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🇹🇷 Turkey vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Population difference
15,719,971
85.9M
Turkey
101.6M
Vietnam
18.3%
Vietnam is larger by

35 indicators below, published by both countries and set side by side. They differ most on obesity rate, where Turkey’s figure is 12.2× higher.

Indicators compared
35
Published by both countries
Turkey
by population · Asia
Vietnam
by population · Asia

Side by Side

Each bar is scaled against the larger of the two values, so the gap is visible rather than only stated.

Population
Turkey85,878,556
Vietnam101,598,527
Land Areakm²
Turkey769,630 km²
Vietnam313,429 km²
Population Density/km²
Turkey111/km²
Vietnam320/km²
Life Expectancyyears
Turkey77.4 years
Vietnam74.7 years
GDP per Capita
Turkey$18,599
Vietnam$5,066
Urban Population
Turkey89.5%
Vietnam38.8%

Bars compare magnitude only. A larger value is not a better one — several of these indicators have no better direction, and for others the lower figure is the favourable one.

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Bold marks the larger of the two values — larger is not always better. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Every indicator published for both Turkey and Vietnam, side by side
IndicatorTurkeyVietnamTurkey vs Vietnam
Population85,878,55618th of 240101,598,52716th of 24015% lower
Annual Growth Rate+0.42%158th of 240+0.60%138th of 24030% lower
Population Density/km²111/km²104th of 240320/km²43rd of 2402.9× lower
Land Areakm²769,630 km²36th of 240313,429 km²68th of 2402.5× higher
Urban Population89.5%37th of 24038.8%194th of 2402.3× higher
GDP per Capita$18,59997th of 240$5,066161st of 2403.7× higher
GDP Growth+3.6%93rd of 210+8.0%13th of 21055% lower
Life Expectancyyears77.4 years97th of 24074.7 years127th of 2404% higher
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.48 births per woman176th of 2401.90 births per woman118th of 24022% lower
Birth Rateper 1,00011.0 per 1,000135th of 21313.4 per 1,000107th of 21318% lower
Death Rateper 1,0005.7 per 1,000169th of 2136.6 per 1,000130th of 21314% lower
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births8.0 per 1,000 live births70th of 19412.0 per 1,000 live births92nd of 19433% lower
Unemployment Rate8.5%137th of 1861.5%11th of 1865.6× higher
Inflation Rate34.9%7th of 1913.3%87th of 19131.6 points apart
Poverty Rate13.0%33rd of 1644.2%4th of 1643.1× higher
Gini Index43.7145th of 17036.194th of 17021% higher
Health Spendingof GDP4.3% of GDP147th of 1924.6% of GDP134th of 1926% lower
Physiciansper 1,0002.24 per 1,00082nd of 2061.11 per 1,000124th of 2062.0× higher
Hospital Bedsper 1,0003.05 per 1,00070th of 1992.52 per 1,00090th of 19921% higher
Literacy Rate97.3%61st of 17596.1%74th of 1751% higher
Education Spendingof GDP3.1% of GDP148th of 2022.9% of GDP156th of 2027% higher
School Enrollmentgross, secondary118.4% gross, secondary20th of 20793.4% gross, secondary92nd of 20727% higher
Renewable Energyof final consumption12.0% of final consumption135th of 21124.2% of final consumption94th of 21150% lower
Forest Coverageof land area29.5% of land area109th of 21147.4% of land area57th of 21138% lower
Internet Penetration89.8%62nd of 21184.2%89th of 2117% higher
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people107.8 per 100 people128th of 212127.6 per 100 people64th of 21216% lower
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births15 per 100,000 live births57th of 19348 per 100,000 live births99th of 1933.2× lower
Military Spendingof GDP1.92% of GDP71st of 1631.81% of GDP81st of 1636% higher
Protected Areasof land area7.0% of land area172nd of 2117.6% of land area169th of 2118% lower
Median Ageyears33.5 years117th of 24033.4 years118th of 2400% higher
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.5 years93rd of 1488.4 years96th of 1482% higher
Human Development Index0.85351st of 1920.76692nd of 19211% higher
Happiness Index/ 105.30/ 10100th of 1646.43/ 1045th of 16418% lower
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita5.87 tonnes per capita55th of 2123.67 tonnes per capita95th of 21260% higher
Obesity Rate30.5%66th of 1982.5%198th of 19828.0 points apart

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. Bold marks the larger of the two, which is not always the better one.

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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