Thailand vs Türkiye: The global population hockey stick
Thailand
71.70 million people
in 2023
Türkiye
87.27 million people
in 2023
Thailand rank
21st
Türkiye rank
19th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Thailand
- Türkiye
How they compare
Türkiye currently reports 87.27 million people against 71.70 million people in Thailand, a difference of 15.57 million people.
That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.2 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Türkiye ahead.
Thailand ranks 21st and Türkiye ranks 19th of 239 countries.
Türkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Thailand | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1.01 million people | 7.25 million people | 6.24 million people | Türkiye |
| 1100s | 1.21 million people | 5.30 million people | 4.09 million people | Türkiye |
| 1200s | 1.41 million people | 6.25 million people | 4.84 million people | Türkiye |
| 1300s | 1.62 million people | 7.20 million people | 5.58 million people | Türkiye |
| 1400s | 1.82 million people | 5.80 million people | 3.98 million people | Türkiye |
| 1500s | 2.02 million people | 6.25 million people | 4.23 million people | Türkiye |
| 1600s | 2.27 million people | 8.00 million people | 5.73 million people | Türkiye |
| 1700s | 2.52 million people | 8.50 million people | 5.98 million people | Türkiye |
| 1710s | 2.54 million people | 8.60 million people | 6.05 million people | Türkiye |
| 1720s | 2.59 million people | 8.72 million people | 6.13 million people | Türkiye |
| 1730s | 2.64 million people | 8.85 million people | 6.21 million people | Türkiye |
| 1740s | 2.69 million people | 8.98 million people | 6.29 million people | Türkiye |
| 1750s | 2.74 million people | 9.11 million people | 6.37 million people | Türkiye |
| 1760s | 2.79 million people | 9.24 million people | 6.45 million people | Türkiye |
| 1770s | 2.84 million people | 9.37 million people | 6.53 million people | Türkiye |
| 1780s | 2.89 million people | 9.51 million people | 6.62 million people | Türkiye |
| 1790s | 2.95 million people | 9.65 million people | 6.70 million people | Türkiye |
| 1800s | 3.32 million people | 9.83 million people | 6.51 million people | Türkiye |
| 1810s | 4.14 million people | 9.99 million people | 5.85 million people | Türkiye |
| 1820s | 4.74 million people | 10.22 million people | 5.48 million people | Türkiye |
| 1830s | 4.93 million people | 10.55 million people | 5.62 million people | Türkiye |
| 1840s | 5.12 million people | 10.88 million people | 5.76 million people | Türkiye |
| 1850s | 5.35 million people | 11.22 million people | 5.87 million people | Türkiye |
| 1860s | 5.64 million people | 11.56 million people | 5.92 million people | Türkiye |
| 1870s | 6.00 million people | 12.06 million people | 6.06 million people | Türkiye |
| 1880s | 6.46 million people | 12.77 million people | 6.32 million people | Türkiye |
| 1890s | 7.02 million people | 13.54 million people | 6.51 million people | Türkiye |
| 1900s | 7.84 million people | 14.34 million people | 6.49 million people | Türkiye |
| 1910s | 9.08 million people | 14.28 million people | 5.19 million people | Türkiye |
| 1920s | 11.08 million people | 14.16 million people | 3.08 million people | Türkiye |
| 1930s | 13.94 million people | 15.97 million people | 2.03 million people | Türkiye |
| 1940s | 17.72 million people | 18.99 million people | 1.27 million people | Türkiye |
| 1950s | 23.12 million people | 24.10 million people | 981,600 people | Türkiye |
| 1960s | 30.78 million people | 31.99 million people | 1.21 million people | Türkiye |
| 1970s | 40.39 million people | 40.60 million people | 209,480 people | Türkiye |
| 1980s | 49.78 million people | 50.13 million people | 343,170 people | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 58.61 million people | 60.42 million people | 1.81 million people | Türkiye |
| 2000s | 65.67 million people | 68.93 million people | 3.26 million people | Türkiye |
| 2010s | 70.25 million people | 79.17 million people | 8.92 million people | Türkiye |
| 2020s | 71.70 million people | 86.78 million people | 15.08 million people | Türkiye |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Thailand or Türkiye?
- Türkiye, at 87.27 million people against 71.70 million people in Thailand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Thailand and Türkiye?
- 15.57 million people, with Türkiye ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Thailand and Türkiye?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Thailand and Türkiye rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Thailand ranks 21st and Türkiye 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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.