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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Pakistan is 1% bigger than Türkiye

Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024) · Türkiye: 785,350 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Türkiye’s coastline is 6.9 times as long as Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 3,474 m above Türkiye’s

Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 50% of Türkiye, versus 47% of Pakistan

Pakistan: 47.2% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 3 times as many people as Türkiye

Pakistan: 255 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 3 times as densely populated as Türkiye

Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Türkiye are 9.0 cm taller than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 176.4 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Türkiye are 7.0 cm taller than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019) · Türkiye: 161.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Türkiye is 12 years older than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 2.1 more children on average than in Türkiye

Pakistan: 3.55 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 4.4% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.4% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Türkiye hosts 6.1 times as many refugees per resident as Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.5 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, Pakistan 0.1

Pakistan: 0.1 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Pakistan has 2 official languages, Türkiye 1

Pakistan: 2 (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 3.9 times the size of Pakistan’s

Pakistan: $407 billion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Türkiye produces 6.9 times as much per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in Pakistan (Gini 10.2 points higher)

Pakistan: 33.5 (2024) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

23% of people in Pakistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Türkiye

Pakistan: 23% (2024) · Türkiye: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 5.4% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 5.4% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Türkiye 1.9%

Pakistan: 2.9% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Pakistan: no data · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Pakistan: 24% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Türkiye spends 18 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: $30 (2023) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Türkiye live 9.6 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024) · Türkiye: 77.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Türkiye

Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Türkiye has 93% more doctors per person than Pakistan

Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Türkiye has 4.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Pakistan is 2.5 times that in Türkiye

Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 24% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 23.5% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Türkiye smoke, versus 18% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 17.9% (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 0.43 points higher than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.87 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Türkiye drink 26 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Türkiye has 2.3 times as much meat per person as Pakistan

Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Türkiye has 1,378 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 724 more hours a year than in Türkiye

Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Türkiye went to school 4.7 years longer than in Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023) · Türkiye: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Pakistan: no data · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Türkiye has 16 more World Heritage sites than Pakistan (22 against 6)

Pakistan: 6 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Türkiye has won 111 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Pakistan: 11 (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 57% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 57% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Türkiye is 8.7 times as fast as in Pakistan

Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Türkiye have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 95.7% (2024) · Türkiye: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Pakistan: 40% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Türkiye has 108 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Pakistan: 77 (2024) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Türkiye’s railway network is 35% longer than Pakistan’s

Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Türkiye fly 52 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.03 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 29% of Türkiye, but only 4.1% of Pakistan

Pakistan: 4.1% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Türkiye emits 8.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan

Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

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

Pakistan: 42.7% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Türkiye

Pakistan: 53.8 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 34% more likely to be murdered in Pakistan than in Türkiye

Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Pakistan are 45% deadlier than in Türkiye

Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Pakistan is on average 8.3 °C warmer than Türkiye

Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Türkiye gets 64% more rain than Pakistan

Pakistan: 416 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 Pakistan bigger than Türkiye?

Pakistan is larger. Pakistan is 1% bigger than Türkiye.

Which has more people, Pakistan or Türkiye?

Pakistan has 3 times as many people as Türkiye (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Pakistan or Türkiye?

People in Türkiye live 9.6 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 67.8 years in Pakistan and 77.4 in Türkiye.

Are people taller in Pakistan or Türkiye?

Men in Türkiye are 9.0 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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