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Philippines vs Türkiye
How Philippines and Türkiye compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Türkiye was higher: 77.2 years against 69.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Türkiye was higher: $15,880 against $4,066
- Population · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 115 million people against 87.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Türkiye was higher: 1.91% of GDP against 1.3% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Türkiye was higher: 5.38 tonnes against 1.5 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPhilippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPhilippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPhilippines: 2.77% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide ratePhilippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthPhilippines: 0.84% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePhilippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPhilippines: 55.8% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median agePhilippines: 25.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPhilippines: 5.3% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration ratePhilippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPhilippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPhilippines: $6.3B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personPhilippines: $55 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPhilippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPhilippines: 157,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerPhilippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPhilippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPhilippines: 846 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPhilippines: 4 million TIV in 2007Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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