Iran vs Turkey: Population

Iran

90.61 million people

in 2023

Turkey

87.27 million people

in 2023

Iran rank

17th

Turkey rank

18th

Population over time

Iran currently reports 90.61 million people against 87.27 million people in Turkey, a difference of 3.34 million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Turkey ahead.

Iran ranks 17th and Turkey ranks 18th of 238 countries.

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.