Turkey bridges Europe and Asia, home to ancient Troy, the Hagia Sophia, and Cappadocia's fairy chimneys. Istanbul was the capital of three empires.
Turkish
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 111 people per km² rank 82 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 1.1 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Asia | 1.8% of its people, 2.4% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 302,535 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Mozambique (801,590 km²) |
| Closest in population | Germany (84,548,231 people) |
Turkey is the only country in our list that uses TRY.