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Turkey is in Stage 3 of the demographic transition model due to a declining natural increase (1.2%), decreasing birth rate (18), and low death rate (6). Although the population pyramid shows Turkey to be in a Stage 3 with a large younger base (0-29) and a sloping top it is projected to reach a Stage 4 level around 2025 and continue onward at the rate through 2050. The population of Turkey has an average life expectancy of 73, which is on the rise due to access to better healthcare and food resources. Due to access to better education, medicine, and health advice the fertility rate has dropped down to 2.1. Both the life expectancy increase and the fertility decrease are characteristics of Stage 4 of the model. Turkey has fresh water and plenty of resources, however, the birth mortality rate is still high at 23. This is likely due to the lack of education and the restrictions for women who are 6% less illiterate and have only a 10% attendance in secondary schooling leading to an astoundingly low percentage (24%) of economically active females 15+. If education rates went up and equality among genders was more prevalent then there would be more control on death rate, birth rate, natural increase, and infant mortality.

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99.8% Muslim (mostly Sunni)
0.20% others (mostly Christians and Jews)

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70% Turkish
18% Kurdish
12% other

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74 million