World Bank report says population of Turkmenistan to grow by 1.6 million by 2025

The population of Turkmenistan will grow by 1,566 million people by 2025, says the World Bank's report on the demographic situation in 28 countries of CIS and Eastern Europe.

It is reported that by 2025 the population growth is also expected in Turkey (by 22.3 million), Uzbekistan (by 9.3 million), Tajikistan (by 2.6 million), Azerbaijan (by 1.5 million), Kyrgyzstan (by 1.1 million), Albania (by 422 thousand) and Macedonia (by 38 thousand). In the rest of the countries in the reported region the population will decrease by 2025.