OVERVIEW OF POPULATION OF TURKEY: 2018 The population of Turkey became 82 million 3 thousand 882 people as of December 31, 2018. In 2018, the population of Turkey increased by 1 million 193 thousand 357 people compared to 2017. Male population was 41 million 139 thousand 980 people and female population was 40 million 863 thousand 902 people. While 50.2% of the total population were males, 49.8% of the total population were females. Annual population growth rate of Turkey was 14.7 per mille. This value was 4‰ in 2017. In 2018, the urban population was 92.3% while the rural population turned out to be 7.7%. The urban population was 92.5% in 2017. The median age in the country increased from 31.7 in 2017 to 32 in 2018. While the median age was 31.4 for male population, it was 32.7 for females. In 2018, the population in 15-64 years of age, known as working age group, increased by 1.4% compared to the previous year. Accordingly, the proportion of working age group became 67.8%, the proportion of children aged 0-14 became 23.4% and the proportion of population aged 65 and above became 8.8%. The population density in Turkey increased by 2 persons compared…