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Turkey

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Key facts

  • currency: New Turkish lira
  • capital city: Ankara
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 769,630 km²
  • population: 85,326,000 people
  • political leader: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (President)
Classified as: place

Summary

Turkey is a country. The capital city is Ankara, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 769,630 km², a population of 85,326,000 people and uses the currency New Turkish lira. The President is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Location on a map: [39°0′N, 35°0′E]

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Environment

Turkey is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 380,890.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 6.65 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 481.25 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 29.10 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 37.90 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 25.65 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.85 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 6.31 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 75.21 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.88 births per woman
  • Forest area: 223,763 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 86.84 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 687.17 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 27.80
  • Methane emissions: 144.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 53.91 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 42,580,261 people
  • Male population: 42,745,739 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 12.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 754,924.70 km²
  • Rural population: 19,229,921 people
  • Urban land area: 15,460.69 km²
  • Urban population: 66,096,079 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.05 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Turkey by population

Cities in Turkey

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Turkey

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Turkey

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Turkey

Evolution of historical forest area in Turkey

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Turkey

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Turkey

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Turkey

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Turkey

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Turkey

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Turkey

Evolution of historical land area in Turkey

Evolution of historical median age in Turkey

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Turkey

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Turkey

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Turkey

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Turkey

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Turkey

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Turkey

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Turkey

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Turkey

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Evolution of historical population in Turkey

Relationship between urban land area and population in Turkey

Evolution of historical female population in Turkey

Evolution of historical male population in Turkey

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Turkey

Evolution of historical rural land area in Turkey

Evolution of historical rural population in Turkey

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Turkey

Evolution of historical urban land area in Turkey

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Turkey

Evolution of historical urban population in Turkey

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Turkey

Relationship between population and date in Turkey

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Turkey

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Turkey

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Turkey

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Turkey

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Turkey

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Turkey

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Turkey

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Turkey

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Turkey

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Turkey

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Turkey

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Turkey

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Turkey

Distribution of sites in Turkey by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Turkey

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Turkey

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Turkey

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Turkey

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Turkey

Geographical distribution of sites in Turkey by area

Sites in Turkey

Proportion of transboundary sites in Turkey

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Turkey by mean width

Wildfires in Turkey

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Turkey

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 512,000 people
  • Democracy score: 4.37
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 1,099,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 85.96 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.23 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -318,067 people
  • Press freedom: 1.48
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.83 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Turkey

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Turkey

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Turkey

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Turkey

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Turkey

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Turkey

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Turkey

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Turkey

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Turkey

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Turkey

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Turkey

Evolution of historical net migration in Turkey

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Turkey

Political parties in Turkey

Distribution of politicians from Turkey by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Turkey

Politicians from Turkey

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Business

  • Central government debt: 36.09 % of GDP
  • Expense: 24.78 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 1,108,022,373,259.51 current US$
  • Inflation: 53.86 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 29.73 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 16.11 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 9.41 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 25.19 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Turkey

Distribution of companies founded in Turkey by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Turkey

Companies from Turkey

Proportion of employee types in companies from Turkey

Evolution of historical central government debt in Turkey

Evolution of historical expense in Turkey

Evolution of historical GDP in Turkey

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Turkey

Evolution of historical inflation in Turkey

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Turkey

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Turkey

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Turkey

Evolution of historical unemployment in Turkey

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Turkey

Exchanges in Turkey

Proportion of shops per country in Turkey

Shops in Turkey

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Health

  • Birth rate: 14.47 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 5.10 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 441.00 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.57 % of GDP
  • Hospital beds: 2.99 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 78
  • Suicide mortality rate: 2.40 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical death rate in Turkey

Evolution of historical birth rate in Turkey

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Turkey

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Turkey

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Turkey

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Turkey

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Turkey

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Turkey

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Turkey

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Turkey

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Turkey

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Turkey

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Turkey

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Turkey

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Turkey

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Turkey

Diseases in Turkey

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Turkey

Proportion of diseases in Turkey by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Turkey by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Turkey

Evolution of historical deaths in Turkey

Relationship between cases and deaths in Turkey

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Turkey by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Turkey

Athletes from Turkey

Proportion of competitions per city in Turkey

Competitions in Turkey

Proportion of competitions per country in Turkey

Distribution of competitions in Turkey by start date

Proportion of medals won by Turkey in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Turkey

Distribution of artists from Turkey by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Turkey

Geographical distribution of museums in Turkey by visitors

Museums in Turkey

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Turkey by total students

Distribution of universities in Turkey per foundation year

Universities in Turkey

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In literature

There are 1769 books written about Turkey in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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