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🇹🇷 Turkey vs 🇺🇸 United States

United States has 255.9M more people — 341,784,857 against 85,878,556. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇹🇷 Turkey
85,878,556
Asia · rank #18 · +0.42%
World Bank, 2025
🇺🇸 United States
341,784,857
North America · rank #3 · +0.52%
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.
IndicatorTurkeyUnited States
Population85,878,55618th of 240341,784,8573rd of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.42%158th of 240+0.52%143rd of 240
Population Density/km²111/km²104th of 24037/km²180th of 240
Land Areakm²769,630 km²36th of 2409,147,420 km²3rd of 240
Urban Population89.5%37th of 24080.2%65th of 240
GDP per Capita$18,59997th of 240$90,02712th of 240
GDP Growth+3.6%93rd of 210+2.2%136th of 210
Life Expectancyyears77.4 years97th of 24078.9 years75th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.48 births per woman176th of 2401.63 births per woman148th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00011.0 per 1,000135th of 21310.6 per 1,000143rd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.7 per 1,000169th of 2139.0 per 1,00060th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births8.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 1945.5 per 1,000 live births141st of 194
Unemployment Rate8.5%50th of 1864.2%117th of 186
Inflation Rate34.9%7th of 1913.0%96th of 191
Poverty Rate13.0%132nd of 16411.4%141st of 164
Gini Index43.725th of 17041.836th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.3% of GDP147th of 19216.7% of GDP3rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.24 per 1,00082nd of 2063.68 per 1,00039th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0003.05 per 1,00070th of 1992.68 per 1,00084th of 199
Literacy Rate97.3%61st of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.1% of GDP148th of 2025.4% of GDP43rd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary118.4% gross, secondary20th of 20797.5% gross, secondary74th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption12.0% of final consumption135th of 21110.9% of final consumption142nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area29.5% of land area109th of 21133.9% of land area95th of 211
Internet Penetration89.8%62nd of 21194.7%31st of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people107.8 per 100 people128th of 212113.2 per 100 people110th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births15 per 100,000 live births133rd of 19317 per 100,000 live births127th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.92% of GDP71st of 1633.42% of GDP24th of 163
Protected Areasof land area7.0% of land area172nd of 21112.9% of land area140th of 211
Median Ageyears33.5 years117th of 24038.5 years79th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.5 years93rd of 14813.3 years4th of 148
Human Development Index0.85351st of 1920.93817th of 192
Happiness Index/ 105.30/ 10100th of 1646.82/ 1023rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita5.87 tonnes per capita55th of 21214.20 tonnes per capita12th of 212
Obesity Rate30.5%66th of 19841.8%18th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

TurkeyUnited States
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Turkey and United States population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Turkey195021M
Turkey197541.1M
Turkey200065.4M
Turkey202587.7M
Turkey205091.3M
Turkey207581.6M
Turkey210065.3M
United States1950154.2M
United States1975219.1M
United States2000281.5M
United States2025347.3M
United States2050380.8M
United States2075402.9M
United States2100421.3M

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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