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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

POPULATION OF TURKEY

The population of Turkey is about 72 million, of which 41% live in the countryside. The largest cities are Istanbul with 11, the state capital with 4 Ankara, Izmir with 3.3, with 1.9 Adana, Bursa and Antalya with 1.6 with 1.1 million inhabitants (1990).
The high growth rate has declined slightly, from 1990 to 1997 it amounted to an average of 1.5%. One Statistics from 1990 show that the proportion of male population slightly higher than that of women, remarkable is the large population of young people. Due to the high rate of rural exodus to the cities broad increase. The Marmara region is an important center for industry and trade, there is the highest population density.

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