1. ForecastsTurkey

   Turkey: 895k babies were born in 2025, 15% fewer than the UN expected just a year earlier

   The UN's July 2024 projection expected 1.05M. The gap started earlier: by the national count, 2023 births were already 10% below the UN's estimate.

   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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