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Positive Demography

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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