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 Turkey
All information: Turkey
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:785,350 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:82,320,000 326,688,000
Official language:Turkish English

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Government

Government form:Parliamentary republic Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1923 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Ankara Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:104.8 33.2
Life expectancy males:74.4 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:80.3 years 81.1 years
Average age:29.4 years 37.4 years
Birthrate:16.03 ‰ 11.60 ‰
Deathrate:5.41 ‰ 8.60 ‰
Migrationrate:-4.30 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

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Political stability:13 75
Civil rights:33 96
Health:58 68
Security:36 63
Climate:61 64
Cost of Living:65 36
Popularity:68 92


Economy

Currency:Turkish Lira (1 TRY = 100 Kurus) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:13.5 % 3.7 %
Inflation rate:15.18 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:46.30 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:42.30 % 36.60 %
Average income:9,308 € 56,427 €
Corruption index:39 (bad) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:689,013 Mio €8.37 M € 18,351,356 M €56.17 M €
Gross national product:766,504 Mio €9.31 M € 18,433,513 M €56.43 M €
Exported goods:212,534 M €2.58 M € 2,234,305 M €6.84 M €
Imported goods:221,176 M €2.69 M € 2,794,991 M €8.56 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:67,333 km0.82 km 6,586,610 km20.16 km
Railways:12,710 km0.15 km 293,564 km0.90 km
Waterways:1,200 km0.01 km 41,009 km0.13 km
Harbours:1,2340.015 3,6730.011
Airports:980.001 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:231.10 bn kWh2.81 m kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.94 m kWh
Energy production:261.90 bn kWh3.18 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.53 m kWh
Energy export:1.44 bn kWh17,517.07 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,676.68 kWh
Energy imports:6.33 bn kWh76,895.30 kWh 72.72 bn kWh222,598.05 kWh
CO2 emissions:345.98 m t4,202.90 t 5.25 bn t16,083.50 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+90 +1
Internet domain:.tr .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:11,633,461141 109,961,000337
Mobile phones:80,117,999973 422,000,0001,292
Internet server:7,093,00086 505,000,0001,546
Internet users:58,482,205710 285,087,483873



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:2.70 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:1.76 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:11.1 % 10.8 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:0.2 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:86.0 % 77.0 %
Smokers:27.2 % 21.8 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Turkey and United States

Daytime temperatures:19.9 °C 18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:8.6 °C 7.2 °C
Water temperature:16.9 °C 19.1 °C
Relative humidity:63 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:9 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:76.8 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:6.6 7.2


Native languages

Turkish:87.6 % n/a
English:n/a 82.1 %
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
Kurdish:10.6 % n/a
Arabic:1.4 % n/a
French:n/a 0.7 %
German:n/a 0.7 %
Chinese:n/a 0.6 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
other:0.4 % 3.0 %


Religions

Islam:99.0 % 0.6 %
Christianity:0.2 % 78.5 %
Jewry:0.1 % 1.8 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
Yazidism:0.1 % n/a
other:0.6 % 18.4 %