Birth rate drops in Turkey
22.692 million people in Turkey (about 30% of the population) are children, Trend reports.
The Turkish Statistical Institute says that the figure will drop to 25.7% in 2023, 19.31% in 2050, 17.6% in 2075.
100 Turkish women had an average of 390 children in 1984 and 212 in 2009.
The birth rate of Turkey dropped below that of Iceland and New Zealand.
Adapted from: Vestnik Kavkaza