The latest officially reported population of Poland was 36,554,707 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Poland's population is 36,176,920 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 2.37 times bigger than Poland's.
- Poland is ranked the 46th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.48% of the world: 0.44% for Poland vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Poland has had an average growth rate of -0.36% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2005, the population of Poland has decreased from 38.2M people to 36.2M (5.21% decline), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
- Turkey is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 89.4M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
Poland vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
36176920
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85914550
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| Population rank | 46/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.44% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
3.96 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.94 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
1.29 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.21 minutes
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -238,062 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | -363 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | -132,646 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.36% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 179/197 | 153/197 |
Poland and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 29,637,450 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 29,964,000 | 29,119,238 | 1.1% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 30,308,500 | 29,916,147 | 1.15% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 30,712,000 | 30,726,841 | 1.33% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 31,139,450 | 31,543,072 | 1.39% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 31,444,950 | 32,345,220 | 0.98% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 31,681,000 | 33,177,672 | 0.75% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 31,987,155 | 34,050,421 | 0.97% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 32,294,655 | 34,921,684 | 0.96% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 32,548,300 | 35,787,774 | 0.79% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 32,664,300 | 36,638,465 | 0.36% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 32,783,500 | 37,518,611 | 0.36% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 33,055,650 | 38,430,221 | 0.83% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 33,357,200 | 39,329,533 | 0.91% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 33,678,899 | 40,210,234 | 0.96% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 34,015,199 | 41,053,126 | 1% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 34,356,300 | 41,899,984 | 1% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 34,689,050 | 42,773,298 | 0.97% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 34,965,600 | 43,645,306 | 0.8% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 35,247,217 | 44,510,429 | 0.81% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 35,574,150 | 45,408,815 | 0.93% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 35,898,587 | 46,321,190 | 0.91% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 36,230,481 | 47,322,096 | 0.92% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 36,571,808 | 48,447,410 | 0.94% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 36,904,134 | 49,574,069 | 0.91% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 37,201,885 | 50,687,115 | 0.81% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 37,456,119 | 51,777,772 | 0.68% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 37,668,045 | 52,843,670 | 0.57% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 37,824,487 | 53,909,626 | 0.42% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 37,961,529 | 54,976,723 | 0.36% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 38,110,782 | 56,015,628 | 0.39% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 38,246,193 | 57,009,887 | 0.36% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 38,363,667 | 57,990,118 | 0.31% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 38,461,408 | 58,999,167 | 0.25% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 38,542,652 | 60,033,836 | 0.21% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 38,594,998 | 61,024,503 | 0.14% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 38,624,370 | 61,951,134 | 0.08% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 38,649,660 | 62,852,966 | 0.07% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 38,663,481 | 63,734,383 | 0.04% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 38,660,271 | 64,591,923 | -0.008% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 38,258,629 | 65,425,961 | -1.04% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 38,248,076 | 66,245,128 | -0.03% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 38,230,364 | 67,048,795 | -0.05% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 38,204,570 | 67,831,730 | -0.07% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 38,182,222 | 68,592,617 | -0.06% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 38,165,445 | 69,329,557 | -0.04% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 38,141,267 | 70,045,349 | -0.06% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 38,120,560 | 70,158,112 | -0.05% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 38,125,759 | 71,051,678 | 0.01% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 38,151,603 | 72,039,206 | 0.07% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 38,042,794 | 73,142,150 | -0.29% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 38,063,255 | 74,223,629 | 0.05% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 38,063,164 | 75,175,827 | -0% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 38,040,196 | 76,147,624 | -0.06% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 38,011,735 | 77,181,884 | -0.07% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 37,986,412 | 78,218,479 | -0.07% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 37,970,087 | 79,277,962 | -0.04% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 37,974,826 | 80,312,698 | 0.01% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 37,974,750 | 81,407,204 | -0% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 37,965,475 | 82,579,440 | -0.02% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 37,515,748 | 83,384,680 | -1.18% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 36,981,559 | 84,147,318 | -1.42% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 36,821,749 | 84,979,913 | -0.43% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 36,687,353 | 85,325,965 | -0.36% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 36,554,707 | 85,518,661 | -0.36% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 36,176,920 | 85,725,557 | -1.03% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 35,894,534 | 85,960,835 | -0.78% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 35,753,988 | 86,227,115 | -0.39% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 35,605,295 | 86,502,744 | -0.42% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 35,447,860 | 86,771,652 | -0.44% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 35,283,068 | 87,037,680 | -0.46% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 35,111,838 | 87,297,191 | -0.49% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 34,934,626 | 87,537,075 | -0.5% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 34,753,118 | 87,762,403 | -0.52% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 34,567,292 | 87,974,138 | -0.53% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 34,377,478 | 88,172,739 | -0.55% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 34,183,187 | 88,364,318 | -0.57% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 33,984,777 | 88,545,669 | -0.58% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 33,782,992 | 88,707,268 | -0.59% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 33,577,269 | 88,849,956 | -0.61% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 33,368,049 | 88,975,510 | -0.62% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 33,156,329 | 89,083,304 | -0.63% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 32,941,367 | 89,177,769 | -0.65% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 32,722,775 | 89,254,147 | -0.66% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 32,501,991 | 89,311,458 | -0.67% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 32,278,695 | 89,349,806 | -0.69% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 32,052,771 | 89,375,429 | -0.7% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 31,824,481 | 89,383,765 | -0.71% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 31,593,911 | 89,361,174 | -0.72% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 31,360,713 | 89,306,566 | -0.74% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 31,124,396 | 89,218,346 | -0.75% | -0.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).
Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 14% to 31,124,396 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between Poland and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 79 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 42.7 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.16 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 309 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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