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🇹🇭 Thailand vs 🇹🇷 Turkey

Turkey has 14.3M more people — 85,878,556 against 71,619,863. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇹🇭 Thailand
71,619,863
Asia · rank #20 · −0.07%
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.
IndicatorThailandTurkey
Population71,619,86320th of 24085,878,55618th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.07%196th of 240+0.42%158th of 240
Population Density/km²140/km²91st of 240111/km²104th of 240
Land Areakm²510,890 km²50th of 240769,630 km²36th of 240
Urban Population62.8%133rd of 24089.5%37th of 240
GDP per Capita$8,057134th of 240$18,59997th of 240
GDP Growth+2.4%131st of 210+3.6%93rd of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.6 years106th of 24077.4 years97th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.20 births per woman219th of 2401.48 births per woman176th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0008.1 per 1,000184th of 21311.0 per 1,000135th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0009.0 per 1,00057th of 2135.7 per 1,000169th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births7.7 per 1,000 live births128th of 1948.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 194
Unemployment Rate0.8%183rd of 1868.5%50th of 186
Inflation Rate-0.1%179th of 19134.9%7th of 191
Poverty Rate5.4%157th of 16413.0%132nd of 164
Gini Index33.3110th of 17043.725th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.5% of GDP136th of 1924.3% of GDP147th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.54 per 1,000149th of 2062.24 per 1,00082nd of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.39 per 1,00099th of 1993.05 per 1,00070th of 199
Literacy Rate91.1%103rd of 17597.3%61st of 175
Education Spendingof GDP2.5% of GDP168th of 2023.1% of GDP148th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary92.1% gross, secondary98th of 207118.4% gross, secondary20th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption19.0% of final consumption110th of 21112.0% of final consumption135th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area38.7% of land area78th of 21129.5% of land area109th of 211
Internet Penetration90.9%56th of 21189.8%62nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people160.6 per 100 people23rd of 212107.8 per 100 people128th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births34 per 100,000 live births112th of 19315 per 100,000 live births133rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.08% of GDP114th of 1631.92% of GDP71st of 163
Protected Areasof land area18.4% of land area98th of 2117.0% of land area172nd of 211
Median Ageyears40.6 years58th of 24033.5 years117th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.3 years79th of 1488.5 years93rd of 148
Human Development Index0.79875th of 1920.85351st of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.30/ 1053rd of 1645.30/ 10100th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita3.74 tonnes per capita91st of 2125.87 tonnes per capita55th of 212
Obesity Rate15.5%143rd of 19830.5%66th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

ThailandTurkey
020M40M60M80M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Thailand and Turkey population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Thailand195020.4M
Thailand197540.9M
Thailand200063M
Thailand202571.6M
Thailand205066.4M
Thailand207555.2M
Thailand210045.6M
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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