The Birth Rate in Turkey is increasingly approaching the European Rate

The birth rate in Turkey decreased for the seventh year in a row, data for 2022 show, reaching 1.62 live births per woman, Anadolu Agency reported, citing a statement from the Turkish Statistical Institute - Turksat (Europe announced a value of 1.53 for 2021).

"This shows that the birth rate remains below the population reproduction level of 2.10," Turksat said in a statement. In 2014, a woman gave birth to approximately 2.19 live births during her reproductive life - 15 - 49 years, and in 2021 - 1.71 children.

In 2022, the number of live births in Turkey is just over 1 million, of which 51.4% are boys and 48.6% are girls.

Despite the decline, Turkey's total fertility rate is higher than the EU average of 1.53%. The highest total fertility rate is in southeastern Şanlıurfa County - 3.59 children, while the lowest is in western Kutahya County - 1.18.

Raw data showed the birth rate, the number of live births per thousand of the population, fell to 12.2 in 2022 from 12.9 in 2021.