Turkey Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Turkey vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Turkey	World
1960	19.4	22.5
1961	19.3	22.5
1962	19.1	22.4
1963	19	22.2
1964	18.9	22
1965	18.9	21.8
1966	18.8	21.7
1967	18.7	21.6
1968	18.6	21.5
1969	18.6	21.5
1970	18.6	21.4
1971	18.7	21.4
1972	18.8	21.5
1973	18.9	21.5
1974	19	21.6
1975	19.1	21.7
1976	19.3	21.9
1977	19.4	22
1978	19.5	22.2
1979	19.7	22.3
1980	19.8	22.5
1981	19.9	22.6
1982	20	22.7
1983	20.2	22.9
1984	20.4	23
1985	20.6	23.2
1986	20.9	23.3
1987	21.1	23.4
1988	21.3	23.6
1989	21.6	23.8
1990	21.8	23.9
1991	22.1	24.1
1992	22.4	24.3
1993	22.7	24.5
1994	23	24.7
1995	23.3	25
1996	23.6	25.2
1997	24	25.4
1998	24.3	25.7
1999	24.7	25.9
2000	25	26.1
2001	25.4	26.3
2002	25.8	26.5
2003	26.2	26.7
2004	26.6	27
2005	27	27.2
2006	27.5	27.4
2007	27.9	27.6
2008	28.3	27.8
2009	28.6	28
2010	29.1	28.2
2011	29.5	28.4
2012	29.8	28.6
2013	30.1	28.9
2014	30.4	29.1
2015	30.6	29.3
2016	30.9	29.5
2017	31.2	29.8
2018	31.5	30
2019	31.8	30.3
2020	32.3	30.6
2021	32.7	30.8
2022	33.1	31
2023	33.5	31.3
2024	34	31.6
2025	34.5	31.9
2026	34.9	32.1
2027	35.4	32.3
2028	35.9	32.6
2029	36.3	32.8
2030	36.8	33
2031	37.3	33.2
2032	37.7	33.4
2033	38.2	33.6
2034	38.7	33.8
2035	39.1	34
2036	39.6	34.2
2037	40.1	34.4
2038	40.5	34.6
2039	41	34.8
2040	41.5	35
2041	41.9	35.2
2042	42.4	35.4
2043	42.8	35.6
2044	43.2	35.8
2045	43.6	36
2046	44	36.2
2047	44.3	36.4
2048	44.7	36.6
2049	45	36.8
2050	45.3	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Turkey was 19.4 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 34 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 105th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Turkey ranks 83rd currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Turkey is expected to increase to around 45.3 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Turkey demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Turkey
	Male	Female
0-4	3.23%	3.09%
5-9	3.8%	3.66%
10-14	3.9%	3.77%
15-19	3.66%	3.52%
20-24	3.84%	3.67%
25-29	4.02%	3.85%
30-34	3.82%	3.68%
35-39	3.74%	3.65%
40-44	3.83%	3.77%
45-49	3.6%	3.6%
50-54	2.93%	2.92%
55-59	2.71%	2.73%
60-64	2.3%	2.42%
65-69	1.77%	1.94%
70-74	1.34%	1.6%
75-79	0.77%	1.04%
80+	0.65%	1.18%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Turkey has low demographic potential with 51.5% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 117/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Turkey			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	85.8%	78.1%	7.73%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	86.5%	78.7%	7.86%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	87.4%	79.4%	7.99%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	88.2%	80.1%	8.15%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	89%	80.6%	8.31%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	89.5%	81.1%	8.47%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	90%	81.4%	8.58%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	90.3%	81.6%	8.65%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	90.4%	81.7%	8.71%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	90.3%	81.5%	8.76%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	89.9%	81.1%	8.8%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	89.3%	80.5%	8.84%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	88.7%	79.9%	8.87%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	88.1%	79.2%	8.9%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	87.3%	78.3%	8.92%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	86.1%	77.2%	8.91%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	84.8%	75.9%	8.83%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	83.4%	74.7%	8.7%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	82.2%	73.6%	8.58%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	81%	72.5%	8.5%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	80.1%	71.7%	8.41%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	79.3%	71%	8.32%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	78.3%	70.1%	8.24%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	77%	68.9%	8.15%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	75.7%	67.6%	8.07%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	74.4%	66.4%	8.02%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	73.1%	65.1%	7.98%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	71.9%	63.9%	7.96%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	70.6%	62.7%	7.95%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	69.4%	61.5%	7.95%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	68.2%	60.2%	7.97%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	67%	59%	8.01%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	65.8%	57.7%	8.05%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	64.6%	56.5%	8.1%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	63.3%	55.2%	8.14%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	62.1%	53.9%	8.23%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	60.8%	52.4%	8.37%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	59.6%	51%	8.53%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	58.4%	49.7%	8.71%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	57.3%	48.4%	8.89%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	56.3%	47.2%	9.09%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	55.4%	46.1%	9.28%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	54.6%	45.1%	9.49%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	53.9%	44.2%	9.7%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	53.3%	43.4%	9.91%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	52.7%	42.6%	10.1%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	52.2%	41.9%	10.3%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	51.7%	41.2%	10.5%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	51.1%	40.4%	10.7%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	50.2%	39.5%	10.7%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	49.5%	38.7%	10.8%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	48.7%	37.9%	10.8%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	48%	37.2%	10.9%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	47.4%	36.4%	11%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	46.6%	35.6%	11%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	45.9%	34.8%	11.1%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	45.6%	34.3%	11.3%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	45.5%	33.9%	11.6%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	45.5%	33.7%	11.9%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	46%	33.5%	12.4%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	46.5%	33.4%	13.1%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	46.8%	33%	13.8%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	46.9%	32.6%	14.3%	54%	39%	15%
2023	46.7%	32%	14.7%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	46.5%	31.4%	15.1%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Turkey decreased from 53.3% to 46.5% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Turkey working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Turkey	World
1960	53.8%	57.6%
1961	53.6%	57.5%
1962	53.4%	57.4%
1963	53.1%	57.2%
1964	52.9%	57%
1965	52.8%	56.9%
1966	52.6%	56.8%
1967	52.6%	56.9%
1968	52.5%	56.9%
1969	52.6%	56.9%
1970	52.7%	57%
1971	52.8%	57.1%
1972	53%	57.2%
1973	53.2%	57.3%
1974	53.4%	57.3%
1975	53.7%	57.4%
1976	54.1%	57.5%
1977	54.5%	57.7%
1978	54.9%	58%
1979	55.2%	58.4%
1980	55.5%	58.7%
1981	55.8%	59%
1982	56.1%	59.3%
1983	56.5%	59.6%
1984	56.9%	59.9%
1985	57.3%	60.1%
1986	57.8%	60.4%
1987	58.2%	60.5%
1988	58.6%	60.7%
1989	59%	60.8%
1990	59.4%	60.9%
1991	59.9%	61%
1992	60.3%	61.1%
1993	60.8%	61.2%
1994	61.2%	61.3%
1995	61.7%	61.5%
1996	62.2%	61.7%
1997	62.7%	61.9%
1998	63.1%	62.2%
1999	63.6%	62.5%
2000	64%	62.8%
2001	64.3%	63.1%
2002	64.7%	63.4%
2003	65%	63.7%
2004	65.2%	64%
2005	65.5%	64.3%
2006	65.7%	64.5%
2007	65.9%	64.7%
2008	66.2%	64.9%
2009	66.6%	65%
2010	66.9%	65.1%
2011	67.2%	65.2%
2012	67.6%	65.2%
2013	67.9%	65.2%
2014	68.2%	65.2%
2015	68.5%	65.1%
2016	68.7%	65.1%
2017	68.7%	65%
2018	68.7%	64.9%
2019	68.5%	64.9%
2020	68.3%	64.8%
2021	68.1%	64.9%
2022	68.1%	64.9%
2023	68.2%	65%
2024	68.3%	65.1%
2025	68.4%	65.2%
2026	68.5%	65.3%
2027	68.6%	65.4%
2028	68.6%	65.4%
2029	68.7%	65.4%
2030	68.7%	65.4%
2031	68.7%	65.4%
2032	68.7%	65.4%
2033	68.7%	65.4%
2034	68.7%	65.3%
2035	68.7%	65.2%
2036	68.5%	65%
2037	68.3%	64.9%
2038	68.1%	64.7%
2039	67.7%	64.6%
2040	67.4%	64.5%
2041	67%	64.4%
2042	66.5%	64.3%
2043	66.1%	64.2%
2044	65.6%	64.1%
2045	65.1%	63.9%
2046	64.6%	63.8%
2047	64.1%	63.7%
2048	63.7%	63.6%
2049	63.3%	63.4%
2050	62.9%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Turkey changed from 65.2% to 68.3% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Turkey	World
1960	42%	37.4%
1961	42.2%	37.5%
1962	42.4%	37.6%
1963	42.5%	37.8%
1964	42.7%	38%
1965	42.8%	38%
1966	42.8%	38%
1967	42.9%	38%
1968	42.9%	37.9%
1969	42.8%	37.8%
1970	42.7%	37.7%
1971	42.5%	37.6%
1972	42.3%	37.5%
1973	42.1%	37.3%
1974	41.8%	37.2%
1975	41.5%	37.1%
1976	41.1%	36.9%
1977	40.7%	36.7%
1978	40.4%	36.3%
1979	40.1%	35.9%
1980	39.8%	35.5%
1981	39.6%	35.2%
1982	39.3%	34.9%
1983	38.9%	34.6%
1984	38.5%	34.3%
1985	38.1%	34%
1986	37.6%	33.8%
1987	37.2%	33.6%
1988	36.7%	33.4%
1989	36.3%	33.2%
1990	35.8%	33%
1991	35.3%	32.9%
1992	34.8%	32.7%
1993	34.3%	32.5%
1994	33.8%	32.3%
1995	33.2%	32.1%
1996	32.6%	31.8%
1997	32%	31.5%
1998	31.4%	31.1%
1999	30.8%	30.8%
2000	30.2%	30.4%
2001	29.7%	30%
2002	29.2%	29.6%
2003	28.7%	29.2%
2004	28.3%	28.8%
2005	27.9%	28.5%
2006	27.5%	28.1%
2007	27.1%	27.9%
2008	26.7%	27.6%
2009	26.3%	27.5%
2010	25.9%	27.3%
2011	25.5%	27.1%
2012	25.1%	27%
2013	24.7%	26.9%
2014	24.3%	26.8%
2015	23.9%	26.6%
2016	23.6%	26.5%
2017	23.3%	26.4%
2018	23.1%	26.2%
2019	23%	26%
2020	22.8%	25.8%
2021	22.5%	25.6%
2022	22.2%	25.3%
2023	21.8%	25%
2024	21.4%	24.7%
2025	21%	24.4%
2026	20.6%	24.1%
2027	20.1%	23.8%
2028	19.6%	23.4%
2029	19.2%	23.1%
2030	18.7%	22.8%
2031	18.2%	22.6%
2032	17.8%	22.3%
2033	17.4%	22.1%
2034	17.1%	21.9%
2035	16.8%	21.7%
2036	16.5%	21.6%
2037	16.3%	21.5%
2038	16.2%	21.4%
2039	16.1%	21.3%
2040	16%	21.2%
2041	15.8%	21.1%
2042	15.7%	21%
2043	15.6%	21%
2044	15.5%	20.9%
2045	15.4%	20.8%
2046	15.3%	20.7%
2047	15.2%	20.7%
2048	15.1%	20.6%
2049	15%	20.5%
2050	14.9%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Turkey decreased from 28.3% to 21.4% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Turkey	World
1960	4.16%	4.97%
1961	4.21%	4.99%
1962	4.27%	5.01%
1963	4.33%	5.02%
1964	4.4%	5.04%
1965	4.47%	5.08%
1966	4.52%	5.12%
1967	4.55%	5.16%
1968	4.57%	5.2%
1969	4.6%	5.24%
1970	4.63%	5.28%
1971	4.67%	5.32%
1972	4.7%	5.37%
1973	4.73%	5.42%
1974	4.76%	5.47%
1975	4.79%	5.53%
1976	4.78%	5.59%
1977	4.74%	5.65%
1978	4.71%	5.71%
1979	4.69%	5.77%
1980	4.67%	5.81%
1981	4.64%	5.81%
1982	4.62%	5.8%
1983	4.6%	5.79%
1984	4.59%	5.8%
1985	4.6%	5.82%
1986	4.61%	5.86%
1987	4.63%	5.91%
1988	4.66%	5.95%
1989	4.69%	6.01%
1990	4.74%	6.07%
1991	4.8%	6.14%
1992	4.86%	6.21%
1993	4.92%	6.29%
1994	4.99%	6.37%
1995	5.08%	6.45%
1996	5.21%	6.53%
1997	5.35%	6.61%
1998	5.5%	6.68%
1999	5.65%	6.76%
2000	5.81%	6.84%
2001	5.97%	6.92%
2002	6.14%	7.01%
2003	6.3%	7.1%
2004	6.46%	7.18%
2005	6.63%	7.26%
2006	6.79%	7.34%
2007	6.95%	7.41%
2008	7.06%	7.47%
2009	7.12%	7.52%
2010	7.2%	7.58%
2011	7.27%	7.66%
2012	7.34%	7.78%
2013	7.43%	7.92%
2014	7.53%	8.08%
2015	7.62%	8.26%
2016	7.76%	8.45%
2017	7.95%	8.65%
2018	8.17%	8.88%
2019	8.52%	9.1%
2020	8.96%	9.33%
2021	9.38%	9.53%
2022	9.72%	9.74%
2023	10%	9.98%
2024	10.3%	10.2%
2025	10.6%	10.4%
2026	10.9%	10.6%
2027	11.3%	10.8%
2028	11.7%	11.1%
2029	12.2%	11.5%
2030	12.6%	11.7%
2031	13.1%	12%
2032	13.5%	12.3%
2033	13.9%	12.6%
2034	14.2%	12.8%
2035	14.6%	13.1%
2036	14.9%	13.4%
2037	15.3%	13.7%
2038	15.7%	13.9%
2039	16.2%	14.1%
2040	16.7%	14.3%
2041	17.2%	14.5%
2042	17.8%	14.7%
2043	18.3%	14.9%
2044	18.9%	15%
2045	19.5%	15.2%
2046	20.1%	15.4%
2047	20.6%	15.7%
2048	21.2%	15.9%
2049	21.7%	16.1%
2050	22.1%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Turkey increased from 6.46% to 10.3% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.