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Turkey vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Turkey has a population of 85.5M (ranked 18/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Turkey's land area is 297,156 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 36th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Turkey Vietnam
Population
85914550
102063551
Population rank 18/197 16/197
GDP
$1.32T
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 17/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$15,473
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 68/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$43,932
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$344B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
26.7%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,019
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 91/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,587
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
297,156 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.51
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
34 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Turkey and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Turkey and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Turkey

Vietnam
Year GDP
Turkey Vietnam
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 $46,042,857,143 -
1976 $51,450,000,000 -
1977 $58,683,333,333 -
1978 $65,912,500,000 -
1979 $89,616,129,032 -
1980 $68,823,684,211 -
1981 $71,180,180,180 -
1982 $64,369,325,153 -
1983 $61,803,555,556 -
1984 $59,937,602,180 -
1985 $67,232,758,621 $14,094,687,821
1986 $75,673,037,037 $26,336,616,250
1987 $87,190,081,680 $36,658,108,850
1988 $90,875,175,809 $25,423,812,649
1989 $107,127,191,329 $6,293,304,975
1990 $150,655,500,192 $6,471,740,806
1991 $151,034,731,544 $9,613,369,520
1992 $159,104,772,992 $9,866,990,236
1993 $180,415,757,852 $13,180,953,598
1994 $130,650,447,499 $16,286,433,533
1995 $169,319,579,016 $20,736,164,459
1996 $181,464,408,820 $24,657,470,575
1997 $189,878,399,895 $26,843,700,442
1998 $275,941,990,764 $27,209,602,050
1999 $256,395,932,738 $28,683,659,007
2000 $274,294,623,164 $31,172,518,403
2001 $201,753,123,807 $32,685,198,809
2002 $240,249,071,871 $35,064,105,501
2003 $314,595,572,146 $39,552,513,232
2004 $408,865,430,220 $45,427,854,693
2005 $506,314,717,662 $57,633,255,738
2006 $557,076,157,773 $66,371,664,817
2007 $681,321,124,296 $77,414,425,532
2008 $770,449,132,861 $99,130,304,099
2009 $649,289,324,628 $106,014,659,565
2010 $776,967,266,306 $147,201,173,197
2011 $838,785,289,694 $172,595,049,184
2012 $880,555,885,492 $195,590,661,129
2013 $957,799,120,008 $213,708,811,665
2014 $938,934,609,297 $233,451,469,643
2015 $864,313,810,469 $239,258,328,382
2016 $869,682,881,593 $257,096,001,178
2017 $858,988,492,854 $281,353,605,987
2018 $778,972,108,041 $310,106,478,395
2019 $761,005,915,751 $334,365,270,497
2020 $720,338,490,327 $346,615,738,538
2021 $819,865,223,976 $366,474,752,771
2022 $907,118,434,654 $413,445,230,669
2023 $1,118,252,958,514 $433,857,681,378
2024 $1,323,254,808,059 $476,388,230,307

Turkey and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Turkey

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Turkey Vietnam
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 $1,122 -
1976 $1,228 -
1977 $1,372 -
1978 $1,510 -
1979 $2,013 -
1980 $1,516 -
1981 $1,537 -
1982 $1,360 -
1983 $1,276 -
1984 $1,209 -
1985 $1,326 $238.6
1986 $1,461 $436
1987 $1,650 $595
1988 $1,686 $405
1989 $1,949 $98.1
1990 $2,690 $98.8
1991 $2,649 $143.7
1992 $2,744 $144.5
1993 $3,058 $189.4
1994 $2,176 $229.9
1995 $2,775 $287.8
1996 $2,929 $337
1997 $3,021 $362
1998 $4,330 $361
1999 $3,969 $376
2000 $4,192 $404
2001 $3,046 $419
2002 $3,583 $445
2003 $4,638 $497
2004 $5,961 $565
2005 $7,303 $711
2006 $7,953 $808
2007 $9,711 $926
2008 $10,844 $1,164
2009 $9,013 $1,226
2010 $10,623 $1,683
2011 $11,301 $1,951
2012 $11,713 $2,185
2013 $12,578 $2,360
2014 $12,165 $2,546
2015 $11,050 $2,578
2016 $10,970 $2,735
2017 $10,696 $2,956
2018 $9,569 $3,222
2019 $9,215 $3,441
2020 $8,639 $3,534
2021 $9,743 $3,704
2022 $10,675 $4,148
2023 $13,106 $4,323
2024 $15,473 $4,717

Turkey vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Turkey

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Turkey Vietnam
1950 47.3 48
1951 47.6 48.7
1952 48.1 49.4
1953 48.2 50
1954 48.8 52
1955 49.1 54.8
1956 49.5 55.5
1957 49.2 56.2
1958 49.2 56.8
1959 50.1 57.4
1960 50.8 58
1961 51.6 58.5
1962 52.3 58.2
1963 53.1 56.9
1964 53.6 57.5
1965 54.1 57
1966 54.6 56.9
1967 55.2 56.7
1968 55.6 52.7
1969 56.2 54.8
1970 56.7 54.9
1971 57.2 55.6
1972 58 51.9
1973 58.5 55.7
1974 59 54.8
1975 59.5 61.9
1976 60 63.7
1977 60.8 64.1
1978 61.6 64.5
1979 62.2 65
1980 62.7 65.3
1981 63.2 65.8
1982 63.7 66.2
1983 64.3 66.5
1984 64.8 66.9
1985 65.3 67.2
1986 65.9 67.6
1987 66.4 68
1988 66.9 68.6
1989 67.4 68.8
1990 67.8 69
1991 68.3 69.3
1992 68.6 69.6
1993 69 70
1994 69.4 70.4
1995 69.7 70.9
1996 70.2 71.3
1997 70.7 71.7
1998 71.1 72.3
1999 70.8 72.6
2000 71.9 72.7
2001 72.3 73
2002 72.6 73.1
2003 72.9 73.2
2004 73.2 73.1
2005 73.5 73.2
2006 73.8 73.3
2007 74.1 73.4
2008 74.4 73.5
2009 74.7 73.5
2010 75 73.6
2011 74.8 73.7
2012 75.6 73.8
2013 76.2 73.8
2014 76.5 73.9
2015 76.5 74
2016 76.6 74
2017 77 74
2018 77.5 74.1
2019 77.7 74.2
2020 76.5 75.4
2021 75.7 74.1
2022 77.6 74.5
2023 77.2 74.6
2024 77.4 74.7
2025 77.8 74.9

Turkey and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Turkey

Vietnam
Year Population
Turkey Vietnam
1960 28,329,898 32,531,933
1961 29,119,238 33,409,059
1962 29,916,147 34,288,560
1963 30,726,841 35,249,101
1964 31,543,072 36,201,563
1965 32,345,220 37,129,656
1966 33,177,672 38,024,836
1967 34,050,421 38,895,080
1968 34,921,684 39,734,609
1969 35,787,774 40,582,096
1970 36,638,465 41,475,230
1971 37,518,611 42,449,276
1972 38,430,221 43,429,168
1973 39,329,533 44,409,861
1974 40,210,234 45,413,537
1975 41,053,126 46,482,903
1976 41,899,984 47,684,931
1977 42,773,298 48,954,872
1978 43,645,306 50,249,552
1979 44,510,429 51,378,211
1980 45,408,815 52,490,101
1981 46,321,190 53,738,141
1982 47,322,096 55,011,289
1983 48,447,410 56,337,921
1984 49,574,069 57,706,067
1985 50,687,115 59,060,622
1986 51,777,772 60,347,048
1987 52,843,670 61,584,651
1988 53,909,626 62,843,228
1989 54,976,723 64,147,348
1990 56,015,628 65,504,552
1991 57,009,887 66,891,775
1992 57,990,118 68,260,337
1993 58,999,167 69,586,384
1994 60,033,836 70,854,391
1995 61,024,503 72,049,940
1996 61,951,134 73,156,447
1997 62,852,966 74,226,889
1998 63,734,383 75,299,660
1999 64,591,923 76,287,452
2000 65,425,961 77,154,011
2001 66,245,128 77,969,361
2002 67,048,795 78,772,224
2003 67,831,730 79,563,777
2004 68,592,617 80,338,971
2005 69,329,557 81,088,313
2006 70,045,349 82,167,897
2007 70,158,112 83,633,375
2008 71,051,678 85,175,788
2009 72,039,206 86,460,018
2010 73,142,150 87,455,152
2011 74,223,629 88,468,314
2012 75,175,827 89,510,356
2013 76,147,624 90,573,104
2014 77,181,884 91,679,578
2015 78,218,479 92,823,254
2016 79,277,962 94,000,117
2017 80,312,698 95,176,977
2018 81,407,204 96,237,319
2019 82,579,440 97,173,776
2020 83,384,680 98,079,191
2021 84,147,318 98,935,098
2022 84,979,913 99,680,655
2023 85,325,965 100,352,192
2024 85,518,661 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Turkey and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Turkey

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Turkey Vietnam
1960 6.38 6.27
1961 6.42 5.48
1962 6.38 6.26
1963 6.34 6.39
1964 6.29 6.29
1965 6.22 6.16
1966 6.15 5.97
1967 6.06 5.88
1968 5.96 6.03
1969 5.87 6.01
1970 5.78 6.02
1971 5.67 6.07
1972 5.55 6.1
1973 5.41 6.11
1974 5.24 5.78
1975 5.09 5.62
1976 4.93 5.46
1977 4.78 5.29
1978 4.69 5.1
1979 4.58 4.94
1980 4.45 4.8
1981 4.35 4.67
1982 4.21 4.59
1983 4.06 4.52
1984 3.91 4.41
1985 3.78 4.21
1986 3.66 3.96
1987 3.54 3.72
1988 3.45 3.62
1989 3.34 3.64
1990 3.11 3.6
1991 3 3.52
1992 2.94 3.35
1993 2.92 3.17
1994 2.87 2.94
1995 2.84 2.7
1996 2.78 2.47
1997 2.74 2.27
1998 2.71 2.1
1999 2.63 2
2000 2.49 2.03
2001 2.39 2.02
2002 2.27 2.01
2003 2.2 2
2004 2.2 1.97
2005 2.2 1.89
2006 2.19 1.87
2007 2.16 1.91
2008 2.15 1.93
2009 2.1 1.92
2010 2.08 1.91
2011 2.05 1.93
2012 2.11 1.97
2013 2.11 1.98
2014 2.19 2.09
2015 2.16 2.1
2016 2.11 2
2017 2.08 1.99
2018 2 1.88
2019 1.89 1.94
2020 1.77 1.96
2021 1.71 1.94
2022 1.63 1.93
2023 1.51 1.91

Turkey and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Turkey

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Turkey Vietnam
1960 19.4 21.2
1961 19.3 20.7
1962 19.1 20.2
1963 19 19.7
1964 18.9 19.2
1965 18.9 18.9
1966 18.8 18.7
1967 18.7 18.5
1968 18.6 18.4
1969 18.6 18.4
1970 18.6 18.4
1971 18.7 18.4
1972 18.8 18.5
1973 18.9 18.5
1974 19 18.6
1975 19.1 18.7
1976 19.3 18.8
1977 19.4 19
1978 19.5 19.1
1979 19.7 19.3
1980 19.8 19.4
1981 19.9 19.5
1982 20 19.6
1983 20.2 19.7
1984 20.4 19.8
1985 20.6 19.9
1986 20.9 20
1987 21.1 20.1
1988 21.3 20.2
1989 21.6 20.4
1990 21.8 20.5
1991 22.1 20.7
1992 22.4 20.9
1993 22.7 21.1
1994 23 21.4
1995 23.3 21.7
1996 23.6 22
1997 24 22.4
1998 24.3 22.9
1999 24.7 23.3
2000 25 23.7
2001 25.4 24.2
2002 25.8 24.6
2003 26.2 25
2004 26.6 25.4
2005 27 25.8
2006 27.5 26.3
2007 27.9 26.9
2008 28.3 27.4
2009 28.6 27.9
2010 29.1 28.3
2011 29.5 28.7
2012 29.8 29
2013 30.1 29.4
2014 30.4 29.8
2015 30.6 30.2
2016 30.9 30.5
2017 31.2 30.8
2018 31.5 31.2
2019 31.8 31.6
2020 32.3 32.1
2021 32.7 32.5
2022 33.1 33
2023 33.5 33.4
2024 34 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Turkey Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$1.12T
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.9%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.1%
2022
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.5%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
512,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.33%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.71%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
56.8%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.9%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
56.1
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
35.2%
2022
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2022
2.6%
2022
Number of millionaires
60,787
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
0.1%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
32
2025
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00005%
2025
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
551
2024
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$379B
2024
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$155B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$982M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
15,971,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
6.63%
2020
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
81.6%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

Turkey Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,850 kg
2023
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$22.9
2023
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
438 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.14 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.4%
2023
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
15.3%
2023
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
72%
2023
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,581 kWh
2023
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
35.4%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
19.3%
2023
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Turkey Vietnam
% of world population
1.05%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-275,952
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
77.9%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
56.7
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
34
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
75
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2023
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
6.7
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
125
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.3%
2021
96.1%
2022
English speaking
15%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
87.3%
2024
84.2%
2024

Health

Turkey Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$386
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$75.2
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.17
2021
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
27.1 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
15
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
12.8
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
34.4%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.5%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
48
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.5%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.69 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Turkey Vietnam
% of world land
0.52%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
3,475 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
148,989 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
87,600 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
272,554 mi
2024
354,460 mi
2019

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