The latest officially reported population of Turkmenistan was 7,494,498 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Turkmenistan's population is 7,737,847 people compared to 70,024,311 in the United Kingdom.
Population statistics:
- The United Kingdom's population is 9.05 times bigger than Turkmenistan's.
- Turkmenistan is ranked the 104th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
- The countries together account for 0.94% of the world: 0.09% for Turkmenistan vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
- For the last 10 years, Turkmenistan has had an average growth rate of +2.14% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
- Since 2006, the population of Turkmenistan has increased from 5.15M people to 7.74M (50.3% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.8M to 70M (15.1% growth).
- Turkmenistan is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 10.3M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.
Turkmenistan vs United Kingdom: live population counter
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| Current population |
7737847
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70024311
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| Population rank | 104/197 | 22/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 0.85% |
| One net population change |
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +14,646 | +417,114 |
| Daily growth/decline | +356 | +2,011 |
| Annual growth/decline | +130,060 | +734,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.77% | +1.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 61/197 | 98/197 |
Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,643,457 | 52,400,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,695,400 | 52,800,000 | 3.16% | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 1,749,214 | 53,250,000 | 3.17% | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 1,804,272 | 53,650,000 | 3.15% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 1,859,997 | 54,000,000 | 3.09% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 1,915,916 | 54,348,050 | 3.01% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 1,971,737 | 54,648,500 | 2.91% | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 2,027,403 | 54,943,600 | 2.82% | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 2,083,069 | 55,211,700 | 2.75% | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 2,139,024 | 55,441,750 | 2.69% | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 2,195,616 | 55,663,250 | 2.65% | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 2,253,119 | 55,896,223 | 2.62% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 2,311,430 | 56,086,065 | 2.59% | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 2,370,919 | 56,194,527 | 2.57% | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 2,432,028 | 56,229,974 | 2.58% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 2,494,570 | 56,225,800 | 2.57% | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 2,558,521 | 56,211,968 | 2.56% | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 2,623,948 | 56,193,492 | 2.56% | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 2,691,088 | 56,196,504 | 2.56% | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 2,760,358 | 56,246,951 | 2.57% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 2,832,203 | 56,314,216 | 2.6% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 2,907,187 | 56,333,829 | 2.65% | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 2,985,557 | 56,313,641 | 2.7% | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 3,067,534 | 56,332,848 | 2.75% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 3,154,079 | 56,422,072 | 2.82% | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 3,247,534 | 56,550,268 | 2.96% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 3,347,809 | 56,681,396 | 3.09% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 3,452,731 | 56,802,050 | 3.13% | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 3,559,363 | 56,928,327 | 3.09% | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 3,662,459 | 57,076,711 | 2.9% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 3,760,562 | 57,247,586 | 2.68% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 3,855,894 | 57,424,897 | 2.54% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 3,944,689 | 57,580,402 | 2.3% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 4,032,407 | 57,718,614 | 2.22% | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 4,116,662 | 57,865,745 | 2.09% | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 4,191,203 | 58,019,030 | 1.81% | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 4,263,819 | 58,166,950 | 1.73% | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 4,336,730 | 58,316,954 | 1.71% | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 4,410,507 | 58,487,141 | 1.7% | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 4,492,170 | 58,682,466 | 1.85% | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 4,582,677 | 58,892,514 | 2.01% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 4,675,409 | 59,119,673 | 2.02% | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 4,769,465 | 59,370,479 | 2.01% | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 4,863,865 | 59,647,577 | 1.98% | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 4,958,093 | 59,987,905 | 1.94% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 5,052,257 | 60,401,206 | 1.9% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 5,147,105 | 60,846,820 | 1.88% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 5,244,046 | 61,322,463 | 1.88% | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 5,345,029 | 61,806,995 | 1.93% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 5,451,592 | 62,276,270 | 1.99% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 5,564,356 | 62,766,365 | 2.07% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 5,683,417 | 63,258,810 | 2.14% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 5,808,546 | 63,711,000 | 2.2% | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 5,939,341 | 64,139,000 | 2.25% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 6,075,283 | 64,620,000 | 2.29% | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 6,215,770 | 65,088,000 | 2.31% | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 6,360,041 | 65,607,000 | 2.32% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 6,507,061 | 65,966,000 | 2.31% | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 6,655,524 | 66,289,000 | 2.28% | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 6,803,944 | 66,631,000 | 2.23% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 6,949,912 | 66,744,000 | 2.15% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 7,092,043 | 66,984,000 | 2.05% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 7,230,193 | 67,604,000 | 1.95% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 7,364,438 | 68,492,000 | 1.86% | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 7,494,498 | 69,226,000 | 1.77% | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 7,618,855 | 69,639,673 | 1.66% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 7,736,635 | 70,020,350 | 1.55% | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 7,847,563 | 70,382,853 | 1.43% | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 7,951,300 | 70,732,699 | 1.32% | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 8,047,445 | 71,061,482 | 1.21% | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 8,135,732 | 71,377,535 | 1.1% | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 8,218,959 | 71,678,351 | 1.02% | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 8,300,260 | 71,959,934 | 0.99% | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 8,380,356 | 72,234,509 | 0.96% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 8,459,731 | 72,497,650 | 0.95% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 8,538,678 | 72,749,096 | 0.93% | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 8,617,567 | 72,990,847 | 0.92% | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 8,696,458 | 73,218,850 | 0.92% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 8,775,204 | 73,441,349 | 0.91% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 8,853,842 | 73,658,392 | 0.9% | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 8,932,237 | 73,868,334 | 0.89% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 9,010,272 | 74,074,316 | 0.87% | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 9,087,668 | 74,275,779 | 0.86% | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 9,164,056 | 74,475,035 | 0.84% | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 9,239,278 | 74,667,284 | 0.82% | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 9,312,825 | 74,848,605 | 0.8% | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 9,384,188 | 75,020,949 | 0.77% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 9,452,893 | 75,184,478 | 0.73% | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 9,518,558 | 75,337,543 | 0.69% | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 9,580,906 | 75,476,141 | 0.66% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 9,639,711 | 75,600,588 | 0.61% | 0.16% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Turkmenistan increased by 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Turkmenistan gained 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).
Turkmenistan was ranked 113th most populous country in 2006 and is 104th 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) Turkmenistan's population will grow by 24.6% to 9,639,711 people with a rank change from 104th to 101st. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ashgabat | 1.03M |
| Turkmenabat | 231K |
| Dasoguz | 227K |
| Mary | 126K |
| Anau | 29.6K |
| Baherden | 24.7K |
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| City | Population |
| London | 8.8M |
| Birmingham | 1.14M |
| Glasgow | 626K |
| Manchester | 548K |
| Leeds | 536K |
| Sheffield | 518K |
| Liverpool | 513K |
| Edinburgh | 488K |
| Bristol | 472K |
| Leicester | 464K |
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Population differences between Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom
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| Life expectancy | 70.5 years | 81.7 years |
| Average age | 29.1 years | 41.4 years |
| Median age | 27.5 years | 41 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.1:50.9 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.69 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.3 ppl/mi² | 741 ppl/mi² |
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