The current population of Turkey is 85,914,550 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 85,518,661 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Turkey accounts for 1.04% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 69.3M people to 85.9M (23.9% growth in 20 years).
- Turkey is ranked 18/197 by population and was ranked 18th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Turkey has had an average growth rate of 1.2% per year.
- Turkey is projected to reach 89.4M people in 2047.
Turkey population clock
Turkey
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
85914550
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8266870341
|
| Population rank | 18/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 1.04% | N/A |
| One net population change |
2.73 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
33 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
59.6 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +528 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +192,696 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.23% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 153/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.9 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -275,952 | N/A |
Turkey population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 28,329,898 | - |
| 1961 | 29,119,238 | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 29,916,147 | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 30,726,841 | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 31,543,072 | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 32,345,220 | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 33,177,672 | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 34,050,421 | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 34,921,684 | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 35,787,774 | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 36,638,465 | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 37,518,611 | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 38,430,221 | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 39,329,533 | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 40,210,234 | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 41,053,126 | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 41,899,984 | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 42,773,298 | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 43,645,306 | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 44,510,429 | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 45,408,815 | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 46,321,190 | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 47,322,096 | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 48,447,410 | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 49,574,069 | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 50,687,115 | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 51,777,772 | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 52,843,670 | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 53,909,626 | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 54,976,723 | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 56,015,628 | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 57,009,887 | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 57,990,118 | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 58,999,167 | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 60,033,836 | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 61,024,503 | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 61,951,134 | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 62,852,966 | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 63,734,383 | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 64,591,923 | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 65,425,961 | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 66,245,128 | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 67,048,795 | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 67,831,730 | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 68,592,617 | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 69,329,557 | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 70,045,349 | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 70,158,112 | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 71,051,678 | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 72,039,206 | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 73,142,150 | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 74,223,629 | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 75,175,827 | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 76,147,624 | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 77,181,884 | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 78,218,479 | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 79,277,962 | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 80,312,698 | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 81,407,204 | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 82,579,440 | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 83,384,680 | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 84,147,318 | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 84,979,913 | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 85,325,965 | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 85,518,661 | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 85,725,557 | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 85,960,835 | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 86,227,115 | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 86,502,744 | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 86,771,652 | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 87,037,680 | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 87,297,191 | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 87,537,075 | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 87,762,403 | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 87,974,138 | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 88,172,739 | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 88,364,318 | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 88,545,669 | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 88,707,268 | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 88,849,956 | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 88,975,510 | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 89,083,304 | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 89,177,769 | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 89,254,147 | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 89,311,458 | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 89,349,806 | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 89,375,429 | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 89,383,765 | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 89,361,174 | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 89,306,566 | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 89,218,346 | -0.1% |
Turkey has a population of 85.9M as of 2025, compared to 78.2M in 2015, 69.3M in 2005, and 61M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.98% per year. Turkey is ranked 108th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Turkey will have 89,349,806 people (4% growth) with a rank change from 18th to 19th.
By the year 2100, Turkey's population is projected to decline by 25.6% to 63.9M people.
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Turkey population statistics
|
Turkey
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.8 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 35.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 34 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 287.8 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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