As of the end of 2009 the population of Turkey has constituted 72 561 312 persons, having increased for a year more than by one million. — the newspaper writes the Radical, referring to the data granted by the Turkish statistical organisation.

Men — hardly there is more than half (50,3 %), and half Turk is younger than 29 years that testifies to some ageing of the population. In 67 provinces of the country the population has grown, in 14 — was reduced. The population most fast grows in provinces of Chankyry, Biledzhik and Ysparta in the central part of the country, decreases — in Tundzheli, Ardagane and Kars in the east.

75,5 % of the population are constituted by townspeople, 24,5 % a Turk live in a countryside. Townspeople most of all in a province Istanbul (99 %) where lives almost 18 % of all population of the country, least — in a province of Ardagan (31,9 %). The largest cities are Istanbul (12,9 million), Ankara (4,6 million), Izmir (3,8 million), Bursa (2,5 million) and Adana (2,06 million)

Average population density has constituted 94 persons on a square kilometre, and this indicator fluctuates from 2486 in Istanbul to 11 persons in Tundzheli.

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