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🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

Turkey has 2.39M more people — 85,878,556 against 83,491,249. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇩🇪 Germany
83,491,249
Europe · rank #19 · −0.03%
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.
IndicatorGermanyTurkey
Population83,491,24919th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.03%190th of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²238/km²63rd of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²349,430 km²64th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population82.1%60th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$60,49625th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+0.2%190th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears80.8 years56th of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.36 births per woman205th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0008.1 per 1,000185th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,00016th of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births3.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.7%124th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate2.2%124th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate14.8%124th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index33.7101st of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP12.3% of GDP9th of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0004.53 per 1,00015th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0007.55 per 1,00010th of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate99.0%29th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.2% of GDP54th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary100.2% gross, secondary63rd of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption17.6% of final consumption115th of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area32.7% of land area100th of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration93.5%42nd of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people129.2 per 100 people61st of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births4 per 100,000 live births172nd of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.89% of GDP74th of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area39.2% of land area18th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears45.5 years20th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears13.1 years6th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.9595th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.88/ 1017th of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita6.77 tonnes per capita43rd of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate24.5%99th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

GermanyTurkey
020M40M60M80M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Germany and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Germany195069.8M
Germany197578.7M
Germany200081.8M
Germany202584.1M
Germany205078.3M
Germany207572.8M
Germany210070.9M
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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