International Conference on Eurasian Economies
1-3 July 2014 – Skopje, MACEDONIA
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1064
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Regional Economics
Presenter: Mr. Yunus Serhat Çayır
Session : 5C Kalkınma II
The Comparison of Population Trends between Turkey and Transition Economies
Türkiye ve Geçiş Ekonomileri Arasında Nüfus Trendlerinin Karşılaştırılması
- Mr. Yunus Serhat Çayır (Anadolu University, Türkiye)
Abstract
In this study, Turkey is compared to the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries with regard to the population trends by means of data from HDI Report developed by UNDP. Population trends include total population, population annual growth, urban population, median age, total dependency rate, total fertility rate in HDI. The data indicates that the rate of median age in Turkey is lower than CEE countries and many of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2010. Moreover, the rate of total fertility is higher in CIS countries than in the CEE countries in 2012. The rate of annual growth of population is lower in CEE countries than in the CIS countries in the period of 2000/2005 and 2010/2015. Only Turkey has tendency to reduce the rate of annual growth of population among CIS countries. Total dependency rate is higher in CIS countries (%46) than in the CEE countries (%44) in 2012. With %46.8 an overall dependency rate Turkey is located in the middle range among CIS countries. Urban population rate (% of total) is lower in CIS countries (%54, 69) than in CEE countries (%61.45) in 2012. Tajikistan has the lowest urban population rate among the CIS and CEE countries. Turkey’s (%72, 5) urban population rate is located in one of the top positions among CIS and CEE countries.
JEL codes: A39
Çayır, Yunus Serhat (2014). "The Comparison of Population Trends between Turkey and Transition Economies" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2014, pp.625-632, Skopje, MACEDONIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C05.01064
