Fertility and Birth rates for Turkish and Kurdish majority areas in Turkey respectively, as calculated using Turkstat data
Today, Turkstat released the birth statistics for 2025, in which it stated the fertility rate and total births of each region. Choosing, roughly, based on maps and history, where Kurdish (and Zaza) majority/substantial presence regions where, I separated them from the rest of the country and proceeded to calculate the crude birth rate and fertility rate for both areas in excel. I also include the Arabs in Şanlıurfa as part of the Kurdish areas mostly because the focus lies in characteristics of the Turkish ones.
In Summary,
T.F.R. (Total Fertility Rate):
- Turkish majority regions: 1,2932911 (2024: 1,388928)
- Kurdish/Zaza majority/plurality regions: 2,184108 (2024: 2,305718)
C.B.R. (Crude Birth Rate):
- Turkish majority regions: 9,3529713 (2024: 9,8680546)
- Kurdish/Zaza majority/plurality regions: 17,1453 (2024: 17,8749)
Total Births:
- Turkish majority regions: 697.005 - percentage of total: 77,8% (2024: 731.699 - percentage of total: 78%)
- Kurdish/Zaza majority/plurality regions: 198.369 - percentage of total: 22,1% (2024: 205.860 - percentage of total: 21,95%)
Total Populations:
- Turkish majority regions: 74.522.307 - percentage of total: 86,56% (2024: 74.148.252 - percentage of total: 86,1%)
- Kurdish/Zaza majority/plurality regions: 11.569.861 - percentage of total: 13,44% (2024: 11.516.692 - percentage of total: 13,38%)
Regions selected as Kurdish majority/substantial presence:
| Selected Provinces |
|---|
| Adıyaman |
| Ağrı |
| Bingöl |
| Bitlis |
| Diyarbakır |
| Elazığ |
| Hakkari |
| Malatya |
| Mardin |
| Muş |
| Siirt |
| Tunceli |
| Şanlıurfa |
| Van |
| Batman |
| Şırnak |
Sources: https://veriportali.tuik.gov.tr/tr/press/54196
https://veriportali.tuik.gov.tr/tr/press/58018