Population:
67 million
Birth
rate: 18.31 births / 1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate: 5.95 deaths / 1,000 population (2001 est.)
Life
expectancy at birth:
Male:
68.89 years
Female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)
Ethnic
Groups: Turkish (80%), Kurdish (20%)
Religion:
Muslim (99.8%), Other (0.2%)
Languages:
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Literacy
(ages 15 and up who can read and write):
Total
population: 85%
Male: 94%
Female: 77%