Thailand vs Turkey: Population, total

Thailand

71.62 million

in 2025

Turkey

85.88 million

in 2025

Thailand rank

20th

Turkey rank

18th

Population, total over time

Thailand
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 85.88 million against 71.62 million in Thailand, a difference of 14.26 million.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Turkey ahead.

Globally, Thailand ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 18th of 215 countries.

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Population, total in Thailand
Population, total in Turkey
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Population, total
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.