Population in Türkiye

The population of Türkiye was 85,878,556 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Türkiye, 2025 85,878,556 People
Change from 2024 +0.4% 2024: 85,518,661 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 18th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Türkiye over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period TürkiyeWorld
2025 85,878,556 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 85,518,661 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 85,325,965 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 84,979,913 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 84,147,318 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 83,384,680 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 82,579,440 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 81,407,204 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 80,312,698 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 79,277,962 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 78,218,479 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 77,181,884 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 76,147,624 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 75,175,827 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 74,223,629 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 73,142,150 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 72,039,206 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 71,051,678 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 70,158,112 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 70,045,349 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 69,329,557 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 68,592,617 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 67,831,730 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 67,048,795 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 66,245,128 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4% from 85,518,661 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 78,218,479 people, the figure has changed by +9.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Türkiye has the 18th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Türkiye
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects