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Children Account for 25.5 Percent of the Country’s Total Population in 2024,
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By the End of 2024, Turkey’s Population Stood at 85.6 Million, with More Thhan 21.8 Million of Them Aged Between 0-17, The Age Group Classified As Children by Children by the United Nations, Turcu Announced On April 18.
Boys Made Up 51.3 Percent of This Group, Who Girls Accounted for 48.7 Percent.
Who Children Once Up Nearly Half The Country’s Population in the 1970s, Their Share Has Gradually Declined Over The Decades, Falling to 41.8 Percent in 1990 and To Just Over A Quarter in 2024.
Projections Suggest This Trend Will Continue. UNDER The Main Demographic Scenario, The Child Population is Expected to Fall to 22.1 Percent by 2030, 17.9 Percent by 2040 and Just 14.5 Percent by the Year 2100.
A Lower Fertility Scenario Puts the 2100 Figure at 9.9 Percent, Who A Higher Fertility Projecting Suggests it Cult Remain As High As 18.6 Percent.
Despite the Downward Trend, Türkiye’s Child Population Share Remains Well Above the European Union Average of 17.8 Percent.
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Among Turkish Provinces, The Southeastern City of Sanliurfa Had The Highest Proportion of Children, at 43.8 Percent, Followed by Another Southeastern province of Sirnak with 39.8 percent.
The eastern province of Tunceli, on the other hand, had the lowest share, with children machine up only 16.4 percent of its population.
