The other side of the coin: the growing opposition in turkey against to the european union accession

Graph – 1: Age Groups of Population of Turkey (2012)

Source: Turkish Statistical Institute, 2012.
The graph³⁹ presents the proportions of the age groups in the total population are presented below. The age group of 15-64 with 67,6% ratio defines the productive population, also so-called working ages, that makes contribution the economy of Turkey by working on various business sector areas; even though the labour force participation rate of young population, the age group of 15-24, is lower compared to the age group of 25-64. ⁴⁰

A report, known as the “Population Projections”, was published by Turkish Statistical Institute to show the augmentation level of the population in Turkey from 2013 until 2075 via introducing three distinct scenarios⁴¹ that were differentiated on the average number of children per woman by years. Considering three scenarios, the proportion of working ages will remain its importance by increasing in the future with respect to the continuous growth of population.

Population
89 172 088
93 475 575
84 247 088
76 481 847