Skip to content
WorldPop

🇲🇽 Mexico vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

Mexico has 46.1M more people — 131,946,900 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇲🇽 Mexico
131,946,900
North America · rank #11 · +0.83%
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.
IndicatorMexicoTurkey
Population131,946,90011th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.83%119th of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²67/km²148th of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²1,943,950 km²13th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population80.0%66th of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$13,889109th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+0.6%184th of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears75.3 years123rd of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.89 births per woman120th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00015.5 per 1,000102nd of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.2 per 1,000148th of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.1 per 1,000 live births100th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate2.7%159th of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate3.8%72nd of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate29.6%55th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index42.631st of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.5% of GDP117th of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.59 per 1,00074th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.01 per 1,000155th of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate95.6%81st of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP4.1% of GDP107th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary103.1% gross, secondary49th of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption13.0% of final consumption127th of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area33.6% of land area96th of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration83.1%93rd of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people116.5 per 100 people101st of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births42 per 100,000 live births99th of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.89% of GDP132nd of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area15.3% of land area123rd of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears29.6 years141st of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears10.2 years64th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.78980th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.97/ 1013th of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita3.52 tonnes per capita100th of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate37.4%30th of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

MexicoTurkey
020M40M60M80M100M120M140M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Mexico and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Mexico195027.6M
Mexico197559M
Mexico200098.6M
Mexico2025131.9M
Mexico2050148.9M
Mexico2075146.2M
Mexico2100130.2M
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.

More Comparisons