The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 7,494,498 people in Turkmenistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 7,713,465 in Turkmenistan.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 182.2 times bigger than Turkmenistan's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Turkmenistan is the 104th.
- The countries together account for 17.1% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.09% for Turkmenistan.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +2.14% in Turkmenistan.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Turkmenistan has grown from 5.05M to 7.71M (52.7% growth).
- Turkmenistan is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 10.3M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs Turkmenistan: live population counter
China
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Turkmenistan
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| Current population |
1405773318
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7713465
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 104/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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4.04 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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3.28 minutes
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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12.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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35.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | +14,646 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +356 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +130,060 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +1.77% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 64/197 |
China and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
Turkmenistan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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China
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Turkmenistan
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China
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Turkmenistan
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| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 1,643,457 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 1,695,400 | -1.01% | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 1,749,214 | 0.82% | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 1,804,272 | 2.49% | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 1,859,997 | 2.35% | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 1,915,916 | 2.41% | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 1,971,737 | 2.83% | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 2,027,403 | 2.6% | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 2,083,069 | 2.65% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 2,139,024 | 2.78% | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 2,195,616 | 2.8% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 2,253,119 | 2.78% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 2,311,430 | 2.49% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 2,370,919 | 2.31% | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 2,432,028 | 2.09% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 2,494,570 | 1.78% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 2,558,521 | 1.56% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 2,623,948 | 1.37% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 2,691,088 | 1.35% | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 2,760,358 | 1.34% | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 2,832,203 | 1.26% | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 2,907,187 | 1.29% | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 2,985,557 | 1.48% | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 3,067,534 | 1.46% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 3,154,079 | 1.32% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 3,247,534 | 1.37% | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 3,347,809 | 1.5% | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 3,452,731 | 1.62% | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 3,559,363 | 1.62% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 3,662,459 | 1.54% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 3,760,562 | 1.48% | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 3,855,894 | 1.37% | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 3,944,689 | 1.23% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 4,032,407 | 1.16% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 4,116,662 | 1.14% | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 4,191,203 | 1.09% | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 4,263,819 | 1.05% | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 4,336,730 | 1.03% | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 4,410,507 | 0.96% | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 4,492,170 | 0.87% | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 4,582,677 | 0.79% | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 4,675,409 | 0.73% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 4,769,465 | 0.67% | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 4,863,865 | 0.62% | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 4,958,093 | 0.6% | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 5,052,257 | 0.59% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 5,147,105 | 0.56% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 5,244,046 | 0.52% | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 5,345,029 | 0.51% | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 5,451,592 | 0.5% | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 5,564,356 | 0.48% | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 5,683,417 | 0.55% | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 5,808,546 | 0.68% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 5,939,341 | 0.67% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 6,075,283 | 0.63% | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 6,215,770 | 0.58% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 6,360,041 | 0.57% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 6,507,061 | 0.61% | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 6,655,524 | 0.47% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 6,803,944 | 0.36% | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 6,949,912 | 0.24% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 7,092,043 | 0.09% | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 7,230,193 | -0.01% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 7,364,438 | -0.1% | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 7,494,498 | -0.12% | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 7,618,855 | -0.23% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 7,736,635 | -0.22% | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 7,847,563 | -0.23% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 7,951,300 | -0.25% | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 8,047,445 | -0.27% | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 8,135,732 | -0.29% | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 8,218,959 | -0.32% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 8,300,260 | -0.34% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 8,380,356 | -0.36% | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 8,459,731 | -0.38% | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 8,538,678 | -0.4% | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 8,617,567 | -0.41% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 8,696,458 | -0.43% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 8,775,204 | -0.45% | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 8,853,842 | -0.47% | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 8,932,237 | -0.49% | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 9,010,272 | -0.51% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 9,087,668 | -0.53% | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 9,164,056 | -0.55% | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 9,239,278 | -0.57% | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 9,312,825 | -0.6% | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 9,384,188 | -0.64% | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 9,452,893 | -0.67% | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 9,518,558 | -0.71% | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 9,580,906 | -0.75% | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 9,639,711 | -0.79% | 0.61% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2005 and ranked 104th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.
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Population differences between China and Turkmenistan
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China
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Turkmenistan
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 70.3 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 29.1 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 27.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 41.3 ppl/mi² |
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