Population in Turkey compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Turkey and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Turkey	United Kingdom	Turkey	United Kingdom
1960	28,329,898	52,400,000	-	-
1961	29,119,238	52,800,000	2.79%	0.76%
1962	29,916,147	53,250,000	2.74%	0.85%
1963	30,726,841	53,650,000	2.71%	0.75%
1964	31,543,072	54,000,000	2.66%	0.65%
1965	32,345,220	54,348,050	2.54%	0.64%
1966	33,177,672	54,648,500	2.57%	0.55%
1967	34,050,421	54,943,600	2.63%	0.54%
1968	34,921,684	55,211,700	2.56%	0.49%
1969	35,787,774	55,441,750	2.48%	0.42%
1970	36,638,465	55,663,250	2.38%	0.4%
1971	37,518,611	55,896,223	2.4%	0.42%
1972	38,430,221	56,086,065	2.43%	0.34%
1973	39,329,533	56,194,527	2.34%	0.19%
1974	40,210,234	56,229,974	2.24%	0.06%
1975	41,053,126	56,225,800	2.1%	-0.007%
1976	41,899,984	56,211,968	2.06%	-0.02%
1977	42,773,298	56,193,492	2.08%	-0.03%
1978	43,645,306	56,196,504	2.04%	0.005%
1979	44,510,429	56,246,951	1.98%	0.09%
1980	45,408,815	56,314,216	2.02%	0.12%
1981	46,321,190	56,333,829	2.01%	0.03%
1982	47,322,096	56,313,641	2.16%	-0.04%
1983	48,447,410	56,332,848	2.38%	0.03%
1984	49,574,069	56,422,072	2.33%	0.16%
1985	50,687,115	56,550,268	2.25%	0.23%
1986	51,777,772	56,681,396	2.15%	0.23%
1987	52,843,670	56,802,050	2.06%	0.21%
1988	53,909,626	56,928,327	2.02%	0.22%
1989	54,976,723	57,076,711	1.98%	0.26%
1990	56,015,628	57,247,586	1.89%	0.3%
1991	57,009,887	57,424,897	1.77%	0.31%
1992	57,990,118	57,580,402	1.72%	0.27%
1993	58,999,167	57,718,614	1.74%	0.24%
1994	60,033,836	57,865,745	1.75%	0.25%
1995	61,024,503	58,019,030	1.65%	0.26%
1996	61,951,134	58,166,950	1.52%	0.25%
1997	62,852,966	58,316,954	1.46%	0.26%
1998	63,734,383	58,487,141	1.4%	0.29%
1999	64,591,923	58,682,466	1.35%	0.33%
2000	65,425,961	58,892,514	1.29%	0.36%
2001	66,245,128	59,119,673	1.25%	0.39%
2002	67,048,795	59,370,479	1.21%	0.42%
2003	67,831,730	59,647,577	1.17%	0.47%
2004	68,592,617	59,987,905	1.12%	0.57%
2005	69,329,557	60,401,206	1.07%	0.69%
2006	70,045,349	60,846,820	1.03%	0.74%
2007	70,158,112	61,322,463	0.16%	0.78%
2008	71,051,678	61,806,995	1.27%	0.79%
2009	72,039,206	62,276,270	1.39%	0.76%
2010	73,142,150	62,766,365	1.53%	0.79%
2011	74,223,629	63,258,810	1.48%	0.78%
2012	75,175,827	63,711,000	1.28%	0.71%
2013	76,147,624	64,139,000	1.29%	0.67%
2014	77,181,884	64,620,000	1.36%	0.75%
2015	78,218,479	65,088,000	1.34%	0.72%
2016	79,277,962	65,607,000	1.35%	0.8%
2017	80,312,698	65,966,000	1.31%	0.55%
2018	81,407,204	66,289,000	1.36%	0.49%
2019	82,579,440	66,631,000	1.44%	0.52%
2020	83,384,680	66,744,000	0.98%	0.17%
2021	84,147,318	66,984,000	0.91%	0.36%
2022	84,979,913	67,604,000	0.99%	0.93%
2023	85,325,965	68,492,000	0.41%	1.31%
2024	85,518,661	69,226,000	0.23%	1.07%
2025	85,725,557	69,639,673	0.24%	0.6%
2026	85,960,835	70,020,350	0.27%	0.55%
2027	86,227,115	70,382,853	0.31%	0.52%
2028	86,502,744	70,732,699	0.32%	0.5%
2029	86,771,652	71,061,482	0.31%	0.46%
2030	87,037,680	71,377,535	0.31%	0.44%
2031	87,297,191	71,678,351	0.3%	0.42%
2032	87,537,075	71,959,934	0.27%	0.39%
2033	87,762,403	72,234,509	0.26%	0.38%
2034	87,974,138	72,497,650	0.24%	0.36%
2035	88,172,739	72,749,096	0.23%	0.35%
2036	88,364,318	72,990,847	0.22%	0.33%
2037	88,545,669	73,218,850	0.21%	0.31%
2038	88,707,268	73,441,349	0.18%	0.3%
2039	88,849,956	73,658,392	0.16%	0.3%
2040	88,975,510	73,868,334	0.14%	0.29%
2041	89,083,304	74,074,316	0.12%	0.28%
2042	89,177,769	74,275,779	0.11%	0.27%
2043	89,254,147	74,475,035	0.09%	0.27%
2044	89,311,458	74,667,284	0.06%	0.26%
2045	89,349,806	74,848,605	0.04%	0.24%
2046	89,375,429	75,020,949	0.03%	0.23%
2047	89,383,765	75,184,478	0.009%	0.22%
2048	89,361,174	75,337,543	-0.03%	0.2%
2049	89,306,566	75,476,141	-0.06%	0.18%
2050	89,218,346	75,600,588	-0.1%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Turkey increased by 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Turkey gained 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Turkey was ranked 18th most populous country in 2006 and is still 18th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.