Türkiye population
Türkiye: 85.9 million people in 2025 (85,878,556), 18th of 217 countries and areas — and 89.1 million projected for 2050.
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Where it stands
In 2025 Türkiye has 85,878,556 people, which is 1.05% of the 8.19 billion counted across the 217 countries and areas on this site. That puts it 18th by population, behind Iran and ahead of Germany.
Since 1960
In 1960 the figure was 28,329,898. Since then the population has grown 3.03×, an average of 1.72% a year upward. It doubled at some point along the way — the year it first reached 56,659,796 was 1991.
The projection puts the peak in 2046 at 89,352,304, after which it declines. By 2050 the projected total is 89,125,936, 3.8% above the 2025 figure.
The ranking in 2050
In 2050 the projected rank is 19th, down 1 place from 18th. Rankings move when other countries grow faster or slower, not only when Türkiye changes.
People and land
Türkiye covers 769,630 km² of land, so 2025 density is 112 people per km² — 97th most crowded of 216 places with an area figure. At that density a square 10 km on a side holds about 11,158 people.
The fertility rate was 1.48 births per woman in 2024, below the roughly 2.1 needed to keep a population steady without migration; life expectancy at birth was 77.4 years (2024); 21% of people were under 15 and 10.6% were 65 or older (2025); 89% of the population lived in cities. These shape the curve above: a young population keeps growing after fertility falls, an old one starts shrinking sooner.
Its nearest neighbours in the ranking are Iran just above, with 92.4 million (1.08× as many), and Germany just below, with 83.5 million (1.03× as many as Germany has).
How the numbers are taken. Total population from the World Bank's population estimates and projections (built from United Nations and national statistics). Values to 2025 are estimates; 2026–2050 are projections that continue current fertility, mortality and migration trends. Sources and limits.