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Turkiye

Turkiye / TR

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

Turkiye in numbers.

Area785,350 kmยฒWorld # 36 โ†’Population85.9MWorld # 18 โ†’Population density109.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 94 โ†’Life expectancy77.4 yearsWorld # 81 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 18,599World # 80 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

Turkiye across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area785,350 kmยฒWorld # 36 / 2023 โ†’Population85.9MWorld # 18 / 2025 โ†’Population density109.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 94 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference year1,923World # 123 / CIA World Factbook 2025 archive โ†’

People & society

Population growth0.4%World # 147 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate1.5World # 154 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate11 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 137 / 2024 โ†’Death rate5.7 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 171 / 2024 โ†’Median age32.5 yearsWorld # 116 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+10.6%World # 93 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1421%World # 116 / 2025 โ†’Urban population89.5%World # 32 / 2025 โ†’Net migration-258.2KWorld # 207 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate-3 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 174 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share8.1%World # 92 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy77.4 yearsWorld # 81 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancy65.2 yearsWorld # 51 / 2021 โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people2.2 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 83 / 2022 โ†’Smoking rate31.1%World # 25 / 2024 โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 18,599World # 80 / 2025 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 1.6TWorld # 16 / 2025 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)US$ 45,288World # 58 / 2025 โ†’Real GDP growth3.6%World # 94 / 2025 โ†’Inflation34.9%World # 7 / 2025 โ†’Unemployment8.5%World # 50 / 2025 โ†’Youth unemployment16%World # 71 / 2025 โ†’Average annual working hours1,747 hours/yearWorld # 88 / 2023 โ†’Average sleep time8.5 hours/dayWorld # 4 / Approximately 1998โ€“2006 โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)43.7World # 23 / 2023 โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)3.1%World # 142 / 2022 โ†’Researchers per million people2,644.7 per million peopleWorld # 37 / 2023 โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)1.4%World # 32 / 2023 โ†’Patent applications per million people95.9 per million peopleWorld # 28 / 2021 โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person3,892 kcal/dayWorld # 4 / 2023 โ†’Meat supply per person49.4 kg/person/yearWorld # 106 / 2023 โ†’Rice production1M tWorld # 42 / 2024 โ†’Wheat production20.8M tWorld # 10 / 2024 โ†’Coffee productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee consumption per person1.2 kg/person/yearWorld # 15 / 2025/26 forecast โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area29.5%World # 110 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per person3,731 kWh/personWorld # 61 / 2024 โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person5.9 tWorld # 55 / 2024 โ†’Internet use89.8%World # 62 / 2025 โ†’Mobile subscriptions107.8 per 100 peopleWorld # 128 / 2024 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rate3.2 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 85 / 2023 โ†’Road traffic death rate6.7 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 151 / 2019 โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)1.9%World # 68 / 2024 โ†’Women in parliament19.9%World # 127 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals16MWorld # 15 / 2020 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 13.8BWorld # 13 / 2020 โ†’World Heritage sites22 sitesWorld # 14 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupIslam99.8%Main languageTurkishMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceCoal2025Top export categoryMachinery and electrical equipment2023Most mapped OSM sportFootball and futsal22,050 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightTurkishLargest staple-food calorie sourceWheat2023Current currencyTurkish LiraTRYDriving sideRight-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originNo dataNo comparison data for this country