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Country Profile: Turkmenistan

General Information
Turkmenistan

Area:

  • total: 488,100 sq km
  • country comparison to the world: 52
  • land: 469,930 sq km
  • water: 18,170 sq km

Population:

  • 4,997,503 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure:

  • 0-14 years: 27.5% (male 696,749/female 679,936)
  • 15-64 years: 68.4% (male 1,692,885/female 1,724,019)
  • 65 years and over: 4.1% (male 88,590/female 115,324) (2011 est.)

Urbanization:

  • urban population: 50% of total population (2010)
  • rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Languages:

  • Turkmen (official) 72%
  • Russian 12%
  • Uzbek 9%
  • other 7%

Treaty Membership

WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

  • Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (March 7, 2007)
  • Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (June 7, 2006)
  • Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (June 7, 2006)
  • Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (June 7, 2006)
  • Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (September 28, 1999)
  • Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (December 25, 1991)
  • Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 25, 1991)
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 25, 1991)

IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (December 10, 2010)
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (November 19, 2008)
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 4, 2008)
  • Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005)
  • Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 30, 2001)
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (August 1, 1997)
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (December 17, 1996)
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (September 3, 1995)
  • Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. (December 26, 1991)
  • Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. (December 26, 1991)
  • Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. (December 26, 1991)
  • Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts. (December 26, 1991)
  • Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts. (December 26, 1991)
  • Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (October 27, 1991)

IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of treaty for contracting party)

  • Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
  • Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO) (August 12, 1995)
  • Agreement concerning the Measures of Protection of Industrial Property and Establishing the Interstate Council for the Industrial Property (March 12, 1993)
Source or Useful Links: 
CIA Factbook for Turkmenistan [1]
WIPO documents for Turkmenistan [2]
WIPO LEX Turkmenistan [3]
Source URL: http://www.kyrgyzstan.org/documents/countries/turkmenistan/profile

Links:
[1] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tx.html
[2] http://www.wipo.int/members/en/details.jsp?country_code=TM
[3] http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/profile.jsp?code=TM