1. Although the population is the smallest among the Central Asian countries, in the past 20 years, turkmenistan's population has risen from 4.94 million in 1998 to 5.62 million in 2019, an increase of nearly 1.7 million, and its population growth rate is among the best in Central Asia. According to estimates, the population of Turkmenistan will exceed 8 million by 2050.
2, Turkmenistan family population is relatively large, generally have 6-8 children, and the parents are supported by the youngest son when they are old, of course, the parents' house is also inherited by the youngest son. If there are no sons, they are supported by the youngest daughter, and the house is also left to the youngest daughter, which is the same as some ethnic minority customs on the mainland.
3. In Turkmenistan, schooling is free, even university is free. In terms of medical treatment, 50% of the medical treatment requires self-payment and medical insurance is paid every year. The retirement age is 54 years for women and 60 years for men.
4. The national costume of Turkmen men is a top hat sewn from black, white and brown sheepskin (in hot desert areas, wearing this hat is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is also a decoration for the beauties of Paris and Moscow), long shirts with elaborate necklines, fat pants and oriental robes. Turkmen women often wear long skirts that are ankle-length and carefully embroidered with a neckline. Turkmen girls like to wear headscarves, braids and decorate their hair with various ornaments. Girls usually sew clothes from bright fabrics such as green, purple and blue, and love to wear Oriental robes in winter and spring.
5, Turkmenistan has the custom of collecting hair, such as the first hair of the fetus, as well as the private hair of men and women after entering puberty, the local people generally take the first growth of hair as a holy relic, must be shaved off and collected, and then taken away when they die.
6, Turkmenistan women are typical of the steppe beauty temperament, with black hair, blond hair, can sing and dance, gentle and capable, after marriage will take care of all the housework. Marrying a daughter-in-law in Turkmenistan is also a bride price, only 10 horses, and good horses are enough.
7, Turkmen marriage generally do not choose Tuesday and Wednesday wedding, they think it is unlucky, the wedding is often scheduled on the weekend. Weddings last for five consecutive days, and when the bride leaves her home, people throw candy, coins and small gifts on the bride's head, and the bride wears a silver forehead and headdress, draped in a red-striped hijab on a white background, and cannot be removed until the end of the wedding.
8) There was a time when the government mobilized its men on a large scale, married more daughters-in-law, had more children, and briefly practiced polygamy. However, in 2018, a ban on polygamy was introduced.
9. In previous years, in order to protect its own women, the Government of Turkmenistan had to deposit $50,000 as a security deposit in Turkmenistan and to own a house in Turkmenistan for foreigners who wanted to marry a woman from Skumanistan. However, in 2005 it was changed to reside in Turkmenistan for more than one year.