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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	Turkey	Spain	Turkey
1960	30,455,000	28,329,898	-	-
1961	30,739,250	29,119,238	0.93%	2.79%
1962	31,023,366	29,916,147	0.92%	2.74%
1963	31,296,651	30,726,841	0.88%	2.71%
1964	31,609,195	31,543,072	1%	2.66%
1965	31,954,292	32,345,220	1.09%	2.54%
1966	32,283,194	33,177,672	1.03%	2.57%
1967	32,682,947	34,050,421	1.24%	2.63%
1968	33,113,134	34,921,684	1.32%	2.56%
1969	33,441,054	35,787,774	0.99%	2.48%
1970	33,814,531	36,638,465	1.12%	2.38%
1971	34,224,490	37,518,611	1.21%	2.4%
1972	34,604,469	38,430,221	1.11%	2.43%
1973	34,988,947	39,329,533	1.11%	2.34%
1974	35,373,335	40,210,234	1.1%	2.24%
1975	35,757,900	41,053,126	1.09%	2.1%
1976	36,137,812	41,899,984	1.06%	2.06%
1977	36,511,638	42,773,298	1.03%	2.08%
1978	36,864,898	43,645,306	0.97%	2.04%
1979	37,191,330	44,510,429	0.89%	1.98%
1980	37,491,165	45,408,815	0.81%	2.02%
1981	37,758,631	46,321,190	0.71%	2.01%
1982	37,986,012	47,322,096	0.6%	2.16%
1983	38,171,525	48,447,410	0.49%	2.38%
1984	38,330,364	49,574,069	0.42%	2.33%
1985	38,469,512	50,687,115	0.36%	2.25%
1986	38,584,624	51,777,772	0.3%	2.15%
1987	38,684,815	52,843,670	0.26%	2.06%
1988	38,766,939	53,909,626	0.21%	2.02%
1989	38,827,764	54,976,723	0.16%	1.98%
1990	38,867,322	56,015,628	0.1%	1.89%
1991	38,966,376	57,009,887	0.25%	1.77%
1992	39,157,685	57,990,118	0.49%	1.72%
1993	39,361,262	58,999,167	0.52%	1.74%
1994	39,549,108	60,033,836	0.48%	1.75%
1995	39,724,050	61,024,503	0.44%	1.65%
1996	39,889,852	61,951,134	0.42%	1.52%
1997	40,057,389	62,852,966	0.42%	1.46%
1998	40,223,509	63,734,383	0.41%	1.4%
1999	40,386,875	64,591,923	0.41%	1.35%
2000	40,567,864	65,425,961	0.45%	1.29%
2001	40,850,412	66,245,128	0.7%	1.25%
2002	41,431,558	67,048,795	1.42%	1.21%
2003	42,187,645	67,831,730	1.82%	1.17%
2004	42,921,895	68,592,617	1.74%	1.12%
2005	43,653,155	69,329,557	1.7%	1.07%
2006	44,397,319	70,045,349	1.7%	1.03%
2007	45,226,803	70,158,112	1.87%	0.16%
2008	45,954,106	71,051,678	1.61%	1.27%
2009	46,362,946	72,039,206	0.89%	1.39%
2010	46,576,897	73,142,150	0.46%	1.53%
2011	46,742,697	74,223,629	0.36%	1.48%
2012	46,773,055	75,175,827	0.06%	1.28%
2013	46,604,197	76,147,624	-0.36%	1.29%
2014	46,460,733	77,181,884	-0.31%	1.36%
2015	46,422,303	78,218,479	-0.08%	1.34%
2016	46,458,139	79,277,962	0.08%	1.35%
2017	46,571,232	80,312,698	0.24%	1.31%
2018	46,782,011	81,407,204	0.45%	1.36%
2019	47,118,501	82,579,440	0.72%	1.44%
2020	47,359,424	83,384,680	0.51%	0.98%
2021	47,443,821	84,147,318	0.18%	0.91%
2022	47,786,102	84,979,913	0.72%	0.99%
2023	48,352,528	85,325,965	1.19%	0.41%
2024	48,848,840	85,518,661	1.03%	0.23%
2025	48,827,866	85,725,557	-0.04%	0.24%
2026	48,787,930	85,960,835	-0.08%	0.27%
2027	48,738,456	86,227,115	-0.1%	0.31%
2028	48,683,694	86,502,744	-0.11%	0.32%
2029	48,619,674	86,771,652	-0.13%	0.31%
2030	48,542,955	87,037,680	-0.16%	0.31%
2031	48,454,221	87,297,191	-0.18%	0.3%
2032	48,362,482	87,537,075	-0.19%	0.27%
2033	48,271,264	87,762,403	-0.19%	0.26%
2034	48,177,551	87,974,138	-0.19%	0.24%
2035	48,077,695	88,172,739	-0.21%	0.23%
2036	47,970,911	88,364,318	-0.22%	0.22%
2037	47,860,116	88,545,669	-0.23%	0.21%
2038	47,747,343	88,707,268	-0.24%	0.18%
2039	47,629,540	88,849,956	-0.25%	0.16%
2040	47,504,152	88,975,510	-0.26%	0.14%
2041	47,373,061	89,083,304	-0.28%	0.12%
2042	47,234,914	89,177,769	-0.29%	0.11%
2043	47,092,497	89,254,147	-0.3%	0.09%
2044	46,942,712	89,311,458	-0.32%	0.06%
2045	46,778,501	89,349,806	-0.35%	0.04%
2046	46,604,170	89,375,429	-0.37%	0.03%
2047	46,421,312	89,383,765	-0.39%	0.009%
2048	46,230,109	89,361,174	-0.41%	-0.03%
2049	46,024,720	89,306,566	-0.44%	-0.06%
2050	45,808,469	89,218,346	-0.47%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Spain increased by 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Spain gained 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2006 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.