Country comparison
United States vs Türkiye
United States is 13× the size of Türkiye. United States has 4× the population of Türkiye. United States has 4.8× the GDP per capita of Türkiye.
Side by side
| United States | Category | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 9,831,510 km² more | Area (2024) United States: 13× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 785,350 km² |
| 342 million more | Population (2025) United States: 4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 85.9 million |
| 37 people/km² | Population density (2024) Türkiye: 3× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 111 people/km² |
| US$ 90,027 more | GDP per capita (2025) United States: 4.8× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 18,599 |
| 78.9 years more | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 77.4 years |
| 95% more | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 87% |
| 38 years | Median age (2023) United States: 1.2× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 32.5 years |
| 1.63 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.48 births per woman |
| 13.6 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) United States: 2.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 5.4 t less |
| 68 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces United States: 2× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 34 |
| 72 | Ghost stories | – |
| 67 | UFO cases | – |
| 43 | VPN providers with servers in the country United States: 1.3× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 32 |
| English | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Turkish |
| US dollar (USD) | Currency ISO 4217 | Turkish lira (TRY) |
| Type A, B · 120 V | Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage | Type C, F · 230 V |
| UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 8 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+3 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.