Turkey FACTS Total area: 779,452 sq km - world rank No. 36 - (23,764 sq km on the european, 755,688 sq km on the asian side; i.e. about the size of Texas) Capital: Ankara (about 6,5 million inhabitants) Total population: 65,000,000 Population growth rate: 1.6% Life expectancy at birth: male: 70.38 years, female: 75.39 years Ethnic groups: Turkish (95%), Arabs (2%) and others Religions: 99% Muslim, Christians and Jews Languages: Turkish (official) Literacy: 82.3%
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