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Turkmenistan — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Turkmenistan, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.65%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -47.1% since 1961
Population growth for Turkmenistan was 1.65% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.12% in 1962. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.99% per year.
Turkmenistan ranks 64 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 29%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Turkmenistan sits above it. It peaked in 1962 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 28%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.65%
First (1961)
3.11%
Change
-47.1%
Highest
3.12%
in 1962
Lowest
1.65%
in 2025
Average
2.36%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.99%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.65% |
| 2024 | 1.75% |
| 2023 | 1.84% |
| 2022 | 1.93% |
| 2021 | 2.02% |
| 2020 | 2.12% |
| 2019 | 2.21% |
| 2018 | 2.26% |
| 2017 | 2.29% |
| 2016 | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 2.29% |
| 2014 | 2.26% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.