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Population: 71,158,647 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.9% (male 9,034,731/female 8,703,624) 15-64 years: 68.1% (male 24,627,270/female 23,857,507) 65 years and over: 6.9% (male 2,253,383/female 2,682,132) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.04% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 16.4 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.032 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female total population: 1.019 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 38.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 41.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 34.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.88 years male: 70.43 years female: 75.46 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.89 children born/woman (2007 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, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.4% male: 95.3% female: 79.6% (2004 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $635.6 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 5.3% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $9,000 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11.2% industry: 29.4% services: 59.4% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 24.8 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 35.9% industry: 22.8% services: 41.2% (3rd quarter, 2004).

Population below poverty line: 20% (2002).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 30.7% (2000).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.8% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 10.2% plus underemployment of 4% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $112.3 billion expenditures: $121.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock.

Industries: textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper.

Industrial production growth rate: 5.5% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 143.3 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 140.3 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - exports: 1.1 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 500 million kWh (2004).

Exports: $85.21 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment.

Exports - partners: Germany 12.9%, UK 8.1%, Italy 7.6%, US 6.7%, France 5.2%, Spain 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $120.9 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment.

Imports - partners: Germany 11.7%, Russia 11%, Italy 6.5%, China 5.9%, France 5%, US 4.6%, UK 4% (2005).

Debt - external: $193.6 billion (30 June 2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $635.8 million (2002).

Currency (code): Turkish lira (TRY); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January 2005.

Exchange rates: Turkish liras per US dollar - 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004), 1.5009 (2003), 1.5072 (2002) note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira.

Fiscal year: calendar year.