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The People of Turkey

Turkish People

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Population: 76,805,524 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.2% (male 10,701,631/female 10,223,260) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 25,896,326/female 25,327,403) 65 years and over: 6.1% (male 2,130,360/female 2,526,544) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 27.7 years male: 27.4 years female: 28.1 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.312% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 25.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.96 years male: 70.12 years female: 73.89 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.21 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish

Ethnic groups: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated)

Religions: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)

Languages: Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.4% male: 95.3% female: 79.6% (2004 est.)