Mexico vs Turkey: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Mexico

10.36 million people

in 2023

Turkey

8.73 million people

in 2023

Mexico rank

15th

Turkey rank

18th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Mexico currently reports 10.36 million people against 8.73 million people in Turkey, a difference of 1.63 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 15th and Turkey ranks 18th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.