This article shows the demographic features of Turkey’s population including population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other population aspects.
Turkey’s population in 2020 was 83.6 million with a growth rate of 1.39% per annum with Turkish people being the largest ethnic group followed by the Kurdish people.
Population |
82,017,514 (July 2020) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 23.41% (male 9,823,553/female 9,378,767) 15-24 years: 15.67% (male 6,564,263/female 6,286,615) 25-54 years: 43.31% (male 17,987,103/female 17,536,957) 55-64 years: 9.25% (male 3,764,878/female 3,822,946) 65 years and over: 8.35% (male 3,070,258/female 3,782,174) (2020 est.) |
Dependency ratios |
total dependency ratio: 49.1 youth dependency ratio: 35.7 elderly dependency ratio: 13.4 potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.) |
Median age |
total: 32.2 years male: 31.7 years female: 32.8 years (2020 est.) |
Population growth rate |
0.45% (2020 est.) |
Birth rate |
14.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
Death rate |
6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
Net migration rate |
-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
Urbanization |
urban population: 76.1% of total population (2020) rate of urbanization: 2.04% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
Major cities - population |
15.190 million Istanbul, 5.118 million Ankara (capital), 2.993 million Izmir, 1.986 million Bursa, 1.771 million Adana, 1.704 million Gaziantep (2020) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 101 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth |
22.3 years (2010 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 15.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 75.7 years male: 73.3 years female: 78.2 years (2020 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
1.96 children born/woman (2020 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate |
69.8% (2018) |
Drinking water source |
improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 100% of population total: 98.9% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 0% of population total: 1.1% of population (2017 est.) |
Sanitation facility access |
improved: urban: 100% of the population rural: 91.6% of population total: 97.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 8.4% of the population total: 2.7% of the population (2017 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (2020) note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Turkey; as of 10 November 2020, Turkey has reported a total of 391,739 cases of COVID-19 or 4,645 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 1 million population with 128 cumulative deaths per 1 million population |
Nationality |
noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish |
Ethnic groups |
Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.) |
Religions |
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) |
Languages |
Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages |
Literacy |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 98.8% female: 93.5% (2017) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) |
total: 18 years male: 19 years female: 18 years (2018) |
Education expenditures |
4.3% of GDP (2015) |
Maternal mortality rate |
17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight |
1.5% (2018/19) |
Health expenditures |
4.2% (2017) |
Physicians density |
1.85 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
Hospital bed density |
2.8 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate |
32.1% (2016) |
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