Total fertility rate of Turkey 1900-2020

In 1900, the fertility rate in turkey was just over 6.9 children per woman, meaning that the average woman born in Turkey in that year could expect to have approximately seven children over the course of their reproductive years. This figure would see little change for much of the first half of the 20 th century, falling only to 6.7 children by 1945. However, the fertility rate in Turkey would begin to see dramatic change in the years following the Second World War, as fertility would initially rise in the post-war, global baby boom, only to begin rapidly falling as Turkey began to modernize and access to contraception became more widespread in the country. Fertility would fall the fastest in the 1980s, as Turkey would experience high levels of urbanization and improvements in access to education for women. As a result of these developments, the fertility rate in Turkey would fall to approximately 2.6 children per woman by the turn of the century. This trend would continue steadily into the 21st century, and in 2020, Turkey has a (roughly) replacement-level fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman.

1900年，土耳其的生育率仅为每名女性6.9个孩子，意味着当年出生于土耳其的女性在其生育期内平均可预期生育约七个孩子。这一数据在20世纪上半叶的大部分时间里变化甚微，直至1945年降至6.7个孩子。然而，二战之后的土耳其生育率开始发生显著变化，起初因战后全球婴儿潮而上升，但随着土耳其开始现代化，避孕手段的普及，生育率迅速下降。在20世纪80年代，随着土耳其经历高水平的城市化以及女性教育获取的改善，生育率下降速度最快。这些发展变化导致土耳其的生育率在世纪之交降至每名女性约2.6个孩子。这一趋势在21世纪持续稳定发展，至2020年，土耳其的生育率（大致）达到更替水平，即每名女性生育2.1个孩子。