Türkiye Population by Origin 1927 - 2026

Welcome to Wolf Data, From 1927 to 2026, Türkiye's population underwent a remarkable demographic transformation shaped by population growth, urbanization, migration, historical minority communities, and major political and economic changes. The country's first republican census in 1927 recorded approximately 13.6 million inhabitants, including Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Greek, Armenian, Circassian, and other linguistic communities. Throughout the 20th century, internal migration and rapid urbanization transformed Türkiye's demographic landscape, while international migration introduced new population groups. The arrival of millions of Syrian refugees after 2011 became one of the most significant migration developments in the country's modern history. By the end of 2025, Türkiye's population had reached 86.09 million, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute. This 1927–2026 timeline explores how Türkiye's population composition evolved over nearly a century, highlighting demographic growth, historical diversity, migration patterns, and the changing origins of people living across the country. 🇹🇷🌍 ⛲Sources: ▫️Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) ▫️Historical Turkish Population Censuses (1927–1965) ▫️Historical Population by Mother Tongue Dataset 💻Editor: ▫️Filmora 🖼️Thumbnails: ▫️Canva Countries featured in the video: Turkiye Germany Bulgaria Syria Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iraq Afghanistan Iran Uzbekistan Russia Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia Egypt Ukraine Kyrgyzstan France Netherlands Belgium United Kingdom North Macedonia United States Cyprus Greece Austria China Indonesia Morocco Palestine Pakistan Georgia Libya Switzerland Yemen Moldova India Algeria Jordan Philippines Lebanon Kuwait Sudan Romania Serbia-Montenegro U.A.E. Tajikistan Sweden Belarus Denmark Somalia Soviet Union Nepal Tunisia Canada Australia Italy Nigeria Norway Kosovo Poland Qatar Armenia Sri Lanka Israel Chad Serbia South Korea Albania Thailand Kenya Ethiopia Japan Bosnia-Herz. Bangladesh Spain Mongolia Brazil Finland Cameroon South Africa Uganda Mali Malaysia Tanzania Djibouti Senegal Colombia Hungary Myanmar Montenegro Yugoslavia Ivory Coast Ireland Ghana Mexico Lithuania Guinea DR Congo Czechia Mauritania Cuba Croatia Latvia Bahrain Burkina Faso Argentina Niger Zimbabwe Gabon Oman Eritrea Taiwan Slovakia Rwanda Venezuela Congo Gambia Benin Portugal Sierra Leone Vietnam Mozambique Estonia Slovenia Zambia Equatorial Guinea Peru South Sudan Chile New Zealand Singapore Burundi Ecuador Togo Angola Madagascar Liberia Guinea-Bissau Malawi Haiti Malta The Comoros Cambodia Dominican Rep. Bolivia Central Afr. Rep. Luxembourg Maldives Mauritius Panama El Salvador Guatemala Costa Rica Paraguay Botswana Jamaica Honduras Suriname Lesotho Laos Belize Uruguay Eswatini Iceland Namibia Nicaragua Liechtenstein Trinidad & Tobago Fiji Brunei Czechoslovakia Dominica St. Kitts & Nevis Kiribati Papua New Guinea Other foreign birth