Türkiye vs United States
Türkiye vs United States: Internet users
Internet users: 89.8% in Türkiye in 2025 and 94.7% in United States in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 7.4 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Türkiye.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Türkiye ranked 72 and United States ranked 29 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Türkiye | United States | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.8 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 87.3 | 94.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 86 | 93.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 83.4 | 92.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | 81.4 | 91.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 77.7 | 90.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 74 | 89.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 71 | 88.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 64.7 | 87.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 58.4 | 85.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 53.7 | 74.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 51 | 73 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 46.3 | 71.4 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 45.1 | 74.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 43.1 | 69.7 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 39.8 | 71.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 36.4 | 71 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 34.4 | 74 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 28.6 | 75 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 18.2 | 68.9 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 15.5 | 68 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 14.6 | 64.8 | – |
| 2003 | 12.3 | 61.7 | – |
| 2002 | 11.4 | 58.8 | – |
| 2001 | 5.2 | 49.1 | – |
| 2000 | 3.8 | 43.1 | – |
| 1999 | 2.3 | 35.8 | – |
| 1998 | 0.7 | 30.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0.5 | 21.6 | – |
| 1996 | 0.2 | 16.4 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 9.2 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 4.9 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | 2.3 | – |
| 1992 | – | 1.7 | – |
| 1991 | – | 1.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.8 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Türkiye vs United States
Health
- Life expectancyTürkiye: 77.2 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTürkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTürkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTürkiye: 3.72% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateTürkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTürkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthTürkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTürkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTürkiye: 89.5% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageTürkiye: 32.5 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTürkiye: 10% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateTürkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTürkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTürkiye: $26.8B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personTürkiye: $342 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTürkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTürkiye: 512,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerTürkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTürkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTürkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsTürkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025