Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan: Population growth
Population growth in 2023: 1.8% a year in Turkmenistan and 2.01% a year in Uzbekistan, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 0.21 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Turkmenistan.
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Turkmenistan.
- In 2023, Turkmenistan ranked 60 and Uzbekistan ranked 47 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Turkmenistan at -0.3% a year and Uzbekistan at 0.33% a year in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 | 2.01 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1.88 | 2.03 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.98 | 1.99 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 2.07 | 1.89 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 2.18 | 1.85 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 2.24 | 1.77 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 2.28 | 1.68 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 1.71 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 2.29 | 1.74 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 2.28 | 1.71 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 2.25 | 1.62 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 2.21 | 1.51 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 2.15 | 1.51 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 2.08 | 1.55 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 2.01 | 1.62 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.94 | 1.59 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 1.88 | 1.48 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 1.86 | 1.33 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 1.87 | 1.25 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.9 | 1.25 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.94 | 1.21 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 1.98 | 1.23 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1.23 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1.21 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.99 | 1.32 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 1.68 | 1.49 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.69 | 1.66 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 1.74 | 1.96 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.85 | 2.05 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.29 | 2.23 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.11 | 2.4 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.45 | 2.52 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.56 | 2.28 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.73 | 2.55 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 2.98 | 2.7 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.1 | 2.83 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.07 | 2.9 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 3.01 | 2.84 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 2.83 | 2.79 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 2.74 | 2.7 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 2.68 | 2.64 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 2.64 | 2.62 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 2.59 | 2.63 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.55 | 2.62 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 2.53 | 2.7 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 2.52 | 2.88 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 2.53 | 2.9 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.54 | 2.91 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2.54 | 2.91 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.55 | 2.9 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.54 | 2.89 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.58 | 2.87 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.6 | 2.98 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 2.63 | 3.23 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 2.68 | 3.39 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 2.74 | 3.49 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2.83 | 3.57 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 2.92 | 3.71 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 3.01 | 3.77 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 3.08 | 3.81 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.12 | 3.9 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 3.13 | 3.85 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 3.09 | 3.52 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 3.09 | 3.25 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 3.06 | 3.05 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.94 | 2.92 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 2.79 | 2.82 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 2.64 | 2.72 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.48 | 2.57 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.31 | 2.49 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.05 | 2.4 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.99 | 2.29 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.89 | 2.31 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.71.25–2.18 | 1.931.66–2.25 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1.591–2.11 | 1.841.51–2.23 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.480.82–2.03 | 1.751.36–2.22 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 1.370.69–1.95 | 1.671.23–2.17 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.260.64–1.85 | 1.611.11–2.13 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.150.56–1.76 | 1.561.03–2.12 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1.040.43–1.67 | 1.510.94–2.07 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 10.37–1.63 | 1.460.88–2.07 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.970.35–1.65 | 1.420.83–2.04 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.950.32–1.65 | 1.380.76–2.03 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.940.29–1.65 | 1.350.71–2.02 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.920.25–1.64 | 1.320.64–1.98 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.920.23–1.66 | 1.30.59–1.99 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.910.18–1.68 | 1.290.59–1.98 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.90.15–1.65 | 1.280.58–2 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.890.12–1.68 | 1.270.53–1.99 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.880.1–1.66 | 1.270.52–2.03 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.860.1–1.64 | 1.280.5–2.03 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.850.06–1.65 | 1.290.48–2.05 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.830.06–1.62 | 1.290.49–2.09 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.810.03–1.63 | 1.280.44–2.08 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.780.02–1.59 | 1.280.41–2.09 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.75-0.01–1.58 | 1.260.4–2.12 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.71-0.07–1.56 | 1.240.38–2.12 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.67-0.11–1.57 | 1.220.37–2.1 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.63-0.16–1.53 | 1.20.31–2.07 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.59-0.23–1.51 | 1.170.29–2.1 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.55-0.3–1.48 | 1.150.23–2.06 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.51-0.34–1.46 | 1.120.19–2.04 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.47-0.34–1.38 | 1.10.17–2.05 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.43-0.4–1.3 | 1.070.11–2.03 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.4-0.44–1.29 | 1.040.07–2.04 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.36-0.47–1.27 | 1.010.05–2.01 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.33-0.5–1.23 | 0.990.02–1.99 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.31-0.55–1.26 | 0.960.02–1.98 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.28-0.61–1.25 | 0.94-0.02–1.97 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.25-0.63–1.23 | 0.91-0.07–1.98 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.24-0.63–1.22 | 0.88-0.08–1.98 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.22-0.71–1.24 | 0.86-0.11–1.96 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.2-0.72–1.22 | 0.84-0.13–1.98 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.19-0.77–1.26 | 0.82-0.13–1.99 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.18-0.82–1.25 | 0.8-0.17–1.95 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.17-0.8–1.27 | 0.79-0.16–1.94 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.16-0.87–1.23 | 0.77-0.19–1.94 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.15-0.86–1.25 | 0.76-0.22–1.93 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.14-0.87–1.27 | 0.74-0.23–1.95 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.13-0.91–1.26 | 0.73-0.26–1.91 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.12-0.93–1.23 | 0.73-0.28–1.92 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.1-0.93–1.19 | 0.71-0.33–1.92 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.09-0.98–1.18 | 0.71-0.33–1.94 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.07-0.97–1.17 | 0.69-0.31–1.93 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.06-0.99–1.12 | 0.69-0.34–1.91 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.04-1.04–1.13 | 0.68-0.43–1.96 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.03-1.05–1.13 | 0.68-0.4–1.94 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.01-1.09–1.13 | 0.66-0.44–1.92 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.01-1.1–1.12 | 0.65-0.52–1.95 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.03-1.16–1.11 | 0.64-0.5–1.95 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.04-1.16–1.11 | 0.63-0.49–1.94 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.06-1.18–1.15 | 0.61-0.52–1.95 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.07-1.22–1.11 | 0.61-0.56–1.91 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.08-1.27–1.12 | 0.6-0.58–1.95 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.1-1.26–1.07 | 0.58-0.63–1.92 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.11-1.29–1.09 | 0.56-0.66–1.91 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.13-1.36–1.09 | 0.55-0.67–1.89 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.14-1.39–1.1 | 0.54-0.69–1.89 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.15-1.47–1.08 | 0.53-0.68–1.88 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.17-1.53–1.12 | 0.5-0.71–1.89 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.18-1.58–1.05 | 0.49-0.72–1.85 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.19-1.58–1.01 | 0.47-0.72–1.84 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.21-1.66–1.03 | 0.46-0.71–1.85 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.22-1.68–1.02 | 0.44-0.73–1.84 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.23-1.73–1.01 | 0.42-0.8–1.81 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.24-1.75–1.02 | 0.4-0.82–1.83 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.26-1.81–1 | 0.39-0.81–1.81 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.27-1.82–1.02 | 0.37-0.87–1.8 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.29-1.82–0.94 | 0.35-0.86–1.77 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.3-1.9–0.97 | 0.33-0.92–1.74 | -0.13 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyTurkmenistan: 70.1 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTurkmenistan: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTurkmenistan: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTurkmenistan: 94.9% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionTurkmenistan: 2.82% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateTurkmenistan: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTurkmenistan: 7.36 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Fertility rateTurkmenistan: 2.69 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTurkmenistan: 47.1% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageTurkmenistan: 26.2 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTurkmenistan: 4.3% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateTurkmenistan: 2 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTurkmenistan: 3.11% of GDP in 1999Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsTurkmenistan: $188M in 1999Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personTurkmenistan: $25 in 1999Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingTurkmenistan: 15% of government spending in 1999Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelTurkmenistan: 57,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerTurkmenistan: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTurkmenistan: 2.87% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTurkmenistan: 382 million TIV in 2021Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025