The current population of Turkmenistan is 7,713,465 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 7,494,498 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Turkmenistan is projected to reach 10.3M people in 2079.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 5.05M people to 7.71M (52.7% growth in 20 years).
- Turkmenistan is ranked 104/197 by population and was ranked 113th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Turkmenistan has had an average growth rate of 2.63% per year.
- Turkmenistan accounts for 0.09% of the world's population.
Turkmenistan population clock
Turkmenistan
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
7713465
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8266870341
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| Population rank | 104/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.04 minutes
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0.41 seconds
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| One birth every |
3.28 minutes
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0.24 seconds
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| One death every |
12.3 minutes
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0.52 seconds
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| Daily growth/decline | +356 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +130,060 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.77% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 64/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
35.9 minutes
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N/A |
| Annual migration change | +14,646 | N/A |
Turkmenistan population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,643,457 | - |
| 1961 | 1,695,400 | 3.16% |
| 1962 | 1,749,214 | 3.17% |
| 1963 | 1,804,272 | 3.15% |
| 1964 | 1,859,997 | 3.09% |
| 1965 | 1,915,916 | 3.01% |
| 1966 | 1,971,737 | 2.91% |
| 1967 | 2,027,403 | 2.82% |
| 1968 | 2,083,069 | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 2,139,024 | 2.69% |
| 1970 | 2,195,616 | 2.65% |
| 1971 | 2,253,119 | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 2,311,430 | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 2,370,919 | 2.57% |
| 1974 | 2,432,028 | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 2,494,570 | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 2,558,521 | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 2,623,948 | 2.56% |
| 1978 | 2,691,088 | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 2,760,358 | 2.57% |
| 1980 | 2,832,203 | 2.6% |
| 1981 | 2,907,187 | 2.65% |
| 1982 | 2,985,557 | 2.7% |
| 1983 | 3,067,534 | 2.75% |
| 1984 | 3,154,079 | 2.82% |
| 1985 | 3,247,534 | 2.96% |
| 1986 | 3,347,809 | 3.09% |
| 1987 | 3,452,731 | 3.13% |
| 1988 | 3,559,363 | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 3,662,459 | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 3,760,562 | 2.68% |
| 1991 | 3,855,894 | 2.54% |
| 1992 | 3,944,689 | 2.3% |
| 1993 | 4,032,407 | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 4,116,662 | 2.09% |
| 1995 | 4,191,203 | 1.81% |
| 1996 | 4,263,819 | 1.73% |
| 1997 | 4,336,730 | 1.71% |
| 1998 | 4,410,507 | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 4,492,170 | 1.85% |
| 2000 | 4,582,677 | 2.01% |
| 2001 | 4,675,409 | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 4,769,465 | 2.01% |
| 2003 | 4,863,865 | 1.98% |
| 2004 | 4,958,093 | 1.94% |
| 2005 | 5,052,257 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 5,147,105 | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 5,244,046 | 1.88% |
| 2008 | 5,345,029 | 1.93% |
| 2009 | 5,451,592 | 1.99% |
| 2010 | 5,564,356 | 2.07% |
| 2011 | 5,683,417 | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 5,808,546 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 5,939,341 | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 6,075,283 | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 6,215,770 | 2.31% |
| 2016 | 6,360,041 | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 6,507,061 | 2.31% |
| 2018 | 6,655,524 | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 6,803,944 | 2.23% |
| 2020 | 6,949,912 | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 7,092,043 | 2.05% |
| 2022 | 7,230,193 | 1.95% |
| 2023 | 7,364,438 | 1.86% |
| 2024 | 7,494,498 | 1.77% |
| 2025 | 7,618,855 | 1.66% |
| 2026 | 7,736,635 | 1.55% |
| 2027 | 7,847,563 | 1.43% |
| 2028 | 7,951,300 | 1.32% |
| 2029 | 8,047,445 | 1.21% |
| 2030 | 8,135,732 | 1.1% |
| 2031 | 8,218,959 | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 8,300,260 | 0.99% |
| 2033 | 8,380,356 | 0.96% |
| 2034 | 8,459,731 | 0.95% |
| 2035 | 8,538,678 | 0.93% |
| 2036 | 8,617,567 | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 8,696,458 | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 8,775,204 | 0.91% |
| 2039 | 8,853,842 | 0.9% |
| 2040 | 8,932,237 | 0.89% |
| 2041 | 9,010,272 | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 9,087,668 | 0.86% |
| 2043 | 9,164,056 | 0.84% |
| 2044 | 9,239,278 | 0.82% |
| 2045 | 9,312,825 | 0.8% |
| 2046 | 9,384,188 | 0.77% |
| 2047 | 9,452,893 | 0.73% |
| 2048 | 9,518,558 | 0.69% |
| 2049 | 9,580,906 | 0.66% |
| 2050 | 9,639,711 | 0.61% |
Turkmenistan has a population of 7.71M as of 2025, compared to 6.22M in 2015, 5.05M in 2005, and 4.19M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.41% per year. Turkmenistan is ranked 53rd 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) Turkmenistan will have 9,312,825 people (20.7% growth) with a rank change from 104th to 103rd.
By the year 2100, Turkmenistan's population is projected to grow by 29% to 9.95M people.
Largest cities by population
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Turkmenistan
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Ashgabat | 1.03M |
| Turkmenabat | 231K |
| Dasoguz | 227K |
| Mary | 126K |
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Turkmenistan population statistics
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Turkmenistan
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 70.3 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 29.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 27.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.1:50.9 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.69 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.3 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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