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Nationality:
noun: Turk(s)
adjective: Turkish

Ethnic groups:
Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 18%, other minorities 7-12% (2008 est.)

Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages

Religions:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)

Population:
81,619,392 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.5% (male 10,660,110/female 10,179,850)
15-24 years: 16.8% (male 6,989,099/female 6,709,480)
25-54 years: 42.9% (male 17,650,790/female 17,358,730)
55-64 years: 8.1% (male 3,289,605/female 3,291,199)
65 years and over: 6.6% (male 2,517,219/female 2,973,310) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 48.9 %
youth dependency ratio: 37.7 %
elderly dependency ratio: 11.2 %
potential support ratio: 8.9 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 29.6 years
male: 29.2 years
female: 30 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.12% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
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Birth rate:
16.86 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 114
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Death rate:
6.12 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 162
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Net migration rate:
0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 71.5% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 2.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
Istanbul 11.253 million; ANKARA (capital) 4.194 million; Izmir 2.927 million; Bursa 1.713 million; Adana 1.468 million; Gaziantep 1.198 million (2011)

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: 1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
22.3 (2010 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
20 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 139
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 21.43 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 84
male: 22.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.29 years
country comparison to the world: 124
male: 71.33 years
female: 75.35 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.08 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 113
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
73% (2008)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
6.7% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 90
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Physicians density:
1.71 physicians/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
2.5 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 98.8% of population
total: 99.7% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 1.2% of population
total: 0.3% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 97.2% of population
rural: 75.5% of population
total: 91.2% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2.8% of population
rural: 24.5% of population
total: 8.8% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
4,600 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 124
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 200 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
27.8% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 36
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
3.5% (2004)
country comparison to the world: 102
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
2.9% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 142
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 97.9%
female: 90.3% (2011 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years
male: 15 years
female: 14 years (2011)

Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 321,866
percentage: 3 %
note: data represents children ages 6-14 (2006 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 17.5%
country comparison to the world: 71
male: 16.3%
female: 19.9% (2012)