!!!Turkey: People & Society ||Population|80,274,604 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Turk(s) \\ ''adjective'': Turkish \\ ||Ethnic groups|Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.) ||Languages|Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages ||Religions|Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 25.08% (male 10,303,153/female 9,833,713) \\ ''15-24 years'': 16.11% (male 6,605,634/female 6,329,921) \\ ''25-54 years'': 43.15% (male 17,541,137/female 17,094,141) \\ ''55-64 years'': 8.36% (male 3,335,021/female 3,374,965) \\ ''65 years and over'': 7.3% (male 2,603,655/female 3,253,264) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 49.7% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 38.4% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 11.3% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 8.9% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 30.5 years \\ ''male'': 30.1 years \\ ''female'': 31 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.9% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|16 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|the most densely populated area is found around the Bosporus in the northwest where 20% of the population lives in Istanbul; with the exception of Ankara, urban centers remain small and scattered throughout the interior of Anatolia; an overall pattern of peripheral development exists, particularly along the western Mediterranean coast, and the Tigris and Euphrates River systems in the southeast ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 73.4% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 1.97% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|Istanbul 14.164 million; ANKARA (capital) 4.75 million; Izmir 3.04 million; Bursa 1.923 million; Adana 1.83 million; Gaziantep 1.528 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.99 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.8 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|22.3 (2010 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|16 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 18.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 19.4 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 74.8 years \\ ''male'': 72.5 years \\ ''female'': 77.3 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|2.03 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|73% (2008) ||Health expenditures|5.4% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|1.71 physicians/1,000 population (2011) ||Hospital bed density|2.5 beds/1,000 population (2011) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 98.3% of population \\ rural: 85.5% of population \\ total: 94.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 1.7% of population \\ rural: 14.5% of population \\ total: 5.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|29.4% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|1.9% (2014) ||Education expenditures|4.8% of GDP (2013) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 95% \\ ''male'': 98.4% \\ ''female'': 91.8% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 16 years \\ ''male'': 17 years \\ ''female'': 16 years (2013) \\ ||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 321,866 \\ ''percentage'': 3% \\ \\ ''__note__'': data represent children ages 6-14 (2006 est.) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 17.8% \\ ''male'': 16.6% \\ ''female'': 20.2% (2014 est.) \\