Turkey People:
Population:
69,660,559 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26% (male:9,232,439; female:8,897,135)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male:23,806,367; female:23,053,536)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male:2,140,242; female:2,530,840) (2005)
Median age:
total: 27.7 years
male: 27.52 years
female: 27.89 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.09% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
16.83 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
5.96 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 41.04 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 37.22 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 44.68 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 72.36 years (2005 est.)
male: 69.94 years
female: 74.91 years
Total fertility rate:
1.94 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun: Turk(s)
adjective: Turkish
Ethnic groups:
Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated)
Religions:
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 99.8%, other (mostly Christians and Jews) 0.2%
Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 94.3%
female: 78.7% (2003)
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