_*People #_Population: 58,580,993 (July 1991), growth rate 2.2% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 28 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 6 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 54 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 72 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 3.6 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Turk(s); adjective—Turkish

_#_Ethnic divisions: Turkish 80%, Kurdish 17%, other 3% (est.)

_#_Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 99.8%, other (Christian and Jews) 0.2%