Demographics of Türkiye

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	02 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Türkiye is projected at 87.47 million, compared to 87.27 million in 2023. It is the tenth-most populous country in Asia and ranks 18th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 0.23 percent, the 165th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 43.66 million males and 43.81 million females in Türkiye. The percentage of the male population is 49.91%, compared to 50.09% of the female population. Türkiye has 151k females than males. The sex ratio in Türkiye in 2024 will be 99.656 males per 100 females. Türkiye is in the 153rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Türkiye population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	10,542,754	10,478,386	21,021,140	2.91	100.614
1955	12,329,722	11,980,788	24,310,511	2.77	102.912
1960	14,427,651	13,902,247	28,329,898	2.78	103.779
1965	16,414,208	15,931,013	32,345,220	2.44	103.033
1970	18,563,696	18,074,768	36,638,465	2.30	102.705
1975	21,039,191	20,013,936	41,053,126	2.00	105.123
1980	23,041,461	22,367,355	45,408,815	2.07	103.014
1985	25,635,234	25,051,881	50,687,115	2.19	102.329
1990	28,265,596	27,750,031	56,015,628	1.82	101.858
1995	30,733,422	30,291,081	61,024,503	1.54	101.460
2000	32,880,646	32,545,316	65,425,961	1.26	101.030
2005	34,780,073	34,549,484	69,329,557	1.04	100.667
2010	36,810,898	36,535,871	73,346,769	1.20	100.753
2015	40,105,684	39,908,542	80,014,226	2.49	100.494
2020	43,068,231	43,023,461	86,091,692	0.77	100.104
2021	43,334,332	43,351,921	86,686,253	0.60	99.959
2022	43,491,874	43,566,598	87,058,473	0.26	99.828
2023	43,577,543	43,692,958	87,270,501	0.23	99.736
2024	43,661,516	43,812,289	87,473,805	0.23	99.656

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	47.292	18.571	6.468
1955	49.062	18.807	6.463
1960	50.799	18.362	6.383
1965	54.105	17.782	6.220
1970	56.702	17.545	5.775
1975	59.513	18.081	5.087
1980	62.739	18.765	4.453
1985	65.344	19.599	3.779
1990	67.835	20.782	3.107
1995	69.734	22.238	2.835
2000	71.931	24.017	2.487
2005	73.510	25.964	2.197
2010	74.964	28.077	2.080
2015	76.539	29.621	2.157
2020	76.525	31.245	1.768
2021	75.722	31.653	1.708
2022	77.591	32.072	1.625
2023	77.156	32.520	1.625
2024	77.421	32.987	1.621

Total
Crude

Türkiye death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	422,486	982,482	20.098	46.738
1955	471,953	1,137,156	19.414	46.776
1960	502,377	1,275,394	17.733	45.019
1965	499,307	1,403,326	15.437	43.386
1970	494,291	1,486,223	13.491	40.565
1975	474,779	1,487,682	11.565	36.238
1980	438,442	1,528,957	9.655	33.671
1985	406,013	1,504,837	8.010	29.689
1990	381,297	1,425,757	6.807	25.453
1995	380,532	1,471,162	6.236	24.108
2000	380,909	1,401,449	5.822	21.420
2005	404,336	1,302,959	5.832	18.794
2010	437,697	1,261,173	5.968	17.195
2015	456,928	1,389,210	5.711	17.362
2020	566,484	1,194,951	6.580	13.880
2021	640,533	1,142,982	7.389	13.185
2022	555,772	1,079,023	6.384	12.394
2023	551,598	1,072,014	6.321	12.284
2024	580,397	1,060,605	6.635	12.125

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Türkiye

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	5,303,730	16,104,671	24.774
1955	6,929,929	17,340,656	28.553
1960	8,657,857	18,814,474	31.515
1965	10,601,023	20,371,942	34.227
1970	13,334,557	21,541,710	38.234
1975	16,333,819	22,943,392	41.586
1980	19,252,765	24,723,156	43.780
1985	25,769,960	23,363,923	52.448
1990	31,923,032	21,998,667	59.203
1995	36,333,494	22,152,887	62.123
2000	40,942,328	22,297,793	64.741
2005	46,065,593	21,837,813	67.840
2010	51,225,748	21,101,166	70.825
2015	57,616,730	20,654,742	73.611
2020	63,803,445	20,032,305	76.105
2021	64,712,192	19,802,431	76.569
2022	65,482,895	19,535,783	77.022
2023	66,156,581	19,247,459	77.463
2024	66,795,292	18,957,122	77.893

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Türkiye population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,825,896	2,704,129	5,530,025	6.32	104.503
05-09	3,319,990	3,203,409	6,523,398	7.46	103.639
10-14	3,413,923	3,294,829	6,708,752	7.67	103.615
15-19	3,204,581	3,077,255	6,281,836	7.18	104.138
20-24	3,355,785	3,213,619	6,569,405	7.51	104.424
25-29	3,520,271	3,364,124	6,884,395	7.87	104.642
30-34	3,341,769	3,216,957	6,558,726	7.50	103.880
35-39	3,270,326	3,190,957	6,461,283	7.39	102.487
40-44	3,349,657	3,299,238	6,648,894	7.60	101.528
45-49	3,149,267	3,149,943	6,299,209	7.20	99.979
50-54	2,565,910	2,556,203	5,122,113	5.86	100.380
55-59	2,367,269	2,392,381	4,759,649	5.44	98.950
60-64	2,015,158	2,114,997	4,130,155	4.72	95.279
65-69	1,548,645	1,695,490	3,244,135	3.71	91.339
70-74	1,168,338	1,399,505	2,567,843	2.94	83.482
75-79	672,078	907,264	1,579,341	1.81	74.077
80-84	358,546	567,953	926,500	1.06	63.130
85-89	158,685	308,570	467,255	0.53	51.426
90-94	49,103	122,513	171,617	0.20	40.080
95-99	6,085	30,148	36,233	0.04	20.184
100+	236	2,806	3,042	0.00	8.411
Total	43,661,518	43,812,290	87,473,806		99.656