The latest officially reported population of Turkey was 85,518,661 in 2024 vs 7,494,498 people in Turkmenistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Turkey's population is 85,963,745 people compared to 7,737,847 in Turkmenistan.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 11.1 times bigger than Turkmenistan's.
- Turkey is ranked the 18th most populous country in the world, while Turkmenistan is the 104th.
- The countries together account for 1.13% of the world: 1.04% for Turkey vs 0.09% for Turkmenistan.
- For the last 10 years, Turkey has had an average growth rate of +1.06% per year vs +2.14% in Turkmenistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Turkey has increased from 70M people to 86M (22.7% growth), while Turkmenistan has grown from 5.15M to 7.74M (50.3% growth).
- Turkey is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 89.4M people compared to the peak of 10.3M people in 2079 for Turkmenistan.
Turkey vs Turkmenistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
85963745
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7737847
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| Population rank | 18/197 | 104/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.04% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
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4.04 minutes
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| One birth every |
33 seconds
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| One death every |
59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | -275,952 | +14,646 |
| Daily growth/decline | +528 | +356 |
| Annual growth/decline | +192,696 | +130,060 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.23% | +1.77% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 61/197 |
Turkey and Turkmenistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 28,329,898 | 1,643,457 | - | - |
| 1961 | 29,119,238 | 1,695,400 | 2.79% | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 29,916,147 | 1,749,214 | 2.74% | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 30,726,841 | 1,804,272 | 2.71% | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 31,543,072 | 1,859,997 | 2.66% | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 32,345,220 | 1,915,916 | 2.54% | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 33,177,672 | 1,971,737 | 2.57% | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 34,050,421 | 2,027,403 | 2.63% | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 34,921,684 | 2,083,069 | 2.56% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 35,787,774 | 2,139,024 | 2.48% | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 36,638,465 | 2,195,616 | 2.38% | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 37,518,611 | 2,253,119 | 2.4% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 38,430,221 | 2,311,430 | 2.43% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 39,329,533 | 2,370,919 | 2.34% | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 40,210,234 | 2,432,028 | 2.24% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 41,053,126 | 2,494,570 | 2.1% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 41,899,984 | 2,558,521 | 2.06% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 42,773,298 | 2,623,948 | 2.08% | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 43,645,306 | 2,691,088 | 2.04% | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 44,510,429 | 2,760,358 | 1.98% | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 45,408,815 | 2,832,203 | 2.02% | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 46,321,190 | 2,907,187 | 2.01% | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 47,322,096 | 2,985,557 | 2.16% | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 48,447,410 | 3,067,534 | 2.38% | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 49,574,069 | 3,154,079 | 2.33% | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 50,687,115 | 3,247,534 | 2.25% | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 51,777,772 | 3,347,809 | 2.15% | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 52,843,670 | 3,452,731 | 2.06% | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 53,909,626 | 3,559,363 | 2.02% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 54,976,723 | 3,662,459 | 1.98% | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 56,015,628 | 3,760,562 | 1.89% | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 57,009,887 | 3,855,894 | 1.77% | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 57,990,118 | 3,944,689 | 1.72% | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 58,999,167 | 4,032,407 | 1.74% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 60,033,836 | 4,116,662 | 1.75% | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 61,024,503 | 4,191,203 | 1.65% | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 61,951,134 | 4,263,819 | 1.52% | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 62,852,966 | 4,336,730 | 1.46% | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 63,734,383 | 4,410,507 | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 64,591,923 | 4,492,170 | 1.35% | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 65,425,961 | 4,582,677 | 1.29% | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 66,245,128 | 4,675,409 | 1.25% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 67,048,795 | 4,769,465 | 1.21% | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 67,831,730 | 4,863,865 | 1.17% | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 68,592,617 | 4,958,093 | 1.12% | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 69,329,557 | 5,052,257 | 1.07% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 70,045,349 | 5,147,105 | 1.03% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 70,158,112 | 5,244,046 | 0.16% | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 71,051,678 | 5,345,029 | 1.27% | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 72,039,206 | 5,451,592 | 1.39% | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 73,142,150 | 5,564,356 | 1.53% | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 74,223,629 | 5,683,417 | 1.48% | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 75,175,827 | 5,808,546 | 1.28% | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 76,147,624 | 5,939,341 | 1.29% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 77,181,884 | 6,075,283 | 1.36% | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 78,218,479 | 6,215,770 | 1.34% | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 79,277,962 | 6,360,041 | 1.35% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 80,312,698 | 6,507,061 | 1.31% | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 81,407,204 | 6,655,524 | 1.36% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 82,579,440 | 6,803,944 | 1.44% | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 83,384,680 | 6,949,912 | 0.98% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 84,147,318 | 7,092,043 | 0.91% | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 84,979,913 | 7,230,193 | 0.99% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 85,325,965 | 7,364,438 | 0.41% | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 85,518,661 | 7,494,498 | 0.23% | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 85,725,557 | 7,618,855 | 0.24% | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 85,960,835 | 7,736,635 | 0.27% | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 86,227,115 | 7,847,563 | 0.31% | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 86,502,744 | 7,951,300 | 0.32% | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 86,771,652 | 8,047,445 | 0.31% | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 87,037,680 | 8,135,732 | 0.31% | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 87,297,191 | 8,218,959 | 0.3% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 87,537,075 | 8,300,260 | 0.27% | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 87,762,403 | 8,380,356 | 0.26% | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 87,974,138 | 8,459,731 | 0.24% | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 88,172,739 | 8,538,678 | 0.23% | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 88,364,318 | 8,617,567 | 0.22% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 88,545,669 | 8,696,458 | 0.21% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 88,707,268 | 8,775,204 | 0.18% | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 88,849,956 | 8,853,842 | 0.16% | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 88,975,510 | 8,932,237 | 0.14% | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 89,083,304 | 9,010,272 | 0.12% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 89,177,769 | 9,087,668 | 0.11% | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 89,254,147 | 9,164,056 | 0.09% | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 89,311,458 | 9,239,278 | 0.06% | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 89,349,806 | 9,312,825 | 0.04% | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 89,375,429 | 9,384,188 | 0.03% | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 89,383,765 | 9,452,893 | 0.009% | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 89,361,174 | 9,518,558 | -0.03% | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 89,306,566 | 9,580,906 | -0.06% | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 89,218,346 | 9,639,711 | -0.1% | 0.61% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Turkey increased by 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Turkey gained 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth).
Turkey was ranked 18th most populous country in 2006 and is still 18th in 2026. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2006 and ranked 104th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Turkey's population will grow by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people with a rank change from 18th to 19th. The population of Turkmenistan will increase by 24.6% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.
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Population differences between Turkey and Turkmenistan
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 70.5 years |
| Average age | 35.3 years | 29.1 years |
| Median age | 34 years | 27.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| Population density | 287.8 ppl/mi² | 41.3 ppl/mi² |
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