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Demographics of Turkey
Population growth rate: (The
average annual percent change in the population)
1.04 % (2007 est.)%
Turkey Age structure Data: Distribution of the
population according to age)
(2007 est.)
0-14 years: 24.9% (male 9,034,731/female
8,703,624)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 24,627,270/female 23,857,507)
65 years and over: 6.9% (male 2,253,383/female 2,682,132) Birth rate:
16.4 births / 1,000 population
Religions:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians
, Jewish
population) There is a small community of Turkish Jews who mostly live in
Istanbul who have been living in Turkey since the 1500 when they were welcomed
and settled after escaping from persecution in Turkey.
Languages:
The only official language in Turkey is Turkish which is spoken by all of the
population however there are minority languages which are spoken locally in the
communities of ethnic minorities. These languages include Kurd, Azari, Dimly and
Kabardian.
immigration statistics :
0 migrant's / 1,000 population
Turkey prison population : unknown
Turkish Population Pyramid
Charts ,Maps & Graphs
Today Population Pyramid :
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Turkey Demographics |
| | Population , 2005, under 18 | 25348(thousands) | | Population , 2005, under 5 | 7212
(thousands) | | Population annual growth rate , 1970-1990 | 2.3
(%) | | Population annual growth rate 1990-2005 | 1.6
(%) | | Crude death rate, 2005 | 7 | | Crude birth rate, 2005 | 20 | | Life expectancy, 2005 | 69 | | Total fertility rate, 2005 | 2.4 | | % of population urbanized, 2005 | 67 | | Average annual growth rate of urban population , 1970-1990 | 4.5
(%) | | Average annual growth rate of urban population, 1990-2005 | 2.5
(%) |
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