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<text id=94CT1433><title>Turkey—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Turkey<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 62,153,898 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.02% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 25.98 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 5.8 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 48.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 70.94 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 68.61 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 73.38 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 3.21 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Turk(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Turkish
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews)
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 81%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 90%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 71%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 20.8 million
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 48%, services 32%, industry 20%
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> about 1,800,000 Turks work abroad (1993)
</list></list></body></article></text>