Turkey vs United Kingdom: Population

Turkey

87.27 million people

in 2023

United Kingdom

68.68 million people

in 2023

Turkey rank

18th

United Kingdom rank

21st

Population over time

Turkey currently reports 87.27 million people against 68.68 million people in United Kingdom, a difference of 18.59 million people.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.3 times United Kingdom's.

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

Turkey ranks 18th and United Kingdom ranks 21st 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.