Abstract

One of the most important factors is the rates of various age groups in total population that determines demographic structure of a community and therefore affects subjects as employment, education, residence. Turkey has a rather young population in the comparison with developed countries. Evaluation of population according to age groups is important to determine investment capacity of Turkey. Age groups for each five years and the rate of the population relation with sex features and location (rural/urban settlements) evaluated for the regions in Turkey. Median age and age dependency ratio are also evaluated. Statistics that find in international and national references were used in this study and demographic structure of Turkey was evaluated to determine of the place in the world.