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The population over the age of 65 is 10.2% (up from 7.1% in 2007). As of 2023, the median age of the Turkish population is 34 years (up from 28.3 in 2007). [6] According to OECD/World Bank population statistics, from 1990 to 2008 the population growth in Turkey was 16 million or 29%. [7]
The Turkish population refers to the number of ethnic Turkish people in the world. During the Seljuk (1037–1194) and Ottoman (1299–1923) eras, ethnic Turks were settled across the lands conquered by the two empires.
Cities and towns with a population of over 7,000 inhabitants according to the Turkish Statistical Institute [3] are listed in the following table along with the results of the censuses from October 1990 and October 2000, and the provinces in which the cities are located. The numbers of inhabitants refers to the actual city, not the city's ...
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While the legal use of the term Turkish as it pertains to a citizen of Turkey is different from the term's ethnic definition, [106] [107] the majority of the Turkish population (an estimated 70 to 75 percent) are of Turkish ethnicity. [108] [109] The vast majority of Turks are Sunni Muslims, with a notable minority practicing Alevism. [82]
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
The Turkish Statistical Institute estimates that the population of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality was 14,377,019 at the end of 2014, hosting 19 percent of the country's population. [6] Then about 97–98% of the inhabitants of the metropolitan municipality were within city limits, up from 89% in 2007 [7] and 61% in 1980.
While 68.3% of the population is in the 15–64 age group, 21.4% are in the 0–14 age group. [1] Approximately 10.2% of the population consists of people aged 65 and over. [1] The median age of Turkey's population is 34. [1] Istanbul is Turkey's most developed and most populous city. It also holds the title of the most populous city in Europe ...