CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Türkiye is 16% bigger than Myanmar

Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024) · Türkiye: 785,350 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Türkiye’s coastline is 3.7 times as long as Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 733 m above Türkiye’s

Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 50% of Türkiye, versus 20% of Myanmar

Myanmar: 19.9% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Türkiye has 57% more people than Myanmar

Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Türkiye is 33% more densely populated than Myanmar

Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Türkiye are 9.7 cm taller than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 176.4 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Türkiye are 7.1 cm taller than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 161.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Türkiye is 3 years older than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Myanmar have 0.6 more children on average than in Türkiye

Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

11% of people in Türkiye are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 7.5% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Türkiye has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Myanmar 0.2

Myanmar: 0.2 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Myanmar and Türkiye are practically level

Myanmar: 1 (2026) · Türkiye: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Türkiye’s economy is 20 times the size of Myanmar’s

Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Türkiye produces 7.5 times as much per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Myanmar (Gini 13 points higher)

Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Türkiye

Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 3% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Türkiye 1.9%

Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Türkiye’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Myanmar: 6% (2019) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Türkiye’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 25% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Türkiye spends 9.7 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: $56 (2023) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Türkiye live 10 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024) · Türkiye: 77.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Myanmar is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Türkiye

Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Türkiye has 3 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Türkiye has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Myanmar is 11% higher than in Türkiye

Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 8.3% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 31% in Türkiye

Myanmar: 43.4% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Türkiye rate their lives 1.01 points higher than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.29 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Türkiye drink 17% more alcohol than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Türkiye has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Türkiye has 1,083 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Myanmar put in 450 more hours a year than in Türkiye

Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Türkiye went to school 2.6 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023) · Türkiye: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Türkiye welcomed 40 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Myanmar: 0.01 (2024) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Türkiye has 20 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (22 against 2)

Myanmar: 2 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Türkiye has won 111 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Türkiye are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45% (2020) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Türkiye is 4.6 times as fast as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Türkiye have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 80.4% (2024) · Türkiye: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 31% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Myanmar has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

Myanmar: 114 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Myanmar: no data · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Türkiye fly 23 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.06 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 29% of Türkiye

Myanmar: 42% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Türkiye emits 10 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

48% of Myanmar’s electricity is renewable, versus 43% in Türkiye

Myanmar: 47.9% (2024) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Myanmar carries 22% more fine dust than in Türkiye

Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 25% more likely to be murdered in Türkiye than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Myanmar are 90% deadlier than in Türkiye

Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Myanmar is on average 11.4 °C warmer than Türkiye

Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Myanmar gets 3.3 times as much rain as Türkiye

Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Myanmar bigger than Türkiye?

Türkiye is larger. Türkiye is 16% bigger than Myanmar.

Which has more people, Myanmar or Türkiye?

Türkiye has 57% more people than Myanmar (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Myanmar or Türkiye?

People in Türkiye live 10 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 67.1 years in Myanmar and 77.4 in Türkiye.

Are people taller in Myanmar or Türkiye?

Men in Türkiye are 9.7 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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