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title: "Canada vs Turkey — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Turkey is 783,562 km² with 85,878,556. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-turkey/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Turkey

**Canada vs Turkey: Canada is larger; Turkey has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 783,562 km² · 41,651,653 vs 85,878,556

Canada is 13 times larger than Turkey — 9,984,670 against 783,562 km². Turkey is 2.1 times more populous than Canada — 85,878,556 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Ankara |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 783,562 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 85,878,556 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 109.6 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Turkish lira (TRY) |
| Official languages | English, French | Turkish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+03:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +90 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | TR / TUR |

## Population density

Turkey is 26 times more densely populated than Canada — 110 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Turkish lira.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Turkey

Istanbul is the only large city built on two continents, split by the Bosphorus. Cappadocia's fairy chimneys are eroded volcanic tuff, and the underground city at Derinkuyu goes down about 85 m over eighteen levels. Pamukkale's white terraces are travertine deposited by hot calcium-rich springs.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Turkey?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 783,562 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Turkey?

Turkey, with 85,878,556 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Turkey?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Turkey is UTC+03:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Turkey](https://atoneplace.net/country/turkey/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]