Population in Turkmenistan compared to Uzbekistan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Turkmenistan	Uzbekistan	Turkmenistan	Uzbekistan
1960	1,643,457	8,209,109	-	-
1961	1,695,400	8,517,711	3.16%	3.76%
1962	1,749,214	8,854,368	3.17%	3.95%
1963	1,804,272	9,202,246	3.15%	3.93%
1964	1,859,997	9,557,611	3.09%	3.86%
1965	1,915,916	9,921,681	3.01%	3.81%
1966	1,971,737	10,289,294	2.91%	3.71%
1967	2,027,403	10,659,180	2.82%	3.59%
1968	2,083,069	11,032,155	2.75%	3.5%
1969	2,139,024	11,403,150	2.69%	3.36%
1970	2,195,616	11,762,638	2.65%	3.15%
1971	2,253,119	12,111,511	2.62%	2.97%
1972	2,311,430	12,465,106	2.59%	2.92%
1973	2,370,919	12,831,047	2.57%	2.94%
1974	2,432,028	13,209,011	2.58%	2.95%
1975	2,494,570	13,598,521	2.57%	2.95%
1976	2,558,521	13,998,620	2.56%	2.94%
1977	2,623,948	14,408,822	2.56%	2.93%
1978	2,691,088	14,816,349	2.56%	2.83%
1979	2,760,358	15,215,587	2.57%	2.69%
1980	2,832,203	15,619,936	2.6%	2.66%
1981	2,907,187	16,035,032	2.65%	2.66%
1982	2,985,557	16,462,736	2.7%	2.67%
1983	3,067,534	16,908,400	2.75%	2.71%
1984	3,154,079	17,378,846	2.82%	2.78%
1985	3,247,534	17,875,339	2.96%	2.86%
1986	3,347,809	18,395,621	3.09%	2.91%
1987	3,452,731	18,930,070	3.13%	2.91%
1988	3,559,363	19,460,630	3.09%	2.8%
1989	3,662,459	19,977,183	2.9%	2.65%
1990	3,760,562	20,464,956	2.68%	2.44%
1991	3,855,894	20,962,910	2.54%	2.43%
1992	3,944,689	21,485,090	2.3%	2.49%
1993	4,032,407	21,987,955	2.22%	2.34%
1994	4,116,662	22,463,291	2.09%	2.16%
1995	4,191,203	22,917,589	1.81%	2.02%
1996	4,263,819	23,351,981	1.73%	1.9%
1997	4,336,730	23,758,960	1.71%	1.74%
1998	4,410,507	24,134,929	1.7%	1.58%
1999	4,492,170	24,476,008	1.85%	1.41%
2000	4,582,677	24,787,054	2.01%	1.27%
2001	4,675,409	25,090,283	2.02%	1.22%
2002	4,769,465	25,399,980	2.01%	1.23%
2003	4,863,865	25,711,259	1.98%	1.23%
2004	4,958,093	26,029,350	1.94%	1.24%
2005	5,052,257	26,356,975	1.9%	1.26%
2006	5,147,105	26,699,043	1.88%	1.3%
2007	5,244,046	27,076,008	1.88%	1.41%
2008	5,345,029	27,494,774	1.93%	1.55%
2009	5,451,592	27,939,328	1.99%	1.62%
2010	5,564,356	28,385,506	2.07%	1.6%
2011	5,683,417	28,823,196	2.14%	1.54%
2012	5,808,546	29,261,903	2.2%	1.52%
2013	5,939,341	29,724,065	2.25%	1.58%
2014	6,075,283	30,222,994	2.29%	1.68%
2015	6,215,770	30,749,346	2.31%	1.74%
2016	6,360,041	31,284,568	2.32%	1.74%
2017	6,507,061	31,819,178	2.31%	1.71%
2018	6,655,524	32,373,490	2.28%	1.74%
2019	6,803,944	32,964,701	2.23%	1.83%
2020	6,949,912	33,586,372	2.15%	1.89%
2021	7,092,043	34,243,696	2.05%	1.96%
2022	7,230,193	34,938,955	1.95%	2.03%
2023	7,364,438	35,652,307	1.86%	2.04%
2024	7,494,498	36,361,859	1.77%	1.99%
2025	7,618,855	37,053,425	1.66%	1.9%
2026	7,736,635	37,724,224	1.55%	1.81%
2027	7,847,563	38,376,104	1.43%	1.73%
2028	7,951,300	39,010,995	1.32%	1.65%
2029	8,047,445	39,634,353	1.21%	1.6%
2030	8,135,732	40,248,246	1.1%	1.55%
2031	8,218,959	40,850,310	1.02%	1.5%
2032	8,300,260	41,442,243	0.99%	1.45%
2033	8,380,356	42,026,366	0.96%	1.41%
2034	8,459,731	42,603,253	0.95%	1.37%
2035	8,538,678	43,175,104	0.93%	1.34%
2036	8,617,567	43,744,382	0.92%	1.32%
2037	8,696,458	44,313,638	0.92%	1.3%
2038	8,775,204	44,885,866	0.91%	1.29%
2039	8,853,842	45,461,988	0.9%	1.28%
2040	8,932,237	46,044,151	0.89%	1.28%
2041	9,010,272	46,636,742	0.87%	1.29%
2042	9,087,668	47,240,035	0.86%	1.29%
2043	9,164,056	47,851,671	0.84%	1.29%
2044	9,239,278	48,470,624	0.82%	1.29%
2045	9,312,825	49,096,060	0.8%	1.29%
2046	9,384,188	49,724,395	0.77%	1.28%
2047	9,452,893	50,351,710	0.73%	1.26%
2048	9,518,558	50,975,927	0.69%	1.24%
2049	9,580,906	51,596,108	0.66%	1.22%
2050	9,639,711	52,210,749	0.61%	1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Turkmenistan increased by 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Turkmenistan gained 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Turkmenistan was ranked 113th most populous country in 2005 and is 104th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.