmenistan’s population faces hyper inflation and food shortages. A 2019 report by The Foreign Policy ...

The preparation for the complete census of the population and housing fund is under completion in Turkmenistan. According to the presidential decree on "Preparing and conducting the complete ...

Turkmenistan will conduct a general population and housing census in 2022, the Turkmen Dovlet Habarlary state news service reports. It will be organized within the implementation of the UN ...

Turkmenistan has been an island of stability in restive Central Asia. Despite the gas wealth, much of the population lives in poverty. After independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the country ...

Turkmenistan’s economy may be steadily slipping down the tubes, but President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has once again regaled his increasingly desperate population with a self-regarding exercise in ...

Likewise, the Asiatic cheetah population in Iran has been decimated ... Until then, though, local researchers in Turkmenistan will continue to keep a keen eye, looking to spot the first cheetah ...

Known for its autocratic government and large gas reserves, Turkmenistan has been an island of stability in restive Central Asia. Despite the gas wealth, much of the population lives in poverty.