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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Portugal	Turkey	Portugal	Turkey
1960	8,857,716	28,329,898	-	-
1961	8,929,316	29,119,238	0.81%	2.79%
1962	8,993,985	29,916,147	0.72%	2.74%
1963	9,030,355	30,726,841	0.4%	2.71%
1964	9,035,365	31,543,072	0.06%	2.66%
1965	8,998,595	32,345,220	-0.41%	2.54%
1966	8,930,990	33,177,672	-0.75%	2.57%
1967	8,874,520	34,050,421	-0.63%	2.63%
1968	8,836,650	34,921,684	-0.43%	2.56%
1969	8,757,705	35,787,774	-0.89%	2.48%
1970	8,680,431	36,638,465	-0.88%	2.38%
1971	8,643,756	37,518,611	-0.42%	2.4%
1972	8,630,430	38,430,221	-0.15%	2.43%
1973	8,633,100	39,329,533	0.03%	2.34%
1974	8,754,365	40,210,234	1.4%	2.24%
1975	9,093,470	41,053,126	3.87%	2.1%
1976	9,355,810	41,899,984	2.88%	2.06%
1977	9,455,675	42,773,298	1.07%	2.08%
1978	9,558,250	43,645,306	1.08%	2.04%
1979	9,661,265	44,510,429	1.08%	1.98%
1980	9,766,312	45,408,815	1.09%	2.02%
1981	9,851,362	46,321,190	0.87%	2.01%
1982	9,911,771	47,322,096	0.61%	2.16%
1983	9,957,865	48,447,410	0.47%	2.38%
1984	9,996,232	49,574,069	0.39%	2.33%
1985	10,023,613	50,687,115	0.27%	2.25%
1986	10,032,734	51,777,772	0.09%	2.15%
1987	10,030,031	52,843,670	-0.03%	2.06%
1988	10,019,610	53,909,626	-0.1%	2.02%
1989	10,005,000	54,976,723	-0.15%	1.98%
1990	9,983,218	56,015,628	-0.22%	1.89%
1991	9,960,235	57,009,887	-0.23%	1.77%
1992	9,952,494	57,990,118	-0.08%	1.72%
1993	9,964,675	58,999,167	0.12%	1.74%
1994	9,991,525	60,033,836	0.27%	1.75%
1995	10,026,176	61,024,503	0.35%	1.65%
1996	10,063,945	61,951,134	0.38%	1.52%
1997	10,108,977	62,852,966	0.45%	1.46%
1998	10,160,196	63,734,383	0.51%	1.4%
1999	10,217,828	64,591,923	0.57%	1.35%
2000	10,289,898	65,425,961	0.71%	1.29%
2001	10,362,722	66,245,128	0.71%	1.25%
2002	10,419,631	67,048,795	0.55%	1.21%
2003	10,458,821	67,831,730	0.38%	1.17%
2004	10,483,861	68,592,617	0.24%	1.12%
2005	10,503,330	69,329,557	0.19%	1.07%
2006	10,522,288	70,045,349	0.18%	1.03%
2007	10,542,964	70,158,112	0.2%	0.16%
2008	10,558,177	71,051,678	0.14%	1.27%
2009	10,568,247	72,039,206	0.1%	1.39%
2010	10,573,100	73,142,150	0.05%	1.53%
2011	10,557,560	74,223,629	-0.15%	1.48%
2012	10,514,844	75,175,827	-0.4%	1.28%
2013	10,457,295	76,147,624	-0.55%	1.29%
2014	10,401,062	77,181,884	-0.54%	1.36%
2015	10,358,076	78,218,479	-0.41%	1.34%
2016	10,325,452	79,277,962	-0.31%	1.35%
2017	10,300,300	80,312,698	-0.24%	1.31%
2018	10,283,822	81,407,204	-0.16%	1.36%
2019	10,286,263	82,579,440	0.02%	1.44%
2020	10,297,081	83,384,680	0.11%	0.98%
2021	10,361,831	84,147,318	0.63%	0.91%
2022	10,434,332	84,979,913	0.7%	0.99%
2023	10,578,174	85,325,965	1.38%	0.41%
2024	10,701,636	85,518,661	1.17%	0.23%
2025	10,687,819	85,725,557	-0.13%	0.24%
2026	10,670,917	85,960,835	-0.16%	0.27%
2027	10,653,073	86,227,115	-0.17%	0.31%
2028	10,632,868	86,502,744	-0.19%	0.32%
2029	10,611,484	86,771,652	-0.2%	0.31%
2030	10,591,436	87,037,680	-0.19%	0.31%
2031	10,571,418	87,297,191	-0.19%	0.3%
2032	10,549,456	87,537,075	-0.21%	0.27%
2033	10,526,482	87,762,403	-0.22%	0.26%
2034	10,502,882	87,974,138	-0.22%	0.24%
2035	10,478,843	88,172,739	-0.23%	0.23%
2036	10,454,630	88,364,318	-0.23%	0.22%
2037	10,430,128	88,545,669	-0.23%	0.21%
2038	10,404,947	88,707,268	-0.24%	0.18%
2039	10,377,968	88,849,956	-0.26%	0.16%
2040	10,349,515	88,975,510	-0.27%	0.14%
2041	10,321,577	89,083,304	-0.27%	0.12%
2042	10,294,106	89,177,769	-0.27%	0.11%
2043	10,264,596	89,254,147	-0.29%	0.09%
2044	10,233,543	89,311,458	-0.3%	0.06%
2045	10,201,832	89,349,806	-0.31%	0.04%
2046	10,168,932	89,375,429	-0.32%	0.03%
2047	10,135,159	89,383,765	-0.33%	0.009%
2048	10,101,419	89,361,174	-0.33%	-0.03%
2049	10,066,064	89,306,566	-0.35%	-0.06%
2050	10,029,252	89,218,346	-0.37%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Portugal decreased by 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Portugal gained 329,743 (a 3.18% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Portugal was ranked 76th most populous country in 2005 and is 92nd 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) Portugal's population will shrink by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people with a rank change from 92nd to 97th. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.