The latest officially reported population of Thailand was 71,668,011 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Thailand's population is 71,619,867 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 1.2 times bigger than Thailand's.
- Thailand is ranked the 21st most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.91% of the world: 0.87% for Thailand vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Thailand has had an average growth rate of +0.23% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2005, the population of Thailand has increased from 66M people to 71.6M (8.49% growth), 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 Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.
Thailand vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
71619867
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85914550
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| Population rank | 21/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.87% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
15.3 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
53.3 seconds
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
49.5 seconds
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
22.5 minutes
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +23,321 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | -94 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | -34,424 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 170/197 | 153/197 |
Thailand and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,851,747 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,650,334 | 29,119,238 | 2.97% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 28,481,040 | 29,916,147 | 3% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 29,342,322 | 30,726,841 | 3.02% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 30,232,141 | 31,543,072 | 3.03% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 31,149,337 | 32,345,220 | 3.03% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 32,086,071 | 33,177,672 | 3.01% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 33,037,801 | 34,050,421 | 2.97% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 34,002,560 | 34,921,684 | 2.92% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 34,973,782 | 35,787,774 | 2.86% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 35,954,408 | 36,638,465 | 2.8% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 36,937,387 | 37,518,611 | 2.73% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 37,933,929 | 38,430,221 | 2.7% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 38,947,787 | 39,329,533 | 2.67% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 39,952,891 | 40,210,234 | 2.58% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 40,940,005 | 41,053,126 | 2.47% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 41,896,504 | 41,899,984 | 2.34% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 42,843,974 | 42,773,298 | 2.26% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 43,788,976 | 43,645,306 | 2.21% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 44,718,434 | 44,510,429 | 2.12% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 45,650,022 | 45,408,815 | 2.08% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 46,575,855 | 46,321,190 | 2.03% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 47,494,577 | 47,322,096 | 1.97% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 48,423,309 | 48,447,410 | 1.96% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 49,351,708 | 49,574,069 | 1.92% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 50,270,753 | 50,687,115 | 1.86% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 51,177,834 | 51,777,772 | 1.8% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 52,074,105 | 52,843,670 | 1.75% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 52,969,595 | 53,909,626 | 1.72% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 53,848,956 | 54,976,723 | 1.66% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 54,738,329 | 56,015,628 | 1.65% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 55,637,434 | 57,009,887 | 1.64% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 56,528,834 | 57,990,118 | 1.6% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 57,408,198 | 58,999,167 | 1.56% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 58,260,854 | 60,033,836 | 1.49% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 59,098,232 | 61,024,503 | 1.44% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 59,920,064 | 61,951,134 | 1.39% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 60,724,584 | 62,852,966 | 1.34% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 61,522,630 | 63,734,383 | 1.31% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 62,299,043 | 64,591,923 | 1.26% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 63,007,815 | 65,425,961 | 1.14% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 63,651,141 | 66,245,128 | 1.02% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 64,266,437 | 67,048,795 | 0.97% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 64,868,166 | 67,831,730 | 0.94% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 65,452,047 | 68,592,617 | 0.9% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 66,017,420 | 69,329,557 | 0.86% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 66,567,687 | 70,045,349 | 0.83% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 67,102,394 | 70,158,112 | 0.8% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 67,619,830 | 71,051,678 | 0.77% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 68,121,080 | 72,039,206 | 0.74% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 68,579,447 | 73,142,150 | 0.67% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 69,007,208 | 74,223,629 | 0.62% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 69,436,098 | 75,175,827 | 0.62% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 69,845,114 | 76,147,624 | 0.59% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 70,216,367 | 77,181,884 | 0.53% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 70,540,795 | 78,218,479 | 0.46% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 70,859,841 | 79,277,962 | 0.45% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 71,160,187 | 80,312,698 | 0.42% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 71,376,079 | 81,407,204 | 0.3% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 71,522,271 | 82,579,440 | 0.2% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 71,641,484 | 83,384,680 | 0.17% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 71,727,332 | 84,147,318 | 0.12% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 71,735,329 | 84,979,913 | 0.01% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 71,702,435 | 85,325,965 | -0.05% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 71,668,011 | 85,518,661 | -0.05% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 71,619,867 | 85,725,557 | -0.07% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 71,559,621 | 85,960,835 | -0.08% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 71,488,156 | 86,227,115 | -0.1% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 71,406,996 | 86,502,744 | -0.11% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 71,316,195 | 86,771,652 | -0.13% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 71,215,017 | 87,037,680 | -0.14% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 71,104,025 | 87,297,191 | -0.16% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 70,982,286 | 87,537,075 | -0.17% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 70,847,947 | 87,762,403 | -0.19% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 70,701,651 | 87,974,138 | -0.21% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 70,540,884 | 88,172,739 | -0.23% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 70,366,496 | 88,364,318 | -0.25% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 70,180,031 | 88,545,669 | -0.26% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 69,979,034 | 88,707,268 | -0.29% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 69,763,928 | 88,849,956 | -0.31% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 69,535,003 | 88,975,510 | -0.33% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 69,288,477 | 89,083,304 | -0.35% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 69,025,348 | 89,177,769 | -0.38% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 68,748,075 | 89,254,147 | -0.4% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 68,456,533 | 89,311,458 | -0.42% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 68,150,148 | 89,349,806 | -0.45% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 67,827,309 | 89,375,429 | -0.47% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 67,489,358 | 89,383,765 | -0.5% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 67,136,737 | 89,361,174 | -0.52% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 66,767,316 | 89,306,566 | -0.55% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 66,382,732 | 89,218,346 | -0.58% | -0.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Thailand increased by 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Thailand gained 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).
Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2005 and is 21st 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) Thailand's population will shrink by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people with a rank change from 21st to 31st. 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
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| City | Population |
| Bangkok | 5.68M |
| Chiang Mai | 1.2M |
| Nonthaburi | 256K |
| Pak Kret | 185K |
| Hat Yai | 159K |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 134K |
| Chaophraya Surasak | 133K |
| Surat Thani | 131K |
| Udon Thani | 130K |
| Klaeng | 130K |
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Population differences between Thailand and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 76.8 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 40.8 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.7:51.3 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 363 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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