The population of Turkey has now exceeded 85 million

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The population of Turkey

As of November 11, 2025, the population of Turkey is recorded at 87,762,189, according to analysis of the most recent data from the United Nations.

The mid-year estimate for Turkey ‘s population in 2025 is approximately 87,685,426 individuals.

This figure represents 1.07% of the global population. Turkey is positioned as the 18th most populous country (including dependencies) worldwide.

The population density in Turkey is calculated at 114 individuals per square kilometer (or 295 individuals per square mile), with a total land area of 769,630 square kilometers (equivalent to 297,156 square miles).

Furthermore, 76.92% of the population resides in urban areas, amounting to 67,446,349 individuals in 2025. The median age of the population in Turkey is 33.5 years.

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

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