Turkey Population (LIVE)

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Turkey Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)
  • The current population of Turkey is 87,626,104 as of Friday, March 21, 2025, based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data1.
  • Turkey 2025 population is estimated at 87,685,426 people at mid-year.
  • Turkey population is equivalent to 1.07% of the total world population.
  • Turkey ranks number 18 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
  • The population density in Turkey is 114 per Km² (295 people per mi²).
  • The total land area is 769,630 Km² (297,156 sq. miles).
  • 76.92% of the population is urban (67,446,349 people in 2025)
  • The median age in Turkey is 33.5 years.
1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Turkey (2025 and historical)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Turkey
Global
Rank
2025 87,685,426 0.24% 211,621 −258,205 33.5 1.62 114 76.9% 67,446,349 1.07% 8,231,613,070 18
2024 87,473,805 0.23% 203,304 −275,952 33 1.62 114 76.4% 66,795,292 1.07% 8,161,972,572 18
2023 87,270,501 0.24% 212,028 −318,070 32.5 1.63 113 75.8% 66,156,581 1.08% 8,091,734,930 18
2022 87,058,473 0.56% 483,391 −301,544 32.1 1.63 113 75.2% 65,482,895 1.09% 8,021,407,192 18
2020 86,091,692 1.47% 1,215,493 37,934 31.2 1.77 112 74.1% 63,803,445 1.09% 7,887,001,292 18
2015 80,014,226 1.76% 1,333,491 1,063,140 29.6 2.16 104 72% 57,616,730 1.07% 7,470,491,872 19
2010 73,346,769 1.13% 803,442 55,532 28.1 2.08 95 69.8% 51,225,748 1.04% 7,021,732,148 18
2005 69,329,557 1.17% 780,719 −174,177 26 2.2 90 66.4% 46,065,593 1.05% 6,586,970,132 18
2000 65,425,961 1.4% 880,292 −195,996 24 2.49 85 62.6% 40,942,328 1.06% 6,171,702,993 18
1995 61,024,503 1.73% 1,001,775 −149,737 22.2 2.83 79 59.5% 36,333,494 1.06% 5,758,878,982 17
1990 56,015,628 2.02% 1,065,703 −27,193 20.8 3.11 73 57% 31,923,032 1.05% 5,327,803,110 20
1985 50,687,115 2.22% 1,055,660 8,960 19.6 3.78 66 50.8% 25,769,960 1.04% 4,868,943,465 20
1980 45,408,815 2.04% 871,138 −151,969 18.8 4.45 59 42.4% 19,252,765 1.02% 4,447,606,236 20
1975 41,053,126 2.3% 882,932 −193,829 18.1 5.09 53 39.8% 16,333,819 1.01% 4,070,735,277 19
1970 36,638,465 2.52% 858,649 −150,924 17.5 5.78 48 36.4% 13,334,557 0.99% 3,694,683,794 19
1965 32,345,220 2.69% 803,064 −113,911 17.8 6.22 42 32.8% 10,601,023 0.97% 3,334,533,703 19
1960 28,329,898 3.11% 803,877 14,948 18.4 6.38 37 30.6% 8,657,857 0.94% 3,015,470,894 20
1955 24,310,511 2.95% 657,874 6,845 18.8 6.46 32 28.5% 6,929,929 0.89% 2,740,213,792 20

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Turkey Population Forecast

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Turkey
Global
Rank
2030 89,027,542 0.3% 268,423 −129,583 35.8 1.61 116 79.7% 70,951,437 1.04% 8,569,124,911 18
2035 90,188,557 0.26% 232,203 −100,585 38.1 1.61 117 82.6% 74,480,809 1.02% 8,885,210,181 19
2040 91,009,681 0.18% 164,225 −84,628 40.5 1.61 118 85.2% 77,516,798 0.99% 9,177,190,203 19
2045 91,392,535 0.08% 76,571 −77,842 42.6 1.61 119 87.6% 80,097,582 0.97% 9,439,639,668 19
2050 91,258,061 −0.03% −26,895 −74,065 44.3 1.62 119 90.1% 82,192,061 0.94% 9,664,378,587 19

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Turkey Demographics

Life Expectancy
77.8 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate
8.8

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5
10.4

(per 1,000 live births)

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See also


Notes

The Turkey Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Turkey delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Turkey (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.