By end of 2025, youth account for 14.8 percent of the total population
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As of 2025, Turkey has 12,708,348 young people, accounting for 14.8 percent of the total population.
The figure underscores a continued decline in the youth share of the population in recent years. Experts warn that an ageing population will increasingly shape the country's economic and social policy choices.
Turkey's young population has reached 12.7 million and comprises 14.8 percent of the total population. Compared with trends in recent years, the proportion of young population has been gradually declining.
An ageing population structure will shrink the labour market and suppress economic growth; this will impact employment conditions and the pension system. It will force the government to implement urgent reforms in education and employment policies because the failure to productively employ the young population will close the 'demographic opportunity' window.