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🇹🇷 Turkey vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Vietnam has 15.7M more people — 101,598,527 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
🇻🇳 Vietnam
101,598,527
Asia · rank #16 · +0.60%
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.
IndicatorTurkeyVietnam
Population85,878,55618th of 240101,598,52716th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.42%158th of 240+0.60%138th of 240
Population Density/km²111/km²104th of 240320/km²43rd of 240
Land Areakm²769,630 km²36th of 240313,429 km²68th of 240
Urban Population89.5%37th of 24038.8%194th of 240
GDP per Capita$18,59997th of 240$5,066161st of 240
GDP Growth+3.6%93rd of 210+8.0%13th of 210
Life Expectancyyears77.4 years97th of 24074.7 years127th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.48 births per woman176th of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00011.0 per 1,000135th of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0005.7 per 1,000169th of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births8.0 per 1,000 live births124th of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births101st of 194
Unemployment Rate8.5%50th of 1861.5%176th of 186
Inflation Rate34.9%7th of 1913.3%87th of 191
Poverty Rate13.0%132nd of 1644.2%161st of 164
Gini Index43.725th of 17036.176th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.3% of GDP147th of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.24 per 1,00082nd of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0003.05 per 1,00070th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 199
Literacy Rate97.3%61st of 17596.1%74th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.1% of GDP148th of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary118.4% gross, secondary20th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption12.0% of final consumption135th of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area29.5% of land area109th of 21147.4% of land area57th of 211
Internet Penetration89.8%62nd of 21184.2%89th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people107.8 per 100 people128th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births15 per 100,000 live births133rd of 19348 per 100,000 live births94th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.92% of GDP71st of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 163
Protected Areasof land area7.0% of land area172nd of 2117.6% of land area169th of 211
Median Ageyears33.5 years117th of 24033.4 years118th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.5 years93rd of 1488.4 years96th of 148
Human Development Index0.85351st of 1920.76692nd of 192
Happiness Index/ 105.30/ 10100th of 1646.43/ 1045th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita5.87 tonnes per capita55th of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 212
Obesity Rate30.5%66th of 1982.5%198th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

TurkeyVietnam
020M40M60M80M100M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Turkey and Vietnam population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Turkey195021M
Turkey197541.1M
Turkey200065.4M
Turkey202587.7M
Turkey205091.3M
Turkey207581.6M
Turkey210065.3M
Vietnam195025.1M
Vietnam197546.5M
Vietnam200077.2M
Vietnam2025101.6M
Vietnam2050110M
Vietnam2075103.3M
Vietnam210091.7M

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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