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🇪🇬 Egypt vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

Egypt has 32.5M more people — 118,365,995 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇪🇬 Egypt
118,365,995
Africa · rank #13 · +1.56%
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.
IndicatorEgyptTurkey
Population118,365,99513th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.56%73rd of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²115/km²101st of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²995,450 km²29th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population42.9%183rd of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$3,086185th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+4.4%68th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears71.8 years160th of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.74 births per woman65th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00020.9 per 1,00068th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.5 per 1,000174th of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births20.8 per 1,000 live births67th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.8%65th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate14.1%16th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate33.5%46th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index28.5148th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.9% of GDP128th of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.67 per 1,000144th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.06 per 1,000151st of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate79.5%125th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.8% of GDP117th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary84.8% gross, secondary131st of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption6.1% of final consumption164th of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area0.0% of land area205th of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration74.6%122nd of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people97.1 per 100 people145th of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births17 per 100,000 live births127th of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.67% of GDP144th of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area13.1% of land area138th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears24.5 years174th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years103rd of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.75499th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 103.86/ 10149th of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.22 tonnes per capita127th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate42.8%14th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

EgyptTurkey
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Egypt and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Egypt195021.1M
Egypt197538.9M
Egypt200073.1M
Egypt2025118.4M
Egypt2050161.6M
Egypt2075190.5M
Egypt2100201.9M
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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