Azerbaijan vs Turkmenistan: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Azerbaijan
2.31 million people
in 2023
Turkmenistan
2.33 million people
in 2023
Azerbaijan rank
96th
Turkmenistan rank
94th

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

  • Azerbaijan
  • Turkmenistan
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How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 2.33 million people against 2.31 million people in Azerbaijan, a difference of 26,810 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Azerbaijan ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 96th and Turkmenistan ranks 94th of 236 countries.

Azerbaijan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
1950s 1.20 million people 503,666 people 697,985 people Azerbaijan
1960s 2.02 million people 833,319 people 1.18 million people Azerbaijan
1970s 2.30 million people 1.07 million people 1.22 million people Azerbaijan
1980s 2.27 million people 1.32 million people 951,303 people Azerbaijan
1990s 2.55 million people 1.67 million people 885,951 people Azerbaijan
2000s 2.22 million people 1.69 million people 533,542 people Azerbaijan
2010s 2.23 million people 1.85 million people 382,443 people Azerbaijan
2020s 2.35 million people 2.26 million people 93,272 people Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of children, working-age adults, and older people, Azerbaijan or Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan, at 2.33 million people against 2.31 million people in Azerbaijan as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of children, working-age adults, and older people between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan?
26,810 people, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan rank globally for share of children, working-age adults, and older people?
Azerbaijan ranks 96th and Turkmenistan ranks 94th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share 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

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.