What is the difference in population between Germany and Turkey?

2.72 million people, with Turkey ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Turkey?

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.

Germany vs Turkey: Population

Germany

84.55 million people

in 2023

Turkey

87.27 million people

in 2023

Germany rank

20th

Turkey rank

19th

Population over time

Germany
Turkey

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 87.27 million people against 84.55 million people in Germany, a difference of 2.72 million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Turkey ahead.

Germany ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 19th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 36 and Turkey in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1000s	3.50 million people	7.25 million people	3.75 million people	Turkey
1100s	4.00 million people	5.30 million people	1.30 million people	Turkey
1200s	6.00 million people	6.25 million people	250,000 people	Turkey
1300s	9.00 million people	7.20 million people	1.80 million people	Germany
1400s	6.50 million people	5.80 million people	700,000 people	Germany
1500s	9.00 million people	6.25 million people	2.75 million people	Germany
1600s	12.00 million people	8.00 million people	4.00 million people	Germany
1700s	13.00 million people	8.50 million people	4.50 million people	Germany
1710s	13.98 million people	8.60 million people	5.38 million people	Germany
1720s	14.96 million people	8.72 million people	6.23 million people	Germany
1730s	15.94 million people	8.85 million people	7.09 million people	Germany
1740s	16.92 million people	8.98 million people	7.94 million people	Germany
1750s	17.90 million people	9.11 million people	8.79 million people	Germany
1760s	18.89 million people	9.24 million people	9.65 million people	Germany
1770s	19.89 million people	9.37 million people	10.51 million people	Germany
1780s	20.88 million people	9.51 million people	11.37 million people	Germany
1790s	21.88 million people	9.65 million people	12.23 million people	Germany
1800s	19.39 million people	9.83 million people	9.56 million people	Germany
1810s	22.81 million people	9.99 million people	12.81 million people	Germany
1820s	26.28 million people	10.22 million people	16.06 million people	Germany
1830s	29.40 million people	10.55 million people	18.86 million people	Germany
1840s	32.28 million people	10.88 million people	21.40 million people	Germany
1850s	34.85 million people	11.22 million people	23.63 million people	Germany
1860s	37.74 million people	11.56 million people	26.18 million people	Germany
1870s	41.62 million people	12.06 million people	29.56 million people	Germany
1880s	46.09 million people	12.77 million people	33.32 million people	Germany
1890s	51.72 million people	13.54 million people	38.18 million people	Germany
1900s	59.66 million people	14.34 million people	45.32 million people	Germany
1910s	63.86 million people	14.28 million people	49.58 million people	Germany
1920s	64.88 million people	14.16 million people	50.72 million people	Germany
1930s	69.40 million people	15.97 million people	53.43 million people	Germany
1940s	71.41 million people	18.99 million people	52.42 million people	Germany
1950s	70.55 million people	24.10 million people	46.44 million people	Germany
1960s	75.50 million people	31.99 million people	43.51 million people	Germany
1970s	78.47 million people	40.60 million people	37.87 million people	Germany
1980s	78.26 million people	50.13 million people	28.14 million people	Germany
1990s	81.46 million people	60.42 million people	21.04 million people	Germany
2000s	81.71 million people	68.93 million people	12.78 million people	Germany
2010s	81.99 million people	79.17 million people	2.82 million people	Germany
2020s	83.99 million people	86.78 million people	2.79 million people	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Germany or Turkey?: Turkey, at 87.27 million people against 84.55 million people in Germany as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Germany and Turkey?: 2.72 million people, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Turkey?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Germany and Turkey rank globally for population?: Germany ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 19th of 239 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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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: 18 September 2026

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