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Türkiye vs United Kingdom

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Türkiye

85,878,556#18 · +0.42%/yr
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Flag of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

69,487,000#22 · +0.30%/yr

Türkiye has 1.2× the population of United Kingdom: 85,878,556 vs 69,487,000, a gap of 16.4 million. Türkiye is growing faster (+0.42% vs +0.30% a year), adding about 360,651 people a year against +206,306. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. United Kingdom is the older society: 19.7% aged 65+ against 10.6% in Türkiye, while Türkiye has more children (21.0% under 15 vs 17.0%). United Kingdom is 2.6× as densely populated (283.2 vs 110.9 people per km²). People in United Kingdom live 4.0 years longer on average (81.4 vs 77.4). GDP per capita is 3.1× higher in United Kingdom ($57,602 vs $18,599).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Türkiye) and 2025 (United Kingdom); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Türkiye vs United Kingdom — side by side

Flag of Türkiye TürkiyeFlag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Population85,878,556202569,487,0002025
Growth rate / yr+0.42%2025+0.30%2025
Births per 1,00011.020249.92024
Deaths per 1,0005.720249.72024
Children per woman1.4820241.552024
Life expectancy77.4 yrs202481.4 yrs2024
Aged 0–1421.0%202517.0%2025
Aged 65+10.6%202519.7%2025
Density110.9 /km²2023283.2 /km²2023
Area785,350 km²2023243,610 km²2023
Urban population89.5%202583.3%2025
Net migration / yr-258,2052025+389,9112025
GDP per capita$18,5992025$57,6022025
Country population rank (available records)#18#22
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)1.05%0.85%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Türkiye: 3.0× from 1960 to 2025; United Kingdom: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

022.8M45.5M68.3M91.0M1960197019801990200020102020TürkiyeUnited Kingdom0801612413211960197019801990200020102020TürkiyeUnited Kingdom

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