83,593,483 (2023 est.)
noun: Turk(s)
adjective: Turkish
Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 6-11% (2016 est.)
Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages
major-language sample(s):
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ڕاستییەکانی جیهان، باشترین سەرچاوەیە بۆ زانیارییە بنەڕەتییەکان (Kurdish)
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Kurdish audio sample:
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
0-14 years: 22.12% (male 9,459,277/female 9,029,296)
15-64 years: 68.58% (male 29,023,477/female 28,301,263)
65 years and over: 9.31% (2023 est.) (male 3,512,598/female 4,267,572)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 49.1
youth dependency ratio: 34.5
elderly dependency ratio: 12.3
potential support ratio: 8.1 (2021 est.)
total: 33.6 years (2023 est.)
male: 33 years
female: 34.1 years
0.64% (2023 est.)
14 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
6.1 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
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
urban population: 77.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
15.848 million Istanbul, 5.397 million ANKARA (capital), 3.088 million Izmir, 2.086 million Bursa, 1.836 million Adana, 1.805 million Gaziantep (2023)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
26.6 years (2020 est.)
17 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.2 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 76.5 years (2023 est.)
male: 74.1 years
female: 78.9 years
1.91 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.93 (2023 est.)
69.8% (2018)
improved: urban: 99.1% of population
rural: 98.7% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.9% of population
rural: 1.3% of population
total: 1% of population (2020 est.)
4.6% of GDP (2020)
1.93 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
2.9 beds/1,000 population (2018)
improved: urban: 99.8% of population
rural: 98.7% of population
total: 99.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population
rural: 1.3% of population
total: 0.4% of population (2020 est.)
32.1% (2016)
total: 1.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.67 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.35 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 30.7% (2020 est.)
male: 42.1% (2020 est.)
female: 19.2% (2020 est.)
1.5% (2018/19)
65.4% (2023 est.)
women married by age 15: 2%
women married by age 18: 14.7% (2018 est.)
3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.7%
male: 99.1%
female: 94.4% (2019)
total: 18 years
male: 19 years
female: 18 years (2020)
NOTE: The information regarding Turkey on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turkey 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turkey 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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