The latest officially reported population of Turkmenistan was 7,494,498 in 2024 vs 340,110,988 people in the United States in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Turkmenistan's population is 7,713,465 people compared to 343,323,530 in the United States.
Population statistics:
- The United States' population is 44.5 times bigger than Turkmenistan's.
- Turkmenistan is ranked the 104th most populous country in the world, while the United States is the 3rd.
- The countries together account for 4.25% of the world: 0.09% for Turkmenistan vs 4.15% for the United States.
- For the last 10 years, Turkmenistan has had an average growth rate of +2.14% per year vs +0.67% in the United States.
- Since 2005, the population of Turkmenistan has increased from 5.05M people to 7.71M (52.7% growth), while the United States has grown from 296M to 343M (16.2% growth).
- Turkmenistan is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 10.3M people compared to the peak of 415M people in 2100 for the United States.
Turkmenistan vs United States: live population counter
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| Current population |
7713465
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343323530
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| Population rank | 104/197 | 3/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 4.15% |
| One net population change |
4.04 minutes
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6.07 seconds
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| One birth every |
3.28 minutes
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8.8 seconds
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| One death every |
12.3 minutes
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10.2 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
35.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +14,646 | +1,286,132 |
| Daily growth/decline | +356 | +14,236 |
| Annual growth/decline | +130,060 | +5,196,093 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.77% | +1.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 64/197 | 72/197 |
Turkmenistan and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1900 | - | 76,094,000 | - | - |
| 1901 | - | 77,584,000 | - | 1.96% |
| 1902 | - | 79,163,000 | - | 2.04% |
| 1903 | - | 80,632,000 | - | 1.86% |
| 1904 | - | 82,166,000 | - | 1.9% |
| 1905 | - | 83,822,000 | - | 2.02% |
| 1906 | - | 85,450,000 | - | 1.94% |
| 1907 | - | 87,008,000 | - | 1.82% |
| 1908 | - | 88,710,000 | - | 1.96% |
| 1909 | - | 90,490,000 | - | 2.01% |
| 1910 | - | 92,407,000 | - | 2.12% |
| 1911 | - | 93,863,000 | - | 1.58% |
| 1912 | - | 95,335,000 | - | 1.57% |
| 1913 | - | 97,225,000 | - | 1.98% |
| 1914 | - | 99,111,000 | - | 1.94% |
| 1915 | - | 100,546,000 | - | 1.45% |
| 1916 | - | 101,961,000 | - | 1.41% |
| 1917 | - | 103,268,000 | - | 1.28% |
| 1918 | - | 103,208,000 | - | -0.06% |
| 1919 | - | 104,514,000 | - | 1.27% |
| 1920 | - | 106,461,000 | - | 1.86% |
| 1921 | - | 108,538,000 | - | 1.95% |
| 1922 | - | 110,049,000 | - | 1.39% |
| 1923 | - | 111,947,000 | - | 1.72% |
| 1924 | - | 114,109,000 | - | 1.93% |
| 1925 | - | 115,829,000 | - | 1.51% |
| 1926 | - | 117,397,000 | - | 1.35% |
| 1927 | - | 119,035,000 | - | 1.4% |
| 1928 | - | 120,509,000 | - | 1.24% |
| 1929 | - | 121,767,000 | - | 1.04% |
| 1930 | - | 123,076,741 | - | 1.08% |
| 1931 | - | 124,039,648 | - | 0.78% |
| 1932 | - | 124,840,471 | - | 0.65% |
| 1933 | - | 125,578,763 | - | 0.59% |
| 1934 | - | 126,373,773 | - | 0.63% |
| 1935 | - | 127,250,232 | - | 0.69% |
| 1936 | - | 128,053,180 | - | 0.63% |
| 1937 | - | 128,824,829 | - | 0.6% |
| 1938 | - | 129,824,939 | - | 0.78% |
| 1939 | - | 130,879,718 | - | 0.81% |
| 1940 | - | 132,122,446 | - | 0.95% |
| 1941 | - | 133,402,471 | - | 0.97% |
| 1942 | - | 134,859,553 | - | 1.09% |
| 1943 | - | 136,739,353 | - | 1.39% |
| 1944 | - | 138,397,345 | - | 1.21% |
| 1945 | - | 139,928,165 | - | 1.11% |
| 1946 | - | 141,388,566 | - | 1.04% |
| 1947 | - | 144,126,071 | - | 1.94% |
| 1948 | - | 146,631,302 | - | 1.74% |
| 1949 | - | 149,188,130 | - | 1.74% |
| 1950 | - | 152,271,417 | - | 2.07% |
| 1951 | - | 154,877,889 | - | 1.71% |
| 1952 | - | 157,552,740 | - | 1.73% |
| 1953 | - | 160,184,192 | - | 1.67% |
| 1954 | - | 163,025,854 | - | 1.77% |
| 1955 | - | 165,931,202 | - | 1.78% |
| 1956 | - | 168,903,031 | - | 1.79% |
| 1957 | - | 171,984,130 | - | 1.82% |
| 1958 | - | 174,881,904 | - | 1.68% |
| 1959 | - | 177,829,628 | - | 1.69% |
| 1960 | 1,643,457 | 180,671,158 | - | 1.6% |
| 1961 | 1,695,400 | 183,691,481 | 3.16% | 1.67% |
| 1962 | 1,749,214 | 186,537,737 | 3.17% | 1.55% |
| 1963 | 1,804,272 | 189,241,798 | 3.15% | 1.45% |
| 1964 | 1,859,997 | 191,888,791 | 3.09% | 1.4% |
| 1965 | 1,915,916 | 194,302,963 | 3.01% | 1.26% |
| 1966 | 1,971,737 | 196,560,338 | 2.91% | 1.16% |
| 1967 | 2,027,403 | 198,712,056 | 2.82% | 1.09% |
| 1968 | 2,083,069 | 200,706,052 | 2.75% | 1% |
| 1969 | 2,139,024 | 202,676,946 | 2.69% | 0.98% |
| 1970 | 2,195,616 | 205,052,174 | 2.65% | 1.17% |
| 1971 | 2,253,119 | 207,660,677 | 2.62% | 1.27% |
| 1972 | 2,311,430 | 209,896,021 | 2.59% | 1.08% |
| 1973 | 2,370,919 | 211,908,788 | 2.57% | 0.96% |
| 1974 | 2,432,028 | 213,853,928 | 2.58% | 0.92% |
| 1975 | 2,494,570 | 215,973,199 | 2.57% | 0.99% |
| 1976 | 2,558,521 | 218,035,164 | 2.56% | 0.95% |
| 1977 | 2,623,948 | 220,239,425 | 2.56% | 1.01% |
| 1978 | 2,691,088 | 222,584,545 | 2.56% | 1.06% |
| 1979 | 2,760,358 | 225,055,487 | 2.57% | 1.11% |
| 1980 | 2,832,203 | 226,542,250 | 2.6% | 0.66% |
| 1981 | 2,907,187 | 229,465,744 | 2.65% | 1.29% |
| 1982 | 2,985,557 | 231,664,432 | 2.7% | 0.96% |
| 1983 | 3,067,534 | 233,792,014 | 2.75% | 0.92% |
| 1984 | 3,154,079 | 235,824,908 | 2.82% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 3,247,534 | 237,923,734 | 2.96% | 0.89% |
| 1986 | 3,347,809 | 240,132,831 | 3.09% | 0.93% |
| 1987 | 3,452,731 | 242,288,936 | 3.13% | 0.9% |
| 1988 | 3,559,363 | 244,499,004 | 3.09% | 0.91% |
| 1989 | 3,662,459 | 246,819,222 | 2.9% | 0.95% |
| 1990 | 3,760,562 | 250,131,894 | 2.68% | 1.34% |
| 1991 | 3,855,894 | 253,492,503 | 2.54% | 1.34% |
| 1992 | 3,944,689 | 256,894,189 | 2.3% | 1.34% |
| 1993 | 4,032,407 | 260,255,352 | 2.22% | 1.31% |
| 1994 | 4,116,662 | 263,435,673 | 2.09% | 1.22% |
| 1995 | 4,191,203 | 266,557,091 | 1.81% | 1.18% |
| 1996 | 4,263,819 | 269,667,391 | 1.73% | 1.17% |
| 1997 | 4,336,730 | 272,911,760 | 1.71% | 1.2% |
| 1998 | 4,410,507 | 276,115,288 | 1.7% | 1.17% |
| 1999 | 4,492,170 | 279,294,713 | 1.85% | 1.15% |
| 2000 | 4,582,677 | 282,162,411 | 2.01% | 1.03% |
| 2001 | 4,675,409 | 284,968,955 | 2.02% | 0.99% |
| 2002 | 4,769,465 | 287,625,193 | 2.01% | 0.93% |
| 2003 | 4,863,865 | 290,107,933 | 1.98% | 0.86% |
| 2004 | 4,958,093 | 292,805,298 | 1.94% | 0.93% |
| 2005 | 5,052,257 | 295,516,599 | 1.9% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 5,147,105 | 298,379,912 | 1.88% | 0.97% |
| 2007 | 5,244,046 | 301,231,207 | 1.88% | 0.96% |
| 2008 | 5,345,029 | 304,093,966 | 1.93% | 0.95% |
| 2009 | 5,451,592 | 306,771,529 | 1.99% | 0.88% |
| 2010 | 5,564,356 | 309,327,143 | 2.07% | 0.83% |
| 2011 | 5,683,417 | 311,583,481 | 2.14% | 0.73% |
| 2012 | 5,808,546 | 313,877,662 | 2.2% | 0.74% |
| 2013 | 5,939,341 | 316,059,947 | 2.25% | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 6,075,283 | 318,386,329 | 2.29% | 0.74% |
| 2015 | 6,215,770 | 320,738,994 | 2.31% | 0.74% |
| 2016 | 6,360,041 | 323,071,755 | 2.32% | 0.73% |
| 2017 | 6,507,061 | 325,122,128 | 2.31% | 0.63% |
| 2018 | 6,655,524 | 326,838,199 | 2.28% | 0.53% |
| 2019 | 6,803,944 | 328,329,953 | 2.23% | 0.46% |
| 2020 | 6,949,912 | 331,526,933 | 2.15% | 0.97% |
| 2021 | 7,092,043 | 331,893,745 | 2.05% | 0.11% |
| 2022 | 7,230,193 | 333,271,411 | 1.95% | 0.42% |
| 2023 | 7,364,438 | 334,914,895 | 1.86% | 0.49% |
| 2024 | 7,494,498 | 340,110,988 | 1.77% | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 7,618,855 | 341,931,772 | 1.66% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 7,736,635 | 343,664,369 | 1.55% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 7,847,563 | 345,331,185 | 1.43% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 7,951,300 | 346,981,137 | 1.32% | 0.48% |
| 2029 | 8,047,445 | 348,601,982 | 1.21% | 0.47% |
| 2030 | 8,135,732 | 350,176,974 | 1.1% | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 8,218,959 | 351,725,612 | 1.02% | 0.44% |
| 2032 | 8,300,260 | 353,249,060 | 0.99% | 0.43% |
| 2033 | 8,380,356 | 354,749,644 | 0.96% | 0.42% |
| 2034 | 8,459,731 | 356,234,239 | 0.95% | 0.42% |
| 2035 | 8,538,678 | 357,694,316 | 0.93% | 0.41% |
| 2036 | 8,617,567 | 359,119,002 | 0.92% | 0.4% |
| 2037 | 8,696,458 | 360,517,853 | 0.92% | 0.39% |
| 2038 | 8,775,204 | 361,895,407 | 0.91% | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 8,853,842 | 363,229,908 | 0.9% | 0.37% |
| 2040 | 8,932,237 | 364,512,364 | 0.89% | 0.35% |
| 2041 | 9,010,272 | 365,753,139 | 0.87% | 0.34% |
| 2042 | 9,087,668 | 366,969,419 | 0.86% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 9,164,056 | 368,146,925 | 0.84% | 0.32% |
| 2044 | 9,239,278 | 369,258,123 | 0.82% | 0.3% |
| 2045 | 9,312,825 | 370,318,770 | 0.8% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 9,384,188 | 371,328,255 | 0.77% | 0.27% |
| 2047 | 9,452,893 | 372,299,116 | 0.73% | 0.26% |
| 2048 | 9,518,558 | 373,230,539 | 0.69% | 0.25% |
| 2049 | 9,580,906 | 374,119,803 | 0.66% | 0.24% |
| 2050 | 9,639,711 | 374,986,259 | 0.61% | 0.23% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Turkmenistan increased by 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Turkmenistan gained 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).
Turkmenistan was ranked 113th most populous country in 2005 and is 104th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Turkmenistan's population will grow by 25% to 9,639,711 people with a rank change from 104th to 101st. The population of the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.
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 |
| New York | 8.8M |
| Los Angeles | 3.9M |
| Chicago | 2.75M |
| Houston | 2.3M |
| Phoenix | 1.61M |
| Philadelphia | 1.6M |
| San Antonio | 1.43M |
| San Diego | 1.39M |
| Dallas | 1.3M |
| San Jose | 1.01M |
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Population differences between Turkmenistan and the United States
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| Life expectancy | 70.3 years | 79.6 years |
| Average age | 29.1 years | 40.2 years |
| Median age | 27.5 years | 39.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.1:50.9 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.69 births per woman | 1.62 births per woman |
| Population density | 41.3 ppl/mi² | 96.3 ppl/mi² |
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