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)