Turkey ranks 16th in regard to population .

In the 1990s, the Turkish population passed French, British and Italian populations, however its population was passed by Egypt in 1989 and Iran in 1990. However, Turkey again passed Iran in 2000.

The U.N. figures reveal that the Indian population is closing the gap with Chinese population. The Chinese population (1.304 billion) has a population growth of 9.5 million annually, however the Indian population (1.65 billion) has an annual population growth of 16 million.