Nationality : Noun
Turk(s) adjective : Turkish
Population : 66,493,970 (July 2001 est.)
Population growth rate : 1.24% (2001 est.)
Birth rate : 18.31 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 47.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Ethnic groups : Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20%
Religions : Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (Christian and Jews) Languages : Turkish (official), Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek
Population below poverty line : NA%
Industries : textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Industrial production growth rate : 6.2% (2000 est.)
Agriculture - products : tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock Currency code : TRL
Exchange rates : Turkish liras per US dollar - 677,621 (December 2000), 625,219 (2000), 418,783 (1999), 260,724 (1998), 151,865 (1997), 81,405 (1996)
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