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Population in Turkmenistan compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

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

Turkmenistan United States
Current population
7713465
343323530
Population rank 104/197 3/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 4.15%
One net population change
4.04 minutes
6.07 seconds
One birth every
3.28 minutes
8.8 seconds
One death every
12.3 minutes
10.2 seconds
One migration net change every
35.9 minutes
24.5 seconds
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

Turkmenistan
Population

Growth rate
United States
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Turkmenistan United States Turkmenistan United States
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.

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