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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Turkmenistan	Zimbabwe	Turkmenistan	Zimbabwe
1960	1,643,457	3,809,389	-	-
1961	1,695,400	3,930,401	3.16%	3.18%
1962	1,749,214	4,055,959	3.17%	3.19%
1963	1,804,272	4,185,877	3.15%	3.2%
1964	1,859,997	4,320,006	3.09%	3.2%
1965	1,915,916	4,458,462	3.01%	3.2%
1966	1,971,737	4,601,217	2.91%	3.2%
1967	2,027,403	4,748,307	2.82%	3.2%
1968	2,083,069	4,900,440	2.75%	3.2%
1969	2,139,024	5,058,181	2.69%	3.22%
1970	2,195,616	5,215,918	2.65%	3.12%
1971	2,253,119	5,374,712	2.62%	3.04%
1972	2,311,430	5,542,445	2.59%	3.12%
1973	2,370,919	5,720,404	2.57%	3.21%
1974	2,432,028	5,908,328	2.58%	3.29%
1975	2,494,570	6,098,658	2.57%	3.22%
1976	2,558,521	6,287,105	2.56%	3.09%
1977	2,623,948	6,449,512	2.56%	2.58%
1978	2,691,088	6,543,575	2.56%	1.46%
1979	2,760,358	6,647,556	2.57%	1.59%
1980	2,832,203	7,041,303	2.6%	5.92%
1981	2,907,187	7,498,635	2.65%	6.49%
1982	2,985,557	7,796,496	2.7%	3.97%
1983	3,067,534	8,098,404	2.75%	3.87%
1984	3,154,079	8,391,488	2.82%	3.62%
1985	3,247,534	8,686,813	2.96%	3.52%
1986	3,347,809	8,982,578	3.09%	3.4%
1987	3,452,731	9,284,644	3.13%	3.36%
1988	3,559,363	9,583,094	3.09%	3.21%
1989	3,662,459	9,864,798	2.9%	2.94%
1990	3,760,562	10,137,281	2.68%	2.76%
1991	3,855,894	10,404,816	2.54%	2.64%
1992	3,944,689	10,702,700	2.3%	2.86%
1993	4,032,407	10,860,288	2.22%	1.47%
1994	4,116,662	10,873,148	2.09%	0.12%
1995	4,191,203	10,974,599	1.81%	0.93%
1996	4,263,819	11,158,360	1.73%	1.67%
1997	4,336,730	11,369,827	1.71%	1.9%
1998	4,410,507	11,594,297	1.7%	1.97%
1999	4,492,170	11,783,458	1.85%	1.63%
2000	4,582,677	11,892,055	2.01%	0.92%
2001	4,675,409	11,971,901	2.02%	0.67%
2002	4,769,465	12,087,653	2.01%	0.97%
2003	4,863,865	12,232,323	1.98%	1.2%
2004	4,958,093	12,365,896	1.94%	1.09%
2005	5,052,257	12,483,432	1.9%	0.95%
2006	5,147,105	12,636,445	1.88%	1.23%
2007	5,244,046	12,804,058	1.88%	1.33%
2008	5,345,029	12,959,149	1.93%	1.21%
2009	5,451,592	13,142,790	1.99%	1.42%
2010	5,564,356	13,356,548	2.07%	1.63%
2011	5,683,417	13,595,424	2.14%	1.79%
2012	5,808,546	13,817,887	2.2%	1.64%
2013	5,939,341	14,013,808	2.25%	1.42%
2014	6,075,283	14,207,359	2.29%	1.38%
2015	6,215,770	14,399,013	2.31%	1.35%
2016	6,360,041	14,600,294	2.32%	1.4%
2017	6,507,061	14,812,482	2.31%	1.45%
2018	6,655,524	15,034,452	2.28%	1.5%
2019	6,803,944	15,271,368	2.23%	1.58%
2020	6,949,912	15,526,888	2.15%	1.67%
2021	7,092,043	15,797,210	2.05%	1.74%
2022	7,230,193	16,069,056	1.95%	1.72%
2023	7,364,438	16,340,822	1.86%	1.69%
2024	7,494,498	16,634,373	1.77%	1.8%
2025	7,618,855	16,950,805	1.66%	1.9%
2026	7,736,635	17,273,591	1.55%	1.9%
2027	7,847,563	17,600,621	1.43%	1.89%
2028	7,951,300	17,932,015	1.32%	1.88%
2029	8,047,445	18,268,967	1.21%	1.88%
2030	8,135,732	18,610,356	1.1%	1.87%
2031	8,218,959	18,956,207	1.02%	1.86%
2032	8,300,260	19,311,368	0.99%	1.87%
2033	8,380,356	19,675,929	0.96%	1.89%
2034	8,459,731	20,041,125	0.95%	1.86%
2035	8,538,678	20,409,159	0.93%	1.84%
2036	8,617,567	20,778,662	0.92%	1.81%
2037	8,696,458	21,144,748	0.92%	1.76%
2038	8,775,204	21,512,919	0.91%	1.74%
2039	8,853,842	21,881,123	0.9%	1.71%
2040	8,932,237	22,250,123	0.89%	1.69%
2041	9,010,272	22,627,428	0.87%	1.7%
2042	9,087,668	23,000,906	0.86%	1.65%
2043	9,164,056	23,371,301	0.84%	1.61%
2044	9,239,278	23,740,630	0.82%	1.58%
2045	9,312,825	24,102,391	0.8%	1.52%
2046	9,384,188	24,462,491	0.77%	1.49%
2047	9,452,893	24,816,449	0.73%	1.45%
2048	9,518,558	25,168,419	0.69%	1.42%
2049	9,580,906	25,518,513	0.66%	1.39%
2050	9,639,711	25,866,397	0.61%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Turkmenistan increased by 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Turkmenistan gained 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Turkmenistan was ranked 113th most populous country in 2006 and is 104th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.