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How many babies are born in Türkiye?

1.05 million babies born in Türkiye in 2026. That is 0.79% of all births worldwide, and the 28th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Türkiye: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Türkiye’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~240K ~6M 40.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~280K ~7.3M 38.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~260K ~6.3M 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~465K ~9.76M 47.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~666K ~14M 47.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 983K 21M 46.7 UN estimate
2000 1.4M 65.4M 21.4 UN estimate
2023 1.07M 87.3M 12.3 UN estimate
2026 1.05M 87.9M 11.9 UN projection
2050 848K 91.3M 9.3 UN projection
2075 623K 81.6M 7.6 UN projection
2100 444K 65.3M 6.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Türkiye among estimates through 2023 were in 1981, at about 1.53M. That is roughly 6.3 times the estimated ~245K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.62 children per woman, fertility in Türkiye is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Türkiye each year?

An estimated 1.05 million babies are born in Türkiye in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 2,860 a day and 0.79% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Türkiye?

Türkiye has an estimated 11.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.62 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.