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Turkey vs Yemen statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Turkey has a population of 85.5M (ranked 18/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). Turkey's land area is 297,156 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 36th vs. 49th).

By GDP, Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Main facts and rankings

Turkey Yemen
Population
85914550
42727988
Population rank 18/197 37/197
GDP
$1.32T
2024
$21.6B
2018
GDP rank 17/197 124/197
GDP per capita
$15,473
2024
$634
2018
GDP per capita rank 68/197 192/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$43,932
2024
$3,164
2013
Government debt
$344B
2024
$18.8B
2018
Debt-to-GDP ratio
26.7%
2025
71.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,019
2024
$551
2018
Government debt per person rank 91/185 164/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,587
2025
$1,333
2025
Land area
297,156 sq mi
2025
203,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
199.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.51
2023
4.59
2023
Median age
34 years
2024
19.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
69.6 years
2025

Turkey and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Turkey and Yemen economies compared

GDP
Turkey

Yemen
Year GDP
Turkey Yemen
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 -
1986 $75,673,037,037 -
1987 $87,190,081,680 -
1988 $90,875,175,809 -
1989 $107,127,191,329 -
1990 $150,655,500,192 $12,643,821,569
1991 $151,034,731,544 $14,665,445,462
1992 $159,104,772,992 $17,959,367,194
1993 $180,415,757,852 $21,736,802,664
1994 $130,650,447,499 $28,019,483,764
1995 $169,319,579,016 $12,796,345,679
1996 $181,464,408,820 $6,496,163,616
1997 $189,878,399,895 $6,838,298,531
1998 $275,941,990,764 $6,322,175,566
1999 $256,395,932,738 $7,639,325,296
2000 $274,294,623,164 $9,679,316,770
2001 $201,753,123,807 $9,852,990,693
2002 $240,249,071,871 $10,693,430,511
2003 $314,595,572,146 $11,777,532,662
2004 $408,865,430,220 $13,867,634,371
2005 $506,314,717,662 $16,731,566,717
2006 $557,076,157,773 $19,063,143,370
2007 $681,321,124,296 $21,650,528,674
2008 $770,449,132,861 $26,910,855,807
2009 $649,289,324,628 $25,130,278,213
2010 $776,967,266,306 $30,906,749,533
2011 $838,785,289,694 $32,726,417,878
2012 $880,555,885,492 $35,401,331,609
2013 $957,799,120,008 $40,415,233,436
2014 $938,934,609,297 $43,228,585,321
2015 $864,313,810,469 $42,444,490,074
2016 $869,682,881,593 $31,317,825,274
2017 $858,988,492,854 $26,842,229,045
2018 $778,972,108,041 $21,606,160,663
2019 $761,005,915,751 -
2020 $720,338,490,327 -
2021 $819,865,223,976 -
2022 $907,118,434,654 -
2023 $1,118,252,958,514 -
2024 $1,323,254,808,059 -

Turkey and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita
Turkey

Yemen
Year GDP per capita
Turkey Yemen
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 -
1986 $1,461 -
1987 $1,650 -
1988 $1,686 -
1989 $1,949 -
1990 $2,690 $910
1991 $2,649 $1,016
1992 $2,744 $1,198
1993 $3,058 $1,397
1994 $2,176 $1,735
1995 $2,775 $764
1996 $2,929 $375
1997 $3,021 $383
1998 $4,330 $343
1999 $3,969 $401
2000 $4,192 $493
2001 $3,046 $487
2002 $3,583 $513
2003 $4,638 $549
2004 $5,961 $628
2005 $7,303 $734
2006 $7,953 $810
2007 $9,711 $890
2008 $10,844 $1,072
2009 $9,013 $969
2010 $10,623 $1,155
2011 $11,301 $1,186
2012 $11,713 $1,245
2013 $12,578 $1,379
2014 $12,165 $1,430
2015 $11,050 $1,362
2016 $10,970 $975
2017 $10,696 $811
2018 $9,569 $634
2019 $9,215 -
2020 $8,639 -
2021 $9,743 -
2022 $10,675 -
2023 $13,106 -
2024 $15,473 -

Turkey vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Turkey

Yemen
Year Life expectancy, years
Turkey Yemen
1950 47.3 28.9
1951 47.6 29.3
1952 48.1 29.6
1953 48.2 30
1954 48.8 30.4
1955 49.1 30.8
1956 49.5 31.3
1957 49.2 31.8
1958 49.2 32.4
1959 50.1 32.9
1960 50.8 33.5
1961 51.6 34.1
1962 52.3 33.7
1963 53.1 33.4
1964 53.6 34.9
1965 54.1 35.6
1966 54.6 36.3
1967 55.2 37.1
1968 55.6 38
1969 56.2 39.6
1970 56.7 40.6
1971 57.2 41.8
1972 58 42.7
1973 58.5 43.6
1974 59 44.5
1975 59.5 45.5
1976 60 46.4
1977 60.8 47.4
1978 61.6 48.5
1979 62.2 49.5
1980 62.7 50.6
1981 63.2 51.7
1982 63.7 52.4
1983 64.3 53.6
1984 64.8 54.6
1985 65.3 55.4
1986 65.9 54
1987 66.4 56.8
1988 66.9 57.4
1989 67.4 58
1990 67.8 58.5
1991 68.3 58.8
1992 68.6 59.3
1993 69 59.7
1994 69.4 59.8
1995 69.7 60.5
1996 70.2 60.9
1997 70.7 61.3
1998 71.1 61.8
1999 70.8 62.3
2000 71.9 62.8
2001 72.3 63.3
2002 72.6 63.8
2003 72.9 64.4
2004 73.2 64.9
2005 73.5 65.4
2006 73.8 65.8
2007 74.1 66.2
2008 74.4 66.6
2009 74.7 66.9
2010 75 67.2
2011 74.8 67.4
2012 75.6 67.6
2013 76.2 68
2014 76.5 68
2015 76.5 66.8
2016 76.6 67.1
2017 77 67.1
2018 77.5 65.9
2019 77.7 66.6
2020 76.5 66.4
2021 75.7 66
2022 77.6 68
2023 77.2 69.3
2024 77.4 69.4
2025 77.8 69.6

Turkey and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population
Turkey

Yemen
Year Population
Turkey Yemen
1960 28,329,898 5,532,301
1961 29,119,238 5,655,232
1962 29,916,147 5,782,221
1963 30,726,841 5,911,135
1964 31,543,072 6,048,006
1965 32,345,220 6,195,593
1966 33,177,672 6,351,494
1967 34,050,421 6,516,444
1968 34,921,684 6,690,524
1969 35,787,774 6,875,859
1970 36,638,465 7,065,279
1971 37,518,611 7,257,462
1972 38,430,221 7,460,068
1973 39,329,533 7,672,796
1974 40,210,234 7,896,783
1975 41,053,126 8,133,598
1976 41,899,984 8,384,113
1977 42,773,298 8,648,222
1978 43,645,306 8,926,586
1979 44,510,429 9,224,194
1980 45,408,815 9,543,358
1981 46,321,190 9,882,362
1982 47,322,096 10,241,006
1983 48,447,410 10,621,499
1984 49,574,069 11,025,597
1985 50,687,115 11,453,825
1986 51,777,772 11,901,040
1987 52,843,670 12,369,912
1988 53,909,626 12,859,708
1989 54,976,723 13,364,174
1990 56,015,628 13,887,862
1991 57,009,887 14,430,201
1992 57,990,118 14,989,494
1993 58,999,167 15,563,914
1994 60,033,836 16,149,147
1995 61,024,503 16,740,058
1996 61,951,134 17,313,177
1997 62,852,966 17,873,936
1998 63,734,383 18,446,013
1999 64,591,923 19,029,420
2000 65,425,961 19,624,141
2001 66,245,128 20,226,147
2002 67,048,795 20,835,086
2003 67,831,730 21,456,379
2004 68,592,617 22,095,167
2005 69,329,557 22,790,085
2006 70,045,349 23,543,083
2007 70,158,112 24,318,082
2008 71,051,678 25,111,941
2009 72,039,206 25,927,724
2010 73,142,150 26,754,387
2011 74,223,629 27,582,897
2012 75,175,827 28,433,647
2013 76,147,624 29,312,952
2014 77,181,884 30,226,309
2015 78,218,479 31,159,379
2016 79,277,962 32,109,010
2017 80,312,698 33,090,921
2018 81,407,204 34,085,182
2019 82,579,440 35,111,408
2020 83,384,680 36,134,863
2021 84,147,318 37,140,230
2022 84,979,913 38,222,876
2023 85,325,965 39,390,799
2024 85,518,661 40,583,164

Fertility rates in Turkey and Yemen

Fertility rate
Turkey

Yemen
Year Fertility rate
Turkey Yemen
1960 6.38 7.99
1961 6.42 8
1962 6.38 8.01
1963 6.34 8.03
1964 6.29 8.07
1965 6.22 8.1
1966 6.15 8.14
1967 6.06 8.17
1968 5.96 8.19
1969 5.87 8.22
1970 5.78 8.23
1971 5.67 8.26
1972 5.55 8.27
1973 5.41 8.29
1974 5.24 8.33
1975 5.09 8.37
1976 4.93 8.42
1977 4.78 8.47
1978 4.69 8.5
1979 4.58 8.67
1980 4.45 8.71
1981 4.35 8.75
1982 4.21 8.79
1983 4.06 8.83
1984 3.91 8.85
1985 3.78 8.86
1986 3.66 8.86
1987 3.54 8.83
1988 3.45 8.79
1989 3.34 8.71
1990 3.11 8.61
1991 3 8.46
1992 2.94 8.27
1993 2.92 8.05
1994 2.87 7.8
1995 2.84 7.53
1996 2.78 7
1997 2.74 6.82
1998 2.71 6.64
1999 2.63 6.49
2000 2.49 6.32
2001 2.39 6.14
2002 2.27 5.97
2003 2.2 5.84
2004 2.2 5.71
2005 2.2 5.56
2006 2.19 5.41
2007 2.16 5.26
2008 2.15 5.11
2009 2.1 5
2010 2.08 4.81
2011 2.05 4.63
2012 2.11 4.63
2013 2.11 4.62
2014 2.19 4.62
2015 2.16 4.62
2016 2.11 4.61
2017 2.08 4.61
2018 2 4.61
2019 1.89 4.6
2020 1.77 4.6
2021 1.71 4.6
2022 1.63 4.59
2023 1.51 4.59

Turkey and Yemen demographics compared

Median age
Turkey

Yemen
Year Median age, years
Turkey Yemen
1960 19.4 19.7
1961 19.3 19.6
1962 19.1 19.6
1963 19 19.5
1964 18.9 19.4
1965 18.9 19.3
1966 18.8 19.2
1967 18.7 19.1
1968 18.6 18.9
1969 18.6 18.7
1970 18.6 18.4
1971 18.7 18.1
1972 18.8 17.8
1973 18.9 17.6
1974 19 17.3
1975 19.1 17
1976 19.3 16.8
1977 19.4 16.6
1978 19.5 16.3
1979 19.7 16.1
1980 19.8 15.9
1981 19.9 15.7
1982 20 15.5
1983 20.2 15.3
1984 20.4 15.1
1985 20.6 15
1986 20.9 14.9
1987 21.1 14.8
1988 21.3 14.7
1989 21.6 14.6
1990 21.8 14.6
1991 22.1 14.6
1992 22.4 14.6
1993 22.7 14.6
1994 23 14.6
1995 23.3 14.7
1996 23.6 14.8
1997 24 14.9
1998 24.3 15
1999 24.7 15.2
2000 25 15.4
2001 25.4 15.6
2002 25.8 15.8
2003 26.2 16
2004 26.6 16.2
2005 27 16.4
2006 27.5 16.7
2007 27.9 16.9
2008 28.3 17.2
2009 28.6 17.4
2010 29.1 17.7
2011 29.5 17.9
2012 29.8 18.1
2013 30.1 18.3
2014 30.4 18.5
2015 30.6 18.7
2016 30.9 18.8
2017 31.2 18.9
2018 31.5 19
2019 31.8 19.1
2020 32.3 19.1
2021 32.7 19.1
2022 33.1 19.2
2023 33.5 19.2
2024 34 19.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Turkey Yemen
GNI, Atlas method
$1.12T
2024
$25.3B
2018
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.9%
2025
9.59%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.1%
2022
5.46%
2012
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.5%
2023
3.97%
2014
Armed forces personnel
512,000
2020
40,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.33%
2025
-3.73%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.71%
2024
13.5%
2014
Services, % of GDP
56.8%
2024
41.8%
2018
Industry, % of GDP
25.9%
2024
25.4%
2018
Economic freedom index
56.1
2025
53.7
2015
Income share by richest 10%
35.2%
2022
29.4%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2022
3%
2014
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
$1.25B
2022
Personal remittances received
$982M
2024
$3.43B
2024
International tourist arrivals
15,971,000
2020
398,000
2015
International tourism as share of exports
6.63%
2020
12.4%
2016
Banked people share
81.6%
2024
11.9%
2022

Energy

Turkey Yemen
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,850 kg
2023
68.9 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$22.9
2023
$11.2
2013
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
438 megatons
2023
10.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.14 tons
2023
0.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
81.4%
2023
93.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12%
2021
3.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
15.3%
2023
1.64%
2022
Net energy imports use share
72%
2023
-11%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
3,581 kWh
2023
54 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
35.4%
2021
21.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
19.3%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
83.6%
2023

Society

Turkey Yemen
% of world population
1.05%
2024
0.5%
2024
Annual migration change
-275,952
2024
-10,482
2024
Urban population
77.9%
2024
40.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.39 ft
2025
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
56.7
2025
16.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
34
2024
13
2024
Higher education index
75
2025
20
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2023
6.31
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
6.7
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
125
2025
46
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.3%
2021
54.1%
2004
English speaking
15%
2023
9%
2023
People using the Internet
87.3%
2024
13.8%
2020

Health

Turkey Yemen
Government health expenditure per capita
$386
2022
$38.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$75.2
2022
$26.8
2022
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
69.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
23.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.17
2021
0.29
2014
Age at first childbirth
27.1 years
2023
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
15
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
12.8
2023
39.3
2023
Obesity rate
34.4%
2022
14.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.5%
2024
5.5%
2024
Air quality index
48
2025
31
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.5%
2022
21.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.69 liters
2020
0.04 liters
2020

Territory

Turkey Yemen
% of world land
0.52%
2025
0.35%
2025
Land area per capita
3,475 sq mi
2024
5,023 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
148,989 sq mi
2025
90,549 sq mi
2025
Forest area
87,600 sq mi
2025
2,120 sq mi
2025
Roads length
272,554 mi
2024
n/a

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