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🇮🇳 India vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

India has 1.38B more people — 1,463,865,525 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇮🇳 India
1,463,865,525
Asia · rank #1 · +0.89%
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.
IndicatorIndiaTurkey
Population1,463,865,5251st of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.89%116th of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²484/km²28th of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²2,973,190 km²7th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population35.7%200th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,702191st of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+7.6%16th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears72.2 years157th of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.96 births per woman113th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00016.0 per 1,00095th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.6 per 1,000133rd of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births23.3 per 1,000 live births61st of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.2%116th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate2.4%112th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate21.9%77th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index25.5166th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.3% of GDP170th of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000141st of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.59 per 1,000132nd of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate78.2%129th of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP4.1% of GDP102nd of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary79.6% gross, secondary141st of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption34.9% of final consumption69th of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area24.5% of land area118th of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration70.0%132nd of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people79.4 per 100 people167th of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births80 per 100,000 live births73rd of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP2.27% of GDP53rd of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area7.7% of land area167th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears28.8 years147th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.8 years106th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.54/ 10124th of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.20 tonnes per capita128th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate8.0%180th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

IndiaTurkey
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B1.6B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
India and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
India1950346.3M
India1975611.3M
India20001.06B
India20251.46B
India20501.68B
India20751.67B
India21001.51B
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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