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This group is part of the larger Afghan diaspora around the world. According to latest reports, there are around 129,323 Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey. [1] [2] The government of Turkey claims that the total Afghan population in its country is around 300,000. [3] [4] At the same time others have mentioned a total of 420,000. [5]
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). [3] According to OECD/World Bank population statistics, from 1990 to 2008 the population growth in Turkey was 16 million or 29%. [4]
Afghan diaspora refers to the Afghan people that reside and work outside of Afghanistan. They include natives and citizens of Afghanistan who have immigrated to other countries. The majority of the diaspora has been formed by Afghan refugees since the start of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1979; the largest numbers temporarily reside in Iran .
[1] [2] Afghanistan is not always considered part of the region, but when it is, Central Asia has a total population of about 122 million (2016); Mongolia and Xinjiang (part of China) is also sometimes considered part of Central Asia due to its Central Asian cultural ties and traditions, although geographically it is East Asian.
An Afghan family from the Pashtun ethnicity in their home in Kabul. Structure of the population (2012.01.07) (Data refer to the settled population based on the 1979 Population Census and the latest household prelisting. The refugees of Afghanistan in Iran, Pakistan, and an estimated 1.5 million nomads, are not included): [31]
The figure in 2023 was 92,824 more than the figure in 2022, and the population growth rate was 0.11%. [1] According to the same data, there is an average of 111 people per km 2 in Turkey. [1] While 68.3% of the population is in the 15–64 age group, 21.4% are in the 0–14 age group. [1]
Minorities in Turkey form a substantial part of the country's population, representing an estimated 25 to 28 percent of the population. [2] Historically, in the Ottoman Empire , Islam was the official and dominant religion, with Muslims having more rights than non-Muslims, whose rights were restricted. [ 3 ]
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a small 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.