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🇨🇳 China vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

China has 1.32B more people — 1,406,585,000 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇳 China
1,406,585,000
Asia · rank #2 · −0.17%
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.
IndicatorChinaTurkey
Population1,406,585,0002nd of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.17%208th of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²150/km²82nd of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²9,388,210 km²2nd of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population66.3%116th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$13,862110th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+5.0%54th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears78.0 years83rd of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.01 births per woman230th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0006.8 per 1,000202nd of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.8 per 1,00087th of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births4.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.6%111th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate0.1%176th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate0.0%164th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index36.078th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.9% of GDP106th of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0003.11 per 1,00057th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0005.63 per 1,00024th of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate96.7%66th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.9% of GDP112th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary92.3% gross, secondary97th of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption15.2% of final consumption122nd of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area24.0% of land area121st of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration91.6%51st of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people131.8 per 100 people54th of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births16 per 100,000 live births130th of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.71% of GDP83rd of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area15.6% of land area119th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears40.1 years61st of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.0 years87th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.79777th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.07/ 1067th of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita8.66 tonnes per capita30th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate9.1%174th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

ChinaTurkey
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
China and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
China1950544M
China1975916.1M
China20001.27B
China20251.42B
China20501.26B
China2075934.5M
China2100633.4M
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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