Population of Turkey

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	01 Mar 2026

Turkey Population (LIVE)

87,852,244

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As of March 21, 2026, Turkey’s population is estimated at 87,852,166, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of Turkey is projected at 87,926,082, or 87.93 million, compared to 87,685,426, or 87.69 million, on July 1, 2025.

Turkey is the tenth-most populous country in Asia and is in the 18th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Turkey population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	20,715,337	21,021,140	611,605	2.910	0.84
1951	21,326,942	21,643,880	633,877	2.929	0.85
1952	21,960,819	22,290,092	658,546	2.955	0.86
1953	22,619,365	22,958,548	678,366	2.955	0.87
1954	23,297,731	23,636,109	676,756	2.863	0.88
1955	23,974,487	24,310,511	672,047	2.765	0.89
1956	24,646,534	25,057,602	822,135	3.281	0.90
1957	25,468,669	25,880,914	824,490	3.186	0.91
1958	26,293,159	26,704,962	823,606	3.084	0.92
1959	27,116,765	27,526,341	819,153	2.976	0.93
1960	27,935,918	28,329,898	787,961	2.782	0.94
1961	28,723,879	29,119,238	790,718	2.716	0.95
1962	29,514,597	29,916,147	803,100	2.685	0.96
1963	30,317,697	30,726,841	818,288	2.663	0.96
1964	31,135,985	31,543,072	814,175	2.581	0.97
1965	31,950,160	32,345,220	790,120	2.443	0.97
1966	32,740,280	33,177,672	874,784	2.637	0.97
1967	33,615,064	34,050,421	870,715	2.557	0.98
1968	34,485,779	34,921,684	871,810	2.497	0.99
1969	35,357,589	35,787,774	860,370	2.404	0.99
1970	36,217,959	36,638,465	841,011	2.296	0.99
1971	37,058,970	37,518,611	919,282	2.450	1.00
1972	37,978,252	38,430,221	903,938	2.352	1.00
1973	38,882,190	39,329,533	894,686	2.275	1.00
1974	39,776,876	40,210,234	866,715	2.156	1.01
1975	40,643,591	41,053,126	819,071	1.995	1.01
1976	41,462,662	41,899,984	874,645	2.088	1.01
1977	42,337,307	42,773,298	871,982	2.039	1.01
1978	43,209,289	43,645,306	872,034	1.998	1.02
1979	44,081,323	44,510,429	858,213	1.928	1.02
1980	44,939,536	45,408,815	938,559	2.067	1.02
1981	45,878,095	46,321,190	886,191	1.913	1.02
1982	46,764,286	47,322,096	1,115,620	2.358	1.03
1983	47,879,906	48,447,410	1,135,009	2.343	1.03
1984	49,014,915	49,574,069	1,118,309	2.256	1.04
1985	50,133,224	50,687,115	1,107,782	2.186	1.04
1986	51,241,006	51,777,772	1,073,532	2.073	1.04
1987	52,314,538	52,843,670	1,058,264	2.003	1.05
1988	53,372,802	53,909,626	1,073,649	1.992	1.05
1989	54,446,451	54,976,723	1,060,544	1.929	1.05
1990	55,506,995	56,015,628	1,017,265	1.816	1.05
1991	56,524,260	57,009,887	971,255	1.704	1.05
1992	57,495,515	57,990,118	989,205	1.706	1.05
1993	58,484,720	58,999,167	1,028,894	1.744	1.06
1994	59,513,614	60,033,836	1,040,443	1.733	1.06
1995	60,554,057	61,024,503	940,891	1.542	1.06
1996	61,494,948	61,951,134	912,371	1.473	1.06
1997	62,407,319	62,852,966	891,294	1.418	1.06
1998	63,298,613	63,734,383	871,540	1.367	1.06
1999	64,170,153	64,591,923	843,539	1.306	1.06
2000	65,013,692	65,425,961	824,539	1.260	1.06
2001	65,838,231	66,245,128	813,794	1.228	1.06
2002	66,652,025	67,048,795	793,541	1.184	1.06
2003	67,445,566	67,831,730	772,327	1.139	1.06
2004	68,217,893	68,592,617	749,448	1.093	1.05
2005	68,967,341	69,329,557	724,431	1.045	1.05
2006	69,691,772	70,045,349	707,155	1.010	1.05
2007	70,398,927	70,750,586	703,318	0.994	1.05
2008	71,102,245	71,562,338	920,187	1.286	1.05
2009	72,022,432	72,464,848	884,832	1.221	1.05
2010	72,907,264	73,346,769	879,010	1.198	1.04
2011	73,786,274	74,215,203	857,858	1.156	1.04
2012	74,644,132	75,197,198	1,106,133	1.471	1.04
2013	75,750,265	76,403,031	1,305,532	1.709	1.05
2014	77,055,797	78,036,154	1,960,714	2.513	1.06
2015	79,016,511	80,014,226	1,995,430	2.494	1.07
2016	81,011,941	81,652,088	1,280,295	1.568	1.08
2017	82,292,236	83,083,662	1,582,852	1.905	1.09
2018	83,875,088	84,415,969	1,081,761	1.281	1.09
2019	84,956,849	85,357,672	801,646	0.939	1.09
2020	85,758,495	86,091,692	666,393	0.774	1.09
2021	86,424,888	86,686,253	522,729	0.603	1.09
2022	86,947,617	87,058,473	221,711	0.255	1.09
2023	87,169,328	87,270,501	202,347	0.232	1.08

Turkey population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	87,371,675	87,473,805	204,260	0.234	1.07
2025	87,575,935	87,685,426	218,982	0.250	1.07
2026	87,794,917	87,926,082	262,330	0.298	1.06
2027	88,057,247	88,198,449	282,404	0.320	1.05
2028	88,339,651	88,480,389	281,476	0.318	1.05
2029	88,621,127	88,755,438	268,621	0.303	1.04
2030	88,889,748	89,027,542	275,587	0.310	1.04
2031	89,165,335	89,292,981	255,293	0.286	1.03
2032	89,420,628	89,538,361	235,466	0.263	1.03
2033	89,656,094	89,768,838	225,488	0.251	1.02
2034	89,881,582	89,985,413	207,663	0.231	1.02
2035	90,089,245	90,188,557	198,624	0.220	1.02
2036	90,287,869	90,384,514	193,290	0.214	1.01
2037	90,481,159	90,570,005	177,692	0.196	1.01
2038	90,658,851	90,735,308	152,914	0.169	1.00
2039	90,811,765	90,881,253	138,976	0.153	1.00
2040	90,950,741	91,009,681	117,879	0.130	0.99
2041	91,068,620	91,119,938	102,636	0.113	0.99
2042	91,171,256	91,216,558	90,605	0.099	0.98
2043	91,261,861	91,294,687	65,652	0.072	0.98
2044	91,327,513	91,353,308	51,591	0.056	0.97
2045	91,379,104	91,392,535	26,862	0.029	0.97
2046	91,405,966	91,418,745	25,557	0.028	0.96
2047	91,431,523	91,427,267	-8,512	-0.009	0.96
2048	91,423,011	91,404,165	-37,692	-0.041	0.95
2049	91,385,319	91,348,308	-74,021	-0.081	0.95
2050	91,311,298	91,258,061	-106,474	-0.117	0.94
2051	91,204,824	91,140,413	-128,822	-0.141	0.94
2052	91,076,002	90,994,874	-162,257	-0.178	0.93
2053	90,913,745	90,822,318	-182,855	-0.201	0.93
2054	90,730,890	90,624,691	-212,398	-0.234	0.92
2055	90,518,492	90,401,563	-233,858	-0.259	0.92
2056	90,284,634	90,146,993	-275,282	-0.305	0.91
2057	90,009,352	89,860,966	-296,771	-0.330	0.91
2058	89,712,581	89,554,315	-316,532	-0.353	0.90
2059	89,396,049	89,220,610	-350,879	-0.393	0.90
2060	89,045,170	88,863,276	-363,788	-0.409	0.89
2061	88,681,382	88,489,940	-382,884	-0.433	0.88
2062	88,298,498	88,094,493	-408,009	-0.463	0.88
2063	87,890,489	87,678,516	-423,945	-0.484	0.87
2064	87,466,544	87,244,715	-443,659	-0.509	0.87
2065	87,022,885	86,793,663	-458,444	-0.528	0.86
2066	86,564,441	86,330,698	-467,485	-0.542	0.85
2067	86,096,956	85,859,809	-474,294	-0.552	0.85
2068	85,622,662	85,376,501	-492,321	-0.577	0.84
2069	85,130,341	84,876,221	-508,239	-0.599	0.83
2070	84,622,102	84,358,564	-527,077	-0.625	0.83
2071	84,095,025	83,826,300	-537,449	-0.641	0.82
2072	83,557,576	83,281,300	-552,552	-0.663	0.82
2073	83,005,024	82,725,560	-558,929	-0.676	0.81
2074	82,446,095	82,155,158	-581,875	-0.708	0.80
2075	81,864,220	81,572,524	-583,392	-0.715	0.80
2076	81,280,828	80,982,605	-596,446	-0.737	0.79
2077	80,684,382	80,384,573	-599,618	-0.746	0.78
2078	80,084,764	79,782,053	-605,422	-0.759	0.78
2079	79,479,342	79,173,745	-611,194	-0.772	0.77
2080	78,868,148	78,555,666	-624,965	-0.796	0.76
2081	78,243,183	77,929,526	-627,314	-0.805	0.76
2082	77,615,869	77,295,425	-640,888	-0.829	0.75
2083	76,974,981	76,653,880	-642,202	-0.838	0.74
2084	76,332,779	76,011,685	-642,189	-0.845	0.74
2085	75,690,590	75,360,716	-659,747	-0.875	0.73
2086	75,030,843	74,700,330	-661,025	-0.885	0.73
2087	74,369,818	74,039,774	-660,088	-0.892	0.72
2088	73,709,730	73,374,454	-670,552	-0.914	0.71
2089	73,039,178	72,701,094	-676,169	-0.930	0.71
2090	72,363,009	72,021,272	-683,475	-0.949	0.70
2091	71,679,534	71,340,820	-677,428	-0.950	0.69
2092	71,002,106	70,664,470	-675,272	-0.956	0.69
2093	70,326,834	69,986,635	-680,398	-0.972	0.68
2094	69,646,436	69,312,782	-667,308	-0.963	0.68
2095	68,979,128	68,646,932	-664,391	-0.968	0.67
2096	68,314,737	67,984,307	-660,861	-0.972	0.66
2097	67,653,876	67,321,295	-665,163	-0.988	0.66
2098	66,988,713	66,660,102	-657,221	-0.986	0.65
2099	66,331,492	65,999,213	-664,557	-1.007	0.65
2100	65,666,935	65,338,459	-656,953	-1.005	0.64