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Cyprus vs Turkey statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cyprus has a population of 1.36M (ranked 155/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Cyprus' land area is 3,568 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 163rd vs. 36th).

By GDP, Cyprus ranks 104/197 ($36.3B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Cyprus ranks 45/197 ($26,749), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Main facts and rankings

Cyprus Turkey
Population
1380052
85914550
Population rank 153/197 18/197
GDP
$36.3B
2024
$1.32T
2024
GDP rank 104/197 17/197
GDP per capita
$26,749
2024
$15,473
2024
GDP per capita rank 45/197 68/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,240
2024
$43,932
2024
Government debt
$23.8B
2024
$344B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.3%
2025
26.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$17,490
2024
$4,019
2024
Government debt per person rank 34/185 91/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$24,086
2025
$9,587
2025
Land area
3,568 sq mi
2025
297,156 sq mi
2025
Population density
381 ppl/mi²
2024
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
39.2 years
2024
34 years
2024
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
77.8 years
2025

Cyprus and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Cyprus and Turkey economies compared

GDP
Cyprus

Turkey
Year GDP
Cyprus Turkey
1960 - $7,566,666,667
1961 - $7,988,888,889
1962 - $8,922,222,222
1963 - $10,355,555,556
1964 - $11,177,777,778
1965 - $11,966,666,667
1966 - $14,100,000,000
1967 - $15,644,444,444
1968 - $17,500,000,000
1969 - $19,466,666,667
1970 - $17,863,636,364
1971 - $16,166,666,667
1972 - $20,650,000,000
1973 - $26,000,000,000
1974 - $35,414,285,714
1975 $489,912,574 $46,042,857,143
1976 $576,090,074 $51,450,000,000
1977 $734,876,021 $58,683,333,333
1978 $964,024,364 $65,912,500,000
1979 $1,288,699,776 $89,616,129,032
1980 $2,154,311,277 $68,823,684,211
1981 $2,087,496,374 $71,180,180,180
1982 $2,159,242,417 $64,369,325,153
1983 $2,160,364,071 $61,803,555,556
1984 $2,278,248,953 $59,937,602,180
1985 $2,430,411,900 $67,232,758,621
1986 $3,090,734,463 $75,673,037,037
1987 $3,704,813,886 $87,190,081,680
1988 $4,278,792,597 $90,875,175,809
1989 $4,563,482,604 $107,127,191,329
1990 $5,591,130,218 $150,655,500,192
1991 $5,770,197,348 $151,034,731,544
1992 $6,912,150,456 $159,104,772,992
1993 $6,590,291,048 $180,415,757,852
1994 $7,425,703,929 $130,650,447,499
1995 $9,933,137,128 $169,319,579,016
1996 $10,011,914,680 $181,464,408,820
1997 $9,547,816,420 $189,878,399,895
1998 $10,248,618,778 $275,941,990,764
1999 $10,497,907,228 $256,395,932,738
2000 $9,985,847,314 $274,294,623,164
2001 $10,397,898,907 $201,753,123,807
2002 $11,420,228,846 $240,249,071,871
2003 $14,547,329,558 $314,595,572,146
2004 $17,320,551,250 $408,865,430,220
2005 $18,433,412,511 $506,314,717,662
2006 $20,072,754,987 $557,076,157,773
2007 $23,968,727,074 $681,321,124,296
2008 $27,844,646,258 $770,449,132,861
2009 $26,048,179,949 $649,289,324,628
2010 $25,799,940,078 $776,967,266,306
2011 $27,641,547,910 $838,785,289,694
2012 $25,047,436,975 $880,555,885,492
2013 $23,959,712,861 $957,799,120,008
2014 $23,225,918,260 $938,934,609,297
2015 $19,909,278,417 $864,313,810,469
2016 $21,046,462,281 $869,682,881,593
2017 $22,946,570,629 $858,988,492,854
2018 $25,754,001,368 $778,972,108,041
2019 $26,196,667,100 $761,005,915,751
2020 $25,555,093,854 $720,338,490,327
2021 $30,372,642,502 $819,865,223,976
2022 $30,935,566,077 $907,118,434,654
2023 $33,886,930,712 $1,118,252,958,514
2024 $36,333,022,329 $1,323,254,808,059

Cyprus and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita
Cyprus

Turkey
Year GDP per capita
Cyprus Turkey
1960 - $267.1
1961 - $274.4
1962 - $298.2
1963 - $337
1964 - $354
1965 - $370
1966 - $425
1967 - $459
1968 - $501
1969 - $544
1970 - $488
1971 - $431
1972 - $537
1973 - $661
1974 - $881
1975 $743 $1,122
1976 $870 $1,228
1977 $1,102 $1,372
1978 $1,434 $1,510
1979 $1,902 $2,013
1980 $3,154 $1,516
1981 $3,030 $1,537
1982 $3,100 $1,360
1983 $3,055 $1,276
1984 $3,167 $1,209
1985 $3,324 $1,326
1986 $4,159 $1,461
1987 $4,908 $1,650
1988 $5,584 $1,686
1989 $5,870 $1,949
1990 $7,092 $2,690
1991 $7,222 $2,649
1992 $8,530 $2,744
1993 $7,978 $3,058
1994 $8,791 $2,176
1995 $11,514 $2,775
1996 $11,373 $2,929
1997 $10,637 $3,021
1998 $11,206 $4,330
1999 $11,273 $3,969
2000 $10,537 $4,192
2001 $10,785 $3,046
2002 $11,636 $3,583
2003 $14,553 $4,638
2004 $17,016 $5,961
2005 $17,790 $7,303
2006 $19,037 $7,953
2007 $22,344 $9,711
2008 $25,522 $10,844
2009 $23,480 $9,013
2010 $22,876 $10,623
2011 $24,110 $11,301
2012 $21,493 $11,713
2013 $20,238 $12,578
2014 $19,326 $12,165
2015 $16,326 $11,050
2016 $17,013 $10,970
2017 $18,295 $10,696
2018 $20,267 $9,569
2019 $20,360 $9,215
2020 $19,624 $8,639
2021 $23,057 $9,743
2022 $23,236 $10,675
2023 $25,195 $13,106
2024 $26,749 $15,473

Cyprus vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cyprus

Turkey
Year Life expectancy, years
Cyprus Turkey
1950 55.8 47.3
1951 56.8 47.6
1952 57.7 48.1
1953 58.4 48.2
1954 59.3 48.8
1955 59.7 49.1
1956 60.4 49.5
1957 61 49.2
1958 61.6 49.2
1959 62.3 50.1
1960 63.3 50.8
1961 64.1 51.6
1962 64.7 52.3
1963 61.8 53.1
1964 62.2 53.6
1965 66.1 54.1
1966 66.5 54.6
1967 66.9 55.2
1968 67.3 55.6
1969 67.6 56.2
1970 68.1 56.7
1971 68.4 57.2
1972 68.6 58
1973 69 58.5
1974 54.6 59
1975 70.3 59.5
1976 70.8 60
1977 71.3 60.8
1978 71.7 61.6
1979 72.2 62.2
1980 72.8 62.7
1981 73.1 63.2
1982 73.5 63.7
1983 73.7 64.3
1984 74 64.8
1985 74.6 65.3
1986 74.9 65.9
1987 75.3 66.4
1988 75.4 66.9
1989 75.8 67.4
1990 76 67.8
1991 76.2 68.3
1992 76.3 68.6
1993 76.3 69
1994 76.4 69.4
1995 76.6 69.7
1996 76.9 70.2
1997 77.1 70.7
1998 77.2 71.1
1999 77.6 70.8
2000 77.9 71.9
2001 78.2 72.3
2002 78.8 72.6
2003 78.9 72.9
2004 79 73.2
2005 79.2 73.5
2006 79.5 73.8
2007 79.8 74.1
2008 79.9 74.4
2009 80.4 74.7
2010 80.6 75
2011 80.9 74.8
2012 81.1 75.6
2013 81.3 76.2
2014 81.3 76.5
2015 81.5 76.5
2016 81.5 76.6
2017 81.5 77
2018 81.6 77.5
2019 81.5 77.7
2020 81.2 76.5
2021 80.6 75.7
2022 80.4 77.6
2023 81.6 77.2
2024 81.8 77.4
2025 82 77.8

Cyprus and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population
Cyprus

Turkey
Year Population
Cyprus Turkey
1960 586,490 28,329,898
1961 595,514 29,119,238
1962 601,466 29,916,147
1963 607,252 30,726,841
1964 612,521 31,543,072
1965 617,736 32,345,220
1966 623,390 33,177,672
1967 629,251 34,050,421
1968 635,157 34,921,684
1969 641,189 35,787,774
1970 647,446 36,638,465
1971 654,050 37,518,611
1972 661,063 38,430,221
1973 665,937 39,329,533
1974 663,254 40,210,234
1975 659,405 41,053,126
1976 662,032 41,899,984
1977 667,101 42,773,298
1978 672,249 43,645,306
1979 677,549 44,510,429
1980 683,076 45,408,815
1981 688,893 46,321,190
1982 696,497 47,322,096
1983 707,225 48,447,410
1984 719,334 49,574,069
1985 731,277 50,687,115
1986 743,105 51,777,772
1987 754,785 52,843,670
1988 766,235 53,909,626
1989 777,420 54,976,723
1990 788,351 56,015,628
1991 798,944 57,009,887
1992 810,341 57,990,118
1993 826,034 58,999,167
1994 844,667 60,033,836
1995 862,695 61,024,503
1996 880,290 61,951,134
1997 897,568 62,852,966
1998 914,548 63,734,383
1999 931,234 64,591,923
2000 947,667 65,425,961
2001 964,127 66,245,128
2002 981,440 67,048,795
2003 999,590 67,831,730
2004 1,017,875 68,592,617
2005 1,036,151 69,329,557
2006 1,054,418 70,045,349
2007 1,072,714 70,158,112
2008 1,091,026 71,051,678
2009 1,109,371 72,039,206
2010 1,127,816 73,142,150
2011 1,146,493 74,223,629
2012 1,165,397 75,175,827
2013 1,183,895 76,147,624
2014 1,201,801 77,181,884
2015 1,219,502 78,218,479
2016 1,237,112 79,277,962
2017 1,254,275 80,312,698
2018 1,270,737 81,407,204
2019 1,286,671 82,579,440
2020 1,302,247 83,384,680
2021 1,317,309 84,147,318
2022 1,331,370 84,979,913
2023 1,344,976 85,325,965
2024 1,358,282 85,518,661

Fertility rates in Cyprus and Turkey

Fertility rate
Cyprus

Turkey
Year Fertility rate
Cyprus Turkey
1960 3.39 6.38
1961 3.62 6.42
1962 3.51 6.38
1963 3.49 6.34
1964 3.41 6.29
1965 3.47 6.22
1966 3.4 6.15
1967 3.32 6.06
1968 3.27 5.96
1969 3.19 5.87
1970 3.07 5.78
1971 3.04 5.67
1972 2.99 5.55
1973 2.4 5.41
1974 2.28 5.24
1975 2.11 5.09
1976 2.33 4.93
1977 2.09 4.78
1978 2.08 4.69
1979 2.14 4.58
1980 2.3 4.45
1981 2.15 4.35
1982 2.49 4.21
1983 2.49 4.06
1984 2.51 3.91
1985 2.43 3.78
1986 2.45 3.66
1987 2.39 3.54
1988 2.47 3.45
1989 2.37 3.34
1990 2.4 3.11
1991 2.34 3
1992 2.46 2.94
1993 2.25 2.92
1994 2.16 2.87
1995 2.03 2.84
1996 1.95 2.78
1997 1.86 2.74
1998 1.76 2.71
1999 1.67 2.63
2000 1.64 2.49
2001 1.57 2.39
2002 1.5 2.27
2003 1.51 2.2
2004 1.51 2.2
2005 1.48 2.2
2006 1.51 2.19
2007 1.45 2.16
2008 1.48 2.15
2009 1.48 2.1
2010 1.43 2.08
2011 1.36 2.05
2012 1.38 2.11
2013 1.3 2.11
2014 1.31 2.19
2015 1.32 2.16
2016 1.36 2.11
2017 1.32 2.08
2018 1.32 2
2019 1.33 1.89
2020 1.36 1.77
2021 1.39 1.71
2022 1.39 1.63
2023 1.39 1.51

Cyprus and Turkey demographics compared

Median age
Cyprus

Turkey
Year Median age, years
Cyprus Turkey
1960 23.1 19.4
1961 23.1 19.3
1962 23.3 19.1
1963 23.5 19
1964 23.7 18.9
1965 23.9 18.9
1966 24 18.8
1967 24.2 18.7
1968 24.3 18.6
1969 24.5 18.6
1970 24.7 18.6
1971 24.9 18.7
1972 25.1 18.8
1973 25.3 18.9
1974 25.4 19
1975 25.5 19.1
1976 25.9 19.3
1977 26.3 19.4
1978 26.8 19.5
1979 27.2 19.7
1980 27.7 19.8
1981 28.2 19.9
1982 28.5 20
1983 28.7 20.2
1984 28.8 20.4
1985 28.9 20.6
1986 29.1 20.9
1987 29.2 21.1
1988 29.4 21.3
1989 29.6 21.6
1990 29.8 21.8
1991 30.1 22.1
1992 30.3 22.4
1993 30.4 22.7
1994 30.5 23
1995 30.6 23.3
1996 30.8 23.6
1997 31 24
1998 31.2 24.3
1999 31.4 24.7
2000 31.6 25
2001 31.8 25.4
2002 32 25.8
2003 32.2 26.2
2004 32.4 26.6
2005 32.6 27
2006 32.8 27.5
2007 33.1 27.9
2008 33.4 28.3
2009 33.6 28.6
2010 33.9 29.1
2011 34.2 29.5
2012 34.5 29.8
2013 34.8 30.1
2014 35.2 30.4
2015 35.6 30.6
2016 36 30.9
2017 36.4 31.2
2018 36.8 31.5
2019 37.2 31.8
2020 37.6 32.3
2021 38 32.7
2022 38.4 33.1
2023 38.8 33.5
2024 39.2 34

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cyprus Turkey
GNI, Atlas method
$31B
2024
$1.12T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
40.4%
2025
32.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.74%
2022
3.1%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.82%
2023
1.5%
2023
Armed forces personnel
13,000
2020
512,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.84%
2025
-4.33%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.86%
2024
8.71%
2024
Services, % of GDP
76.9%
2024
56.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
10.3%
2024
25.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
73.2
2025
56.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.3%
2023
35.2%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2023
2.1%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
60,787
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.1%
2024
Number of billionaires
10
2025
32
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0009%
2025
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies
93
2024
551
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$10.9B
2024
$379B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.09B
2024
$155B
2024
Personal remittances received
$661M
2024
$982M
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,117,000
2019
15,971,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.25%
2020
6.63%
2020
Banked people share
96.1%
2024
81.6%
2024

Energy

Cyprus Turkey
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,673 kg
2023
1,850 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.6
2023
$22.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.18 megatons
2023
438 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.34 tons
2023
5.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.5%
2022
81.4%
2023
Renewable energy use share
15.6%
2021
12%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.44%
2023
15.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
117%
2022
72%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,842 kWh
2023
3,581 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
15.1%
2021
35.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
19.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cyprus Turkey
% of world population
0.02%
2024
1.05%
2024
Annual migration change
+8,138
2024
-275,952
2024
Urban population
67.1%
2024
77.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.27 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.4
2025
56.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
71
2025
75
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.82
2023
3.23
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.8
2019
6.7
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.4%
2021
97.3%
2021
English speaking
75.1%
2023
15%
2023
People using the Internet
91.2%
2023
87.3%
2024

Health

Cyprus Turkey
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,864
2022
$386
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$417
2022
$75.2
2022
Life expectancy
82 years
2025
77.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.17%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.55
2021
2.17
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
14
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.5
2023
12.8
2023
Obesity rate
23.6%
2022
34.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
16.5%
2024
Air quality index
63
2025
48
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
35.6%
2022
30.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.36 liters
2020
1.69 liters
2020

Territory

Cyprus Turkey
% of world land
0.006%
2025
0.52%
2025
Land area per capita
2,627 sq mi
2024
3,475 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
498 sq mi
2025
148,989 sq mi
2025
Forest area
666 sq mi
2025
87,600 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,366 mi
2016
272,554 mi
2024

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