| People | Turkey |
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Population:
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78,785,548 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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103 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 70% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Istanbul 10.378 million; ANKARA (capital) 3.846 million; Izmir 2.679 million; Bursa 1.559 million; Adana 1.339 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 26.6% (male 10,707,793/female 10,226,999)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 26,741,332/female 26,162,757)
65 years and over: 6.3% (male 2,259,422/female 2,687,245) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 28.5 years
male: 28.1 years
female: 28.8 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.235% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.93 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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23 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 23.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.5 years
male: 70.61 years
female: 74.49 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.15 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.7% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.451 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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2.41 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 96% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 4% of population
total: 1% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 75% of population
total: 90% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3% of population
rural: 25% of population
total: 10% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1%; less than 0.1% note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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4,600 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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3.5% (2004) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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16.1% (2007) |
Nationality:
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noun: Turk(s)
adjective: Turkish |
Ethnic groups:
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Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 18%, other minorities 7-12% (2008 est.) |
Religions:
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Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) |
Languages:
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Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 95.3%
female: 79.6% (2004 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.9% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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void |
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