What is the difference in population between Togo and Turkmenistan?

859,410 people, with Togo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Turkmenistan?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Togo vs Turkmenistan: Population

Togo

8.22 million people

in 2023

Turkmenistan

7.36 million people

in 2023

Togo rank

102nd

Turkmenistan rank

105th

Population over time

Togo
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Togo currently reports 8.22 million people against 7.36 million people in Turkmenistan, a difference of 859,410 people.

That makes Togo's figure about 1.1 times Turkmenistan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Togo ahead.

Togo ranks 102nd and Turkmenistan ranks 105th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Togo averaged higher in 32 and Turkmenistan in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Togo	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	220,828 people	170,000 people	50,828 people	Togo
1100s	252,375 people	182,000 people	70,375 people	Togo
1200s	288,429 people	194,000 people	94,429 people	Togo
1300s	329,633 people	206,000 people	123,633 people	Togo
1400s	376,724 people	220,000 people	156,724 people	Togo
1500s	430,542 people	240,000 people	190,542 people	Togo
1600s	492,048 people	280,000 people	212,048 people	Togo
1700s	562,340 people	310,000 people	252,340 people	Togo
1710s	564,221 people	330,823 people	233,398 people	Togo
1720s	566,108 people	349,202 people	216,906 people	Togo
1730s	568,002 people	368,602 people	199,400 people	Togo
1740s	569,901 people	389,080 people	180,821 people	Togo
1750s	571,807 people	410,695 people	161,112 people	Togo
1760s	573,720 people	433,512 people	140,208 people	Togo
1770s	575,638 people	457,596 people	118,042 people	Togo
1780s	577,564 people	483,018 people	94,546 people	Togo
1790s	579,495 people	509,852 people	69,643 people	Togo
1800s	445,985 people	367,215 people	78,770 people	Togo
1810s	446,023 people	367,282 people	78,741 people	Togo
1820s	454,782 people	383,055 people	71,727 people	Togo
1830s	474,353 people	419,402 people	54,951 people	Togo
1840s	494,947 people	459,517 people	35,430 people	Togo
1850s	522,427 people	503,365 people	19,062 people	Togo
1860s	558,936 people	551,258 people	7,678 people	Togo
1870s	606,293 people	603,709 people	2,584 people	Togo
1880s	661,960 people	661,150 people	809.9 people	Togo
1890s	715,323 people	724,056 people	8,733 people	Turkmenistan
1900s	772,844 people	792,948 people	20,104 people	Turkmenistan
1910s	838,705 people	868,406 people	29,701 people	Turkmenistan
1920s	939,934 people	951,349 people	11,415 people	Turkmenistan
1930s	1.09 million people	1.04 million people	42,988 people	Togo
1940s	1.27 million people	1.14 million people	128,144 people	Togo
1950s	1.52 million people	1.41 million people	105,519 people	Togo
1960s	1.83 million people	1.89 million people	59,750 people	Turkmenistan
1970s	2.43 million people	2.47 million people	35,754 people	Turkmenistan
1980s	3.18 million people	3.22 million people	44,823 people	Turkmenistan
1990s	4.13 million people	4.14 million people	8,550 people	Turkmenistan
2000s	5.39 million people	5.01 million people	385,918 people	Togo
2010s	6.99 million people	6.16 million people	827,818 people	Togo
2020s	8.00 million people	7.16 million people	845,028 people	Togo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Togo or Turkmenistan?: Togo, at 8.22 million people against 7.36 million people in Turkmenistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Togo and Turkmenistan?: 859,410 people, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Togo and Turkmenistan?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Togo and Turkmenistan rank globally for population?: Togo ranks 102nd and Turkmenistan ranks 105th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.