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Turkey People 1996

Population:

63,405,526 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

35% (female 10,815,288; male 11,203,723)

15-64 years:

60% (female 18,723,772; male 19,391,037)

65 years and over:

5% (female 1,764,363; male 1,507,343) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.97% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

25.33 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

5.64 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

45.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

71.48 years

male:

69.11 years

female:

73.96 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

3.12 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Turk(s)

adjective:

Turkish

Ethnic divisions:

Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%

Religions:

Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)

Languages:

Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990)

total population:

79%

male:

90%

female:

68%

Labor force:

20.4 million

by occupation:

agriculture 44%, services 41%, industry 15%

note:

between 1.5 million and 1.8 million Turks work abroad (1994)

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