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🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

Brazil has 126.9M more people — 212,812,405 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025
🇹🇷 Turkey
85,878,556
Asia · rank #18 · +0.42%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorBrazilTurkey
Population212,812,4057th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.38%161st of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²25/km²195th of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²8,358,140 km²5th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population88.2%45th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$10,713120th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+2.3%134th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.0 years115th of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.61 births per woman149th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,000117th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.1 per 1,000111th of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.0%78th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate5.0%48th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate6.4%152nd of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index50.38th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP9.7% of GDP31st of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.36 per 1,00078th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.52 per 1,00090th of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate94.7%84th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.6% of GDP35th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary104.1% gross, secondary46th of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption46.5% of final consumption53rd of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area59.0% of land area29th of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration84.5%88th of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people101.9 per 100 people135th of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births67 per 100,000 live births79th of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.97% of GDP124th of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area30.6% of land area36th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears34.8 years108th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years104th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.78683rd of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.63/ 1032nd of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate30.9%60th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

BrazilTurkey
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Brazil and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M
Turkey195021M
Turkey197541.1M
Turkey200065.4M
Turkey202587.7M
Turkey205091.3M
Turkey207581.6M
Turkey210065.3M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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