What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan?

290,920 people, with Turkmenistan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan?

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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kyrgyzstan vs Turkmenistan: The global population hockey stick

Kyrgyzstan

7.07 million people

in 2023

Turkmenistan

7.36 million people

in 2023

Kyrgyzstan rank

108th

Turkmenistan rank

106th

The global population hockey stick over time

Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 7.36 million people against 7.07 million people in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 290,920 people.

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

Kyrgyzstan ranks 108th and Turkmenistan ranks 106th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 38 and Turkmenistan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kyrgyzstan	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	250,000 people	170,000 people	80,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1100s	270,000 people	182,000 people	88,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1200s	290,000 people	194,000 people	96,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1300s	310,000 people	206,000 people	104,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1400s	330,000 people	220,000 people	110,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1500s	350,000 people	240,000 people	110,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1600s	400,000 people	280,000 people	120,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1700s	450,000 people	310,000 people	140,000 people	Kyrgyzstan
1710s	475,339 people	330,823 people	144,516 people	Kyrgyzstan
1720s	501,747 people	349,202 people	152,545 people	Kyrgyzstan
1730s	529,622 people	368,602 people	161,020 people	Kyrgyzstan
1740s	559,045 people	389,080 people	169,965 people	Kyrgyzstan
1750s	590,103 people	410,695 people	179,408 people	Kyrgyzstan
1760s	622,887 people	433,512 people	189,375 people	Kyrgyzstan
1770s	657,492 people	457,596 people	199,896 people	Kyrgyzstan
1780s	694,019 people	483,018 people	211,001 people	Kyrgyzstan
1790s	732,576 people	509,852 people	222,724 people	Kyrgyzstan
1800s	530,343 people	367,215 people	163,128 people	Kyrgyzstan
1810s	530,440 people	367,282 people	163,158 people	Kyrgyzstan
1820s	553,219 people	383,055 people	170,164 people	Kyrgyzstan
1830s	605,713 people	419,402 people	186,311 people	Kyrgyzstan
1840s	663,649 people	459,517 people	204,132 people	Kyrgyzstan
1850s	727,074 people	503,365 people	223,709 people	Kyrgyzstan
1860s	796,491 people	551,258 people	245,232 people	Kyrgyzstan
1870s	872,535 people	603,709 people	268,827 people	Kyrgyzstan
1880s	955,840 people	661,150 people	294,690 people	Kyrgyzstan
1890s	1.05 million people	724,056 people	323,044 people	Kyrgyzstan
1900s	1.15 million people	792,948 people	354,124 people	Kyrgyzstan
1910s	1.26 million people	868,406 people	388,187 people	Kyrgyzstan
1920s	1.38 million people	951,349 people	425,375 people	Kyrgyzstan
1930s	1.51 million people	1.04 million people	466,061 people	Kyrgyzstan
1940s	1.65 million people	1.14 million people	510,654 people	Kyrgyzstan
1950s	1.93 million people	1.41 million people	521,107 people	Kyrgyzstan
1960s	2.58 million people	1.89 million people	686,394 people	Kyrgyzstan
1970s	3.34 million people	2.47 million people	875,103 people	Kyrgyzstan
1980s	4.06 million people	3.22 million people	840,474 people	Kyrgyzstan
1990s	4.71 million people	4.14 million people	568,420 people	Kyrgyzstan
2000s	5.22 million people	5.01 million people	206,897 people	Kyrgyzstan
2010s	5.96 million people	6.16 million people	196,860 people	Turkmenistan
2020s	6.88 million people	7.16 million people	280,668 people	Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Kyrgyzstan or Turkmenistan?: Turkmenistan, at 7.36 million people against 7.07 million people in Kyrgyzstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan?: 290,920 people, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 108th and Turkmenistan ranks 106th 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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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: 28 August 2026

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