Population: 62,153,898 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.02% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 25.98 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 5.8 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 48.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.94 years
male: 68.61 years
female: 73.38 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.21 children born/woman (1994 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 est.)
total population: 81%
male: 90%
female: 71%
Labor force: 20.8 million
by occupation: agriculture 48%, services 32%, industry 20%
note: about 1,800,000 Turks work abroad (1993)

NOTE: The information regarding Turkey on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkey People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkey People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.