Population in Tajikistan compared to Turkmenistan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Tajikistan and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Tajikistan	Turkmenistan	Tajikistan	Turkmenistan
1960	2,112,131	1,643,457	-	-
1961	2,181,805	1,695,400	3.3%	3.16%
1962	2,255,026	1,749,214	3.36%	3.17%
1963	2,331,736	1,804,272	3.4%	3.15%
1964	2,411,260	1,859,997	3.41%	3.09%
1965	2,492,998	1,915,916	3.39%	3.01%
1966	2,577,184	1,971,737	3.38%	2.91%
1967	2,664,130	2,027,403	3.37%	2.82%
1968	2,753,848	2,083,069	3.37%	2.75%
1969	2,845,273	2,139,024	3.32%	2.69%
1970	2,936,779	2,195,616	3.22%	2.65%
1971	3,028,837	2,253,119	3.13%	2.62%
1972	3,123,691	2,311,430	3.13%	2.59%
1973	3,222,290	2,370,919	3.16%	2.57%
1974	3,324,499	2,432,028	3.17%	2.58%
1975	3,430,425	2,494,570	3.19%	2.57%
1976	3,540,076	2,558,521	3.2%	2.56%
1977	3,653,265	2,623,948	3.2%	2.56%
1978	3,768,508	2,691,088	3.15%	2.56%
1979	3,882,691	2,760,358	3.03%	2.57%
1980	3,995,256	2,832,203	2.9%	2.6%
1981	4,109,022	2,907,187	2.85%	2.65%
1982	4,227,171	2,985,557	2.88%	2.7%
1983	4,350,874	3,067,534	2.93%	2.75%
1984	4,480,026	3,154,079	2.97%	2.82%
1985	4,619,003	3,247,534	3.1%	2.96%
1986	4,772,139	3,347,809	3.32%	3.09%
1987	4,939,059	3,452,731	3.5%	3.13%
1988	5,114,989	3,559,363	3.56%	3.09%
1989	5,267,249	3,662,459	2.98%	2.9%
1990	5,398,768	3,760,562	2.5%	2.68%
1991	5,541,205	3,855,894	2.64%	2.54%
1992	5,649,400	3,944,689	1.95%	2.3%
1993	5,724,993	4,032,407	1.34%	2.22%
1994	5,825,368	4,116,662	1.75%	2.09%
1995	5,948,584	4,191,203	2.12%	1.81%
1996	6,066,523	4,263,819	1.98%	1.73%
1997	6,139,829	4,336,730	1.21%	1.71%
1998	6,176,397	4,410,507	0.6%	1.7%
1999	6,208,370	4,492,170	0.52%	1.85%
2000	6,284,735	4,582,677	1.23%	2.01%
2001	6,407,377	4,675,409	1.95%	2.02%
2002	6,531,669	4,769,465	1.94%	2.01%
2003	6,658,575	4,863,865	1.94%	1.98%
2004	6,790,547	4,958,093	1.98%	1.94%
2005	6,924,720	5,052,257	1.98%	1.9%
2006	7,057,566	5,147,105	1.92%	1.88%
2007	7,194,477	5,244,046	1.94%	1.88%
2008	7,338,403	5,345,029	2%	1.93%
2009	7,490,230	5,451,592	2.07%	1.99%
2010	7,652,141	5,564,356	2.16%	2.07%
2011	7,824,785	5,683,417	2.26%	2.14%
2012	8,014,084	5,808,546	2.42%	2.2%
2013	8,216,724	5,939,341	2.53%	2.25%
2014	8,425,552	6,075,283	2.54%	2.29%
2015	8,643,840	6,215,770	2.59%	2.31%
2016	8,865,631	6,360,041	2.57%	2.32%
2017	9,085,946	6,507,061	2.49%	2.31%
2018	9,307,333	6,655,524	2.44%	2.28%
2019	9,529,966	6,803,944	2.39%	2.23%
2020	9,749,310	6,949,912	2.3%	2.15%
2021	9,966,908	7,092,043	2.23%	2.05%
2022	10,182,222	7,230,193	2.16%	1.95%
2023	10,389,799	7,364,438	2.04%	1.86%
2024	10,590,927	7,494,498	1.94%	1.77%
2025	10,786,735	7,618,855	1.85%	1.66%
2026	10,978,598	7,736,635	1.78%	1.55%
2027	11,168,387	7,847,563	1.73%	1.43%
2028	11,356,920	7,951,300	1.69%	1.32%
2029	11,545,276	8,047,445	1.66%	1.21%
2030	11,733,066	8,135,732	1.63%	1.1%
2031	11,920,472	8,218,959	1.6%	1.02%
2032	12,110,150	8,300,260	1.59%	0.99%
2033	12,302,290	8,380,356	1.59%	0.96%
2034	12,496,888	8,459,731	1.58%	0.95%
2035	12,695,586	8,538,678	1.59%	0.93%
2036	12,899,096	8,617,567	1.6%	0.92%
2037	13,104,339	8,696,458	1.59%	0.92%
2038	13,308,237	8,775,204	1.56%	0.91%
2039	13,511,372	8,853,842	1.53%	0.9%
2040	13,713,948	8,932,237	1.5%	0.89%
2041	13,915,192	9,010,272	1.47%	0.87%
2042	14,115,137	9,087,668	1.44%	0.86%
2043	14,311,598	9,164,056	1.39%	0.84%
2044	14,504,865	9,239,278	1.35%	0.82%
2045	14,694,858	9,312,825	1.31%	0.8%
2046	14,879,388	9,384,188	1.26%	0.77%
2047	15,059,869	9,452,893	1.21%	0.73%
2048	15,236,594	9,518,558	1.17%	0.69%
2049	15,408,032	9,580,906	1.13%	0.66%
2050	15,574,643	9,639,711	1.08%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Tajikistan increased by 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Tajikistan gained 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth).

Tajikistan was ranked 99th most populous country in 2005 and is 88th 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) Tajikistan's population will grow by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people with a rank change from 88th to 83rd. The population of Turkmenistan will increase by 25% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.