| Population | 82,482,383 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish |
| Ethnic groups | Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.) |
| Languages | Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, temel bilgi edinmek için vazgeçilmez bir kaynak. (Turkish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 23.41% (male 9,823,553/female 9,378,767) 15-24 years: 15.67% (male 6,564,263/female 6,286,615) 25-54 years: 43.31% (male 17,987,103/female 17,536,957) 55-64 years: 9.25% (male 3,764,878/female 3,822,946) 65 years and over: 8.35% (male 3,070,258/female 3,782,174) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49.1 youth dependency ratio: 35.7 elderly dependency ratio: 13.4 potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 32.2 years male: 31.7 years female: 32.8 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.7% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 14.54 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | the most densely populated area is found around the Bosporus in the northwest where 20% of the population lives in Istanbul; with the exception of Ankara, urban centers remain small and scattered throughout the interior of Anatolia; an overall pattern of peripheral development exists, particularly along the Aegean Sea coast in the west, and the Tigris and Euphrates River systems in the southeast |
| Urbanization | urban population: 76.6% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 15.190 million Istanbul, 5.118 million ANKARA (capital), 2.993 million Izmir, 1.986 million Bursa, 1.771 million Adana, 1.704 million Gaziantep (2020) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 26.4 years (2019 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 19.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.96 years male: 73.57 years female: 78.46 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.94 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 69.8% (2018) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 100% of population total: 98.9% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 0% of population total: 1.1% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 4.1% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1.85 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.8 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 91.6% of population total: 97.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 8.4% of population total: 2.7% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (2020) note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Turkey; as of 6 June 2021, Turkey has reported a total of 5,537,386 cases of COVID-19 or 6,565.62 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 60 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 46.29% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 32.1% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1.5% (2018/19) |
| Education expenditures | 4.3% of GDP (2015) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 98.8% female: 93.5% (2017) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 18 years male: 19 years female: 18 years (2018) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
