TurkeyPeople

Population:	69,660,559 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:	0-14 years: 26% (male 9,232,439/female 8,897,135) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 23,806,367/female 23,053,536) 65 years and over: 6.7% (male 2,140,242/female 2,530,840) (2005 est.)
Median age:	total: 27.7 years male: 27.52 years female: 27.89 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:	1.09% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:	16.83 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:	5.96 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:	total: 41.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 44.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	total population: 72.36 years male: 69.94 years female: 74.91 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:	1.94 children born/woman (2005 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
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, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Literacy:	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.5% male: 94.3% female: 78.7% (2003 est.)

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