The population of Türkiye has reached a total of 84,680,273 in 2021 following a continuous increasing trend in years, the country’s official statistic Office TÜİK has announced.
In a statement published on Dec. 19, TÜİK published a chart showing the rising population of the country since 1927, the year the first census in the republic was held.
The population was some 16.2 million in 1935, about 20.9 million in 1950, then 27 million in 1960, increasing to 36.8 million in 1970 and some 44.7 million in 1980, the chart showed.
The population surpassed 50 million in 1990 with nearly 57 million in 1990. With the start of the millennium, the population reached 67.8 million.
In 2008 the population reached some 71.5 million and 78.7 million in 2015.
“When the population was examined by sex, while the female population outnumbered the male population in the first years of the Republic of Türkiye due to the previous war period, the female and male population reached almost equal size over the years,” TÜİK said.
While the male population was 6.5 million in 1927, it became some 42.4 million in 2021. The female population, which neared 8 million in 1927, topped 42 million in 2021.
“When the population growth rate of Türkiye was analyzed by years, it was seen that the annual population growth rate, which was 21.1 per thousand in 1935, became 12.7 per thousand in 2021,” it noted.
