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Turkey vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Turkey has a population of 85.5M (ranked 18/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Turkey's land area is 297,156 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 36th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Turkey Vatican
Population
85914550
949
Population rank 18/197 197/197
GDP
$1.32T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 17/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$15,473
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 68/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$43,932
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$344B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
26.7%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$4,019
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 91/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,587
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
297,156 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.51
2023
n/a
Median age
34 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Turkey and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Turkey vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Turkey

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Turkey Vatican
1950 47.3 65.9
1951 47.6 65.3
1952 48.1 65.7
1953 48.2 66.3
1954 48.8 67.5
1955 49.1 67.8
1956 49.5 67.3
1957 49.2 67.5
1958 49.2 68.7
1959 50.1 69.2
1960 50.8 69.2
1961 51.6 69.8
1962 52.3 69.2
1963 53.1 69.3
1964 53.6 70.3
1965 54.1 70.1
1966 54.6 70.9
1967 55.2 70.9
1968 55.6 70.7
1969 56.2 70.7
1970 56.7 71.5
1971 57.2 71.7
1972 58 72
1973 58.5 71.9
1974 59 72.7
1975 59.5 72.6
1976 60 72.9
1977 60.8 73.3
1978 61.6 73.7
1979 62.2 74
1980 62.7 74.1
1981 63.2 74.3
1982 63.7 74.8
1983 64.3 74.7
1984 64.8 75.1
1985 65.3 75.5
1986 65.9 75.7
1987 66.4 76.2
1988 66.9 76.4
1989 67.4 76.8
1990 67.8 76.9
1991 68.3 76.9
1992 68.6 77.3
1993 69 77
1994 69.4 77.7
1995 69.7 77.8
1996 70.2 78.5
1997 70.7 78.2
1998 71.1 78.3
1999 70.8 78.7
2000 71.9 79.3
2001 72.3 79.9
2002 72.6 80
2003 72.9 79.8
2004 73.2 80.2
2005 73.5 80.6
2006 73.8 81.2
2007 74.1 81.3
2008 74.4 81.4
2009 74.7 81.3
2010 75 81.5
2011 74.8 81.7
2012 75.6 82
2013 76.2 82.5
2014 76.5 82.6
2015 76.5 82.5
2016 76.6 82.9
2017 77 82.7
2018 77.5 83.3
2019 77.7 83.6
2020 76.5 83
2021 75.7 82.9
2022 77.6 83.3
2023 77.2 83
2024 77.4 83.1
2025 77.8 83.3

Turkey and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Turkey

Vatican
Year Population
Turkey Vatican
1960 28,329,898 -
1961 29,119,238 -
1962 29,916,147 -
1963 30,726,841 -
1964 31,543,072 -
1965 32,345,220 -
1966 33,177,672 -
1967 34,050,421 -
1968 34,921,684 -
1969 35,787,774 -
1970 36,638,465 -
1971 37,518,611 -
1972 38,430,221 -
1973 39,329,533 -
1974 40,210,234 -
1975 41,053,126 -
1976 41,899,984 -
1977 42,773,298 -
1978 43,645,306 -
1979 44,510,429 -
1980 45,408,815 -
1981 46,321,190 -
1982 47,322,096 -
1983 48,447,410 -
1984 49,574,069 -
1985 50,687,115 -
1986 51,777,772 -
1987 52,843,670 -
1988 53,909,626 -
1989 54,976,723 -
1990 56,015,628 -
1991 57,009,887 -
1992 57,990,118 -
1993 58,999,167 -
1994 60,033,836 -
1995 61,024,503 -
1996 61,951,134 -
1997 62,852,966 -
1998 63,734,383 -
1999 64,591,923 -
2000 65,425,961 880
2001 66,245,128 890
2002 67,048,795 900
2003 67,831,730 911
2004 68,592,617 921
2005 69,329,557 921
2006 70,045,349 932
2007 70,158,112 821
2008 71,051,678 824
2009 72,039,206 826
2010 73,142,150 829
2011 74,223,629 832
2012 75,175,827 836
2013 76,147,624 839
2014 77,181,884 842
2015 78,218,479 1,000
2016 79,277,962 -
2017 80,312,698 1,000
2018 81,407,204 -
2019 82,579,440 1,000
2020 83,384,680 -
2021 84,147,318 -
2022 84,979,913 -
2023 85,325,965 -
2024 85,518,661 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Turkey Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$1.12T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.9%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.1%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.5%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
512,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.33%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
8.71%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
56.8%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
25.9%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
56.1
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
35.2%
2022
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2022
n/a
Number of millionaires
60,787
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
0.1%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
32
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00005%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
551
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$379B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$155B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$982M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
15,971,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
6.63%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
81.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Turkey Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,850 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$22.9
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
438 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
5.14 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.4%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
12%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
15.3%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
72%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
3,581 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
35.4%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
19.3%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Turkey Vatican
% of world population
1.05%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
-275,952
2024
n/a
Urban population
77.9%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
56.7
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
34
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
75
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2023
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
6.7
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
125
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.3%
2021
100%
2013
English speaking
15%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
87.3%
2024
n/a

Health

Turkey Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$386
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$75.2
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.17
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
27.1 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
15
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
12.8
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
34.4%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
16.5%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
48
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.5%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.69 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Turkey Vatican
% of world land
0.52%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
3,475 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
148,989 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
87,600 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
272,554 mi
2024
5.59 mi
2003

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