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Population in Niger compared to Turkey: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Niger was 27,032,412 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Niger's population is 28,638,403 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.

Population statistics:

  • Turkey's population is 3 times bigger than Niger's.
  • Niger is ranked the 53rd most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
  • The countries together account for 1.39% of the world: 0.35% for Niger vs 1.04% for Turkey.
  • For the last 10 years, Niger has had an average growth rate of +3.5% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
  • Since 2005, the population of Niger has increased from 13.8M people to 28.6M (108.2% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
  • Niger is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 90.8M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.

Niger vs Turkey: live population counter

Niger Turkey
Current population
28638403
85914550
Population rank 53/197 18/197
Percent of world population 0.35% 1.04%
One net population change
36.1 seconds
2.73 minutes
One birth every
28.8 seconds
33 seconds
One death every
2.27 minutes
59.6 seconds
One migration net change every
2.17 hours
1.9 minutes
Annual migration change -4,041 -275,952
Daily growth/decline +2,391 +528
Annual growth/decline +872,545 +192,696
Annual growth/decline rate +3.34% +0.23%
Population growth rate rank 11/197 153/197

Niger and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart

Niger
Population

Growth rate
Turkey
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Niger Turkey Niger Turkey
1960 3,505,050 28,329,898 - -
1961 3,608,162 29,119,238 2.94% 2.79%
1962 3,714,520 29,916,147 2.95% 2.74%
1963 3,823,873 30,726,841 2.94% 2.71%
1964 3,935,814 31,543,072 2.93% 2.66%
1965 4,049,695 32,345,220 2.89% 2.54%
1966 4,165,544 33,177,672 2.86% 2.57%
1967 4,283,590 34,050,421 2.83% 2.63%
1968 4,403,637 34,921,684 2.8% 2.56%
1969 4,525,725 35,787,774 2.77% 2.48%
1970 4,650,275 36,638,465 2.75% 2.38%
1971 4,776,225 37,518,611 2.71% 2.4%
1972 4,904,845 38,430,221 2.69% 2.43%
1973 5,037,865 39,329,533 2.71% 2.34%
1974 5,174,953 40,210,234 2.72% 2.24%
1975 5,317,019 41,053,126 2.75% 2.1%
1976 5,464,962 41,899,984 2.78% 2.06%
1977 5,619,716 42,773,298 2.83% 2.08%
1978 5,782,932 43,645,306 2.9% 2.04%
1979 5,955,556 44,510,429 2.99% 1.98%
1980 6,135,971 45,408,815 3.03% 2.02%
1981 6,322,006 46,321,190 3.03% 2.01%
1982 6,512,732 47,322,096 3.02% 2.16%
1983 6,708,644 48,447,410 3.01% 2.38%
1984 6,909,971 49,574,069 3% 2.33%
1985 7,118,457 50,687,115 3.02% 2.25%
1986 7,335,811 51,777,772 3.05% 2.15%
1987 7,561,150 52,843,670 3.07% 2.06%
1988 7,793,748 53,909,626 3.08% 2.02%
1989 8,034,780 54,976,723 3.09% 1.98%
1990 8,286,059 56,015,628 3.13% 1.89%
1991 8,546,900 57,009,887 3.15% 1.77%
1992 8,817,633 57,990,118 3.17% 1.72%
1993 9,100,789 58,999,167 3.21% 1.74%
1994 9,398,258 60,033,836 3.27% 1.75%
1995 9,714,529 61,024,503 3.37% 1.65%
1996 10,044,852 61,951,134 3.4% 1.52%
1997 10,383,969 62,852,966 3.38% 1.46%
1998 10,741,413 63,734,383 3.44% 1.4%
1999 11,117,411 64,591,923 3.5% 1.35%
2000 11,509,630 65,425,961 3.53% 1.29%
2001 11,920,647 66,245,128 3.57% 1.25%
2002 12,349,144 67,048,795 3.59% 1.21%
2003 12,796,984 67,831,730 3.63% 1.17%
2004 13,265,836 68,592,617 3.66% 1.12%
2005 13,756,192 69,329,557 3.7% 1.07%
2006 14,268,581 70,045,349 3.72% 1.03%
2007 14,803,610 70,158,112 3.75% 0.16%
2008 15,361,915 71,051,678 3.77% 1.27%
2009 15,943,675 72,039,206 3.79% 1.39%
2010 16,548,835 73,142,150 3.8% 1.53%
2011 17,176,283 74,223,629 3.79% 1.48%
2012 17,836,769 75,175,827 3.85% 1.28%
2013 18,519,898 76,147,624 3.83% 1.29%
2014 19,215,909 77,181,884 3.76% 1.36%
2015 19,939,498 78,218,479 3.77% 1.34%
2016 20,685,753 79,277,962 3.74% 1.35%
2017 21,435,446 80,312,698 3.62% 1.31%
2018 22,188,069 81,407,204 3.51% 1.36%
2019 22,947,757 82,579,440 3.42% 1.44%
2020 23,717,613 83,384,680 3.35% 0.98%
2021 24,502,140 84,147,318 3.31% 0.91%
2022 25,311,973 84,979,913 3.31% 0.99%
2023 26,159,867 85,325,965 3.35% 0.41%
2024 27,032,412 85,518,661 3.34% 0.23%
2025 27,917,825 85,725,557 3.28% 0.24%
2026 28,814,872 85,960,835 3.21% 0.27%
2027 29,723,688 86,227,115 3.15% 0.31%
2028 30,643,561 86,502,744 3.09% 0.32%
2029 31,575,091 86,771,652 3.04% 0.31%
2030 32,518,069 87,037,680 2.99% 0.31%
2031 33,469,616 87,297,191 2.93% 0.3%
2032 34,428,638 87,537,075 2.87% 0.27%
2033 35,397,029 87,762,403 2.81% 0.26%
2034 36,372,374 87,974,138 2.76% 0.24%
2035 37,353,462 88,172,739 2.7% 0.23%
2036 38,340,142 88,364,318 2.64% 0.22%
2037 39,330,372 88,545,669 2.58% 0.21%
2038 40,323,460 88,707,268 2.52% 0.18%
2039 41,318,407 88,849,956 2.47% 0.16%
2040 42,316,733 88,975,510 2.42% 0.14%
2041 43,319,236 89,083,304 2.37% 0.12%
2042 44,326,115 89,177,769 2.32% 0.11%
2043 45,337,248 89,254,147 2.28% 0.09%
2044 46,353,160 89,311,458 2.24% 0.06%
2045 47,374,113 89,349,806 2.2% 0.04%
2046 48,397,993 89,375,429 2.16% 0.03%
2047 49,423,853 89,383,765 2.12% 0.009%
2048 50,452,202 89,361,174 2.08% -0.03%
2049 51,482,559 89,306,566 2.04% -0.06%
2050 52,513,870 89,218,346 2% -0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Niger's population will grow by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.

Biggest cities by population

Niger
City Population
Niamey 1.5M
Maradi 267K
Zinder 236K
Turkey
City Population
Istanbul 15.7M
Ankara 5.8M
Izmir 4.49M
Bursa 2.9M
Antalya 2.43M
Konya 2.23M
Urfa 1.99M
Kocaeli 1.85M
Adana 1.77M
Diyarbakir 1.73M

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