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People And SocietyNationality
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 World Ranking: 17
79,749,461 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
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
Total 28.8 years
Male 28.5 years Female 29.2 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 98
1.197% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 107
17.58 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 160
6.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 63
0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 70% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 1.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
Istanbul 10.378 million; ANKARA (capital) 3.846 million; Izmir 2.679 million; Bursa 1.559 million; Adana 1.339 million (2009) Sex ratio
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 World Ranking: 140
20 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 84
Total 23.07 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 24.13 deaths/1,000 live births Female 21.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 125
Total population 72.77 years
Male 70.86 years Female 74.78 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 108
2.13 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 88
6.7% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
1.451 physicians/1,000 population (2008) Hospital bed density
2.41 beds/1,000 population (2008) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 159
Less than 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.) Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 120
4,600 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 102
Fewer than 200 (2009 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 30
16.1% (2007)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight World Ranking: 98
3.5% (2004)
Education expenditures World Ranking: 134
2.9% of GDP (2006)
Literacy
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)
Total 12 years
Male 12 years Female 11 years (2008) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 28
Total 25.3%
Male 25.4% Female 25.1% (2009)
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