1. ForecastsTurkey

   Turkey: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 1.32M births a year on average for 2020–2025; the outcome was 1.03M (−22%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 1.18M births for 2025; the outcome was 895k (−24%).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Turkey: lower fertility than France
• Turkey now has more people than Germany
• Turkey: once more natives lived abroad; now there are 2.3 times as many foreign-born residents
• Turkey: the birth rate at ages 15–19 is 8 times lower than in 1985
• Turkey: life expectancy at 65 exceeded Japan’s in 1960; now it is lower
• Turkey: internet calls became mainstream

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