New Official Data Show Turkey’s Demographic Crisis Deepening as Birth Rate Falls to 1.42 Children per Woman
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New official data show Turkey’s demographic crisis deepening as birth rate falls to 1.42 children per woman
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s demographic decline accelerated further after newly released official statistics showed the country’s fertility rate dropping to 1.42 children per woman, intensifying concerns over the future size of the workforce, long-term economic growth and the country’s rapidly aging population. The data, published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on May 21, marked another sharp fall from the previous year’s ra…
Turkey’s fertility rate falls to 1.42 children per woman - Turkish Minute
Turkey’s total fertility rate fell to 1.42 children per woman in 2025, remaining below the population replacement level for the ninth consecutive year, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on Thursday. The figures, included in TurkStat’s “Birth Statistics, 2025” bulletin, showed that the rate, which stood at 2.38 children per woman in 2001, has been in steady decline since 2014. The total fertility rate refe…
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced that Turkey's fertility rate will fall to 1.42 in 2025, remaining below the population replacement level of 2.10. TÜİK released birth statistics for 2025. According to these statistics, the number of live births in 2025 was 895,374. Of these live births, 51.4% were boys and 48.6% were girls. The total fertility rate is the number of years a woman spends in her fertile period. [The article "Turke…
In Türkiye, the number of live births last year was 895,374, while the total fertility rate continued to remain below the population replacement threshold.
Turkey's fertility map has changed again. According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data, the total fertility rate is projected to fall to 1.42 children in 2025, while the number of provinces with a fertility rate below the population replacement threshold of 2.10 has risen to 76. Şanlıurfa ranks first in fertility rate, while Bartın is at the bottom of the list.
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