Indicator	Value
Total population	85,500,000–87,500,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 87,470,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 85,520,000 people
Median age	33 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	77.2–77.4 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 77.42 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 77.16 years
Ethnic groups	Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 6-11% (2016 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languagesCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	77.5% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.226 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	11 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	5.7 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	89.3 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Abaza Abkhaz Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Avar Balaybalan Balkan Romani Bulgarian Cappadocian Greek Carian Central Romani Central Taurus Sign Language Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Classical Syriac Crimean Tatar Cuneiform Luwian Dimli Eastern Armenian Galatian Georgian Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic Hattic Hertevin Hieroglyphic Luwian Hittite Hurrian Kabardian Kaskean Kirmanjki Ladino Laz Levantine Arabic Lycian A Lydian Mardin Sign Language Medieval Greek Milyan Mlahsô Modern Greek Najdi Arabic North Azerbaijani North Mesopotamian Arabic Northern Kurdish Palaic Phrygian Pisidian Pontic Rumelian Turkish Sidetic Sinte-Manus Romani South Azerbaijani Southern Uzbek Turkish Turkish Sign Language Turkmen Turoyo Ubykh Vlax Romani West Circassian Western Armenian Western Farsi Glottolog [2026]