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Turkey
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Population:
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Age structure:
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Population growth rate:
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Birth rate:
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Death rate:
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Net migration rate:
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Infant mortality rate:
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Literacy:
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Labor force:
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63,405,526 (July 1995 est.)
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0-14 years:
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35% (female 10,815,288; male 11,203,723)
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15-64 years:
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60% (female 18,723,772; male 19,391,037)
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65 years and over:
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5% (female 1,764,363; male 1,507,343) (July 1995 est.)
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1.97% (1995 est.)
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25.33 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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5.64 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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45.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
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total population:
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71.48 years
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male:
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69.11 years
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female:
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73.96 years (1995 est.)
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3.12 children born/woman (1995 est.)
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noun:
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Turk(s)
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adjective:
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Turkish
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Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%
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Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
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Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic
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age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
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total population:
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79%
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male:
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90%
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female:
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68%
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20.4 million
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by occupation:
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agriculture 44%, services 41%, industry 15%
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note:
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between 1.5 million and 1.8 million Turks work abroad (1994)