Internal Migration and Fertility in Turkey: Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis

Table 1

Urban-rural population and total fertility rates of Turkey: 1927–2010 period.

Census; year	Total population (thousand)	Annual growth rate (‰)	Percent of urban population (%)	Growth rate of urban population (%)	Total fertility rate	Life expectancy at birth	Infant mortality rate ( ‰)
1927	13,648	—	24.2
1935	16,158	21.1	23.5	2.5	6.7	35.4	273
1940	17,821	17.2	24.4	3.2	6.6	31.3	274
1945	18,790	10.6	24.9	1.4	6.9	38.1	255
1950	20,947	21.7	25.0	1.9	6.9	43.5	224
1955	24,065	27.8	28.8	7.2	6.5	44.6	189
1960	27,755	28.5	31.9	6.0	6.1	49.9	169
1965	31,391	24.6	34.4	5.0	5.6	53.1	151
1970	35,605	25.2	38.5	6.1	5.1	55.1	139
1975	40,348	25.0	41.8	5.4	4.3	57.0	134
1980	44,737	20.7	43.9	3.9	4.1	59.0	95
1985	50,664	24.9	53.0	4.8	3.0	64.9	78
1990	56,473	21.1	59.0	4.1	2.6	67.4	53
2000	67,804	18.3	64.9	3.2	2.1	71.0	43
2010	73,723	13.0	76.3	1.7	2.1	74.3	17

Source: SIS, 2000 [17]; Koç et.al., 2010 [18]; TURKSTAT, 2012 [19].