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Turkmenistan

Dynamics of water use in Turkmenistan by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln *
1.57
2.16
2.83
3.62
4.10
4.55
5.45
6.55
Irrigation area, th.ha **
434
643
927
1295
1300
1250
1400
1600
GNP, $US per capita ***
     
1610
       
Water withdrawal, km 3
8.1
14.0
23.0
21.9
23.0
23.0
24.8
25.0
Water consumption, km 3
6.1
10.5
17.2
18.6
17.6
18.4
19.6
22.5
notes: * - Source: United Nations "Urban and Rural Areas 1950-2025, the 1995 Revision" (World Resources Institute data)
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO FAOSTAT 95 (World Resources Institute data); 1995 – 2025 - SHI forecast

*** - Source: World Bank World Tables 1994 update (World Resources Institute data)
 
 

Water use of Turkmenistan (km 3 /year) by data of different authors

author 
 
year
1980
1989
1990
1994
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
     
24.0
FAO
withdrawal
1997
     
23.8
Com.FSU
withdrawal
       
24.0
WRI
withdrawal
1995
 
22.8
   
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
19.8
 
21.9
 

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

FAO - Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in Figures. 1997. Rome: FAO.

WRI – World Resources Institute data, update, 1995

SWK – State Water Kadastr, 1980-1990 St.-Petersburg.: SHI.

Com.FSU – data of Comission by Countries of the Former Soviet Union.