The latest officially reported population of Armenia was 3,033,500 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Armenia's population is 2,989,711 people compared to 85,963,745 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 28.8 times bigger than Armenia's.
- Armenia is ranked the 136th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.07% of the world: 0.04% for Armenia vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Armenia has had an average growth rate of +0.04% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2006, the population of Armenia has decreased from 3.13M people to 2.99M (4.39% decline), while Turkey has grown from 70M to 86M (22.7% growth).
- Turkey is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 89.4M people, while Armenia's population already peaked in 1991 at 3.61M people and is projected to decrease to 1.73M people by 2100.
Armenia vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
2989711
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85963745
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| Population rank | 136/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
7.6 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
14.4 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
21.6 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
17.5 minutes
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -29,966 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +190 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +69,200 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.33% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 36/197 | 155/197 |
Armenia and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,863,705 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,927,484 | 29,119,238 | 3.42% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 1,991,689 | 29,916,147 | 3.33% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 2,056,023 | 30,726,841 | 3.23% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 2,120,135 | 31,543,072 | 3.12% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 2,183,635 | 32,345,220 | 3% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 2,246,159 | 33,177,672 | 2.86% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 2,307,492 | 34,050,421 | 2.73% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 2,367,319 | 34,921,684 | 2.59% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 2,424,030 | 35,787,774 | 2.4% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 2,475,633 | 36,638,465 | 2.13% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 2,525,345 | 37,518,611 | 2.01% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 2,577,079 | 38,430,221 | 2.05% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 2,630,860 | 39,329,533 | 2.09% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 2,686,445 | 40,210,234 | 2.11% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 2,743,660 | 41,053,126 | 2.13% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 2,818,165 | 41,899,984 | 2.72% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 2,912,827 | 42,773,298 | 3.36% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 3,012,807 | 43,645,306 | 3.43% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 3,078,501 | 44,510,429 | 2.18% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 3,107,415 | 45,408,815 | 0.94% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 3,135,349 | 46,321,190 | 0.9% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 3,163,144 | 47,322,096 | 0.89% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 3,191,539 | 48,447,410 | 0.9% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 3,224,547 | 49,574,069 | 1.03% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 3,260,432 | 50,687,115 | 1.11% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 3,294,847 | 51,777,772 | 1.06% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 3,328,520 | 52,843,670 | 1.02% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 3,355,125 | 53,909,626 | 0.8% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 3,443,100 | 54,976,723 | 2.62% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 3,552,128 | 56,015,628 | 3.17% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 3,613,977 | 57,009,887 | 1.74% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 3,571,861 | 57,990,118 | -1.17% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 3,453,332 | 58,999,167 | -3.32% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 3,364,610 | 60,033,836 | -2.57% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 3,307,581 | 61,024,503 | -1.69% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 3,278,735 | 61,951,134 | -0.87% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 3,246,289 | 62,852,966 | -0.99% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 3,208,401 | 63,734,383 | -1.17% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 3,167,286 | 64,591,923 | -1.28% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 3,221,100 | 65,425,961 | 1.7% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 3,211,800 | 66,245,128 | -0.29% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 3,199,800 | 67,048,795 | -0.37% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 3,182,500 | 67,831,730 | -0.54% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 3,164,900 | 68,592,617 | -0.55% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 3,146,400 | 69,329,557 | -0.58% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 3,127,100 | 70,045,349 | -0.61% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 3,107,400 | 70,158,112 | -0.63% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 3,087,100 | 71,051,678 | -0.65% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 3,066,000 | 72,039,206 | -0.68% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 3,044,800 | 73,142,150 | -0.69% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 3,027,900 | 74,223,629 | -0.56% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 3,024,100 | 75,175,827 | -0.13% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 3,022,000 | 76,147,624 | -0.07% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 3,013,800 | 77,181,884 | -0.27% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 3,004,600 | 78,218,479 | -0.31% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 2,992,300 | 79,277,962 | -0.41% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 2,979,400 | 80,312,698 | -0.43% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 2,969,000 | 81,407,204 | -0.35% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 2,962,500 | 82,579,440 | -0.22% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 2,961,500 | 83,384,680 | -0.03% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 2,962,300 | 84,147,318 | 0.03% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 2,969,200 | 84,979,913 | 0.23% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 2,964,300 | 85,325,965 | -0.17% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 3,033,500 | 85,518,661 | 2.33% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 3,011,581 | 85,725,557 | -0.72% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 2,989,711 | 85,960,835 | -0.73% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 2,968,880 | 86,227,115 | -0.7% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 2,948,800 | 86,502,744 | -0.68% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 2,928,602 | 86,771,652 | -0.68% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 2,908,489 | 87,037,680 | -0.69% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 2,888,640 | 87,297,191 | -0.68% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 2,869,219 | 87,537,075 | -0.67% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 2,850,085 | 87,762,403 | -0.67% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 2,831,031 | 87,974,138 | -0.67% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 2,812,033 | 88,172,739 | -0.67% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 2,793,100 | 88,364,318 | -0.67% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 2,774,500 | 88,545,669 | -0.67% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 2,756,170 | 88,707,268 | -0.66% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 2,737,660 | 88,849,956 | -0.67% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 2,718,999 | 88,975,510 | -0.68% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 2,700,831 | 89,083,304 | -0.67% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 2,682,880 | 89,177,769 | -0.66% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 2,665,115 | 89,254,147 | -0.66% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 2,647,900 | 89,311,458 | -0.65% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 2,630,963 | 89,349,806 | -0.64% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 2,613,917 | 89,375,429 | -0.65% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 2,596,764 | 89,383,765 | -0.66% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 2,579,572 | 89,361,174 | -0.66% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 2,562,377 | 89,306,566 | -0.67% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 2,545,255 | 89,218,346 | -0.67% | -0.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Armenia decreased by 134,800 people (a 4.31% decline), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Armenia lost -2,589 (a 0.09% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).
Armenia was ranked 131st most populous country in 2006 and is 136th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Armenia's population will shrink by 14.9% to 2,545,255 people with a rank change from 136th to 142nd. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between Armenia and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 78.4 years |
| Average age | 38 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 37.1 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.9 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 278.6 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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