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Turkmenistan: cities by population

Turkmenistan has a population of 5,850,908, with Ashgabat as its capital. The 50 largest of its 106 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Ashgabat	Ashgabat	1,030,063
2	Türkmenabat	Lebap	230,861
3	Daşoguz	Dasoguz	201,142
4	Mary	Mary	167,027
5	Türkmenbaşy	Balkan	91,745
6	Balkanabat	Balkan	87,822
7	Bayramaly	Mary	70,376
8	Tejen	Ahal	67,488
9	Gyzylarbat	Balkan	48,558
10	Magdanly	Lebap	44,508
11	Arkadag	Ahal	40,524
12	Boldumsaz	Dasoguz	39,532
13	Abadan	Ahal	39,481
14	Yolöten	Mary	37,705
15	Bäherden	Ahal	37,588
16	Köneürgenç	Dasoguz	37,176
17	Yylanly	Dasoguz	36,594
18	Gökdepe	Ahal	33,381
19	Kaka	Ahal	33,315
20	Kerki	Lebap	33,242
21	Sarahs	Ahal	31,269
22	Gumdag	Balkan	30,884
23	Änew	Ahal	28,653
24	Görogly	Dasoguz	26,770
25	Bereket	Balkan	24,500
26	Oýrat	Dasoguz	21,160
27	Gazojak	Lebap	21,021
28	Halaç	Lebap	20,778
29	Seydi	Mary	17,762
30	Saýat	Lebap	17,762
31	Gubadag	Dasoguz	17,118
32	Türkmengala	Mary	16,696
33	Çaşgyn	Mary	15,470
34	Magtymguly	Balkan	15,386
35	Jebel	Balkan	15,056
36	Murgap	Mary	14,822
37	Hazar	Balkan	14,671
38	Farap	Lebap	14,503
39	Akdepe	Dasoguz	14,177
40	Altyn asyr	Ahal	13,660
41	Dostluk	Lebap	13,655
42	Hojambaz	Lebap	13,485
43	Babadaykhan		13,440
44	Babadaýhan	Ahal	13,440
45	Esenguly	Balkan	12,918
46	Etrek	Balkan	12,508
47	Ýagtyýol		10,488
48	Bagtyýarlyk	Ahal	9,804
49	Babaarap	Ahal	9,681
50	Aşyr Kakabaýew	Dasoguz	9,603

Twenty years earlier: Turkmenistan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 6,564,234.