| People | Turkey |
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Population:
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76,805,524 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 69% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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100 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 27.2% (male 10,701,631/female 10,223,260)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 25,896,326/female 25,327,403)
65 years and over: 6.1% (male 2,130,360/female 2,526,544) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 27.7 years
male: 27.4 years
female: 28.1 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.312% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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18.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 25.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 24.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.96 years
male: 70.12 years
female: 73.89 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.21 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Nationality:
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noun: Turk(s)
adjective: Turkish |
Ethnic groups:
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Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated) |
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: 11 years
male: 12 years
female: 11 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4% of GDP (2004) |
People - note:
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void |
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