In 2015, 56.6 percent of individuals said they were happy, which later increased to 61.3 percent in 2016. According to TÜİK’s Life Satisfaction Survey, the percentage of those who said they were unhappy with their lives in 2015 stood at 11.4 percent, which later decreased to 10.4 in 2016.

 

Women Are Merrier Than Men

While the level of happiness was marked 60.2 percent for females in 2015, the percentage increased to 64.5 percent in 2016. The level of happiness for males increased to 58.1 percent from 52.9 percent. When analyzed by age groups, the highest level of happiness was seen among those aged between 18 and 24, with 65.1 percent, while the lowest level of happiness was among those aged between 35 and 44 with 58.2 percent in 2016.

 

The Less Educated Are Content With Their Lives

According to TÜİK, school dropouts were revealed to have higher levels of happiness, with 63.5 percent of them reporting they were content, followed by primary school graduates with 62.9 percent, primary education or junior high school graduates with 61.4 percent, higher education graduates with 60.2 percent and high school and equivalent graduates with 57.8 percent, respectively.

 

When analyzed by gender, the survey noted that married females, who were 68.3 percent of the share, were happier than married males, with 60.8 percent. It gathered that married individuals were happier than unmarried individuals. While 64.7 percent of married individuals were happy, the share was 53.5 percent for unmarried ones in 2016.

 

Family Is The Center of Happiness

The statistics showed that families were a determining source of happiness for individuals. The percentage of individuals who mentioned that their families made them the happiest was 70.2 percent, while those with children where at 15.1 percent, spouse with 4.7 percent, parents with 3.6 percent, themselves with 2.7 percent, grandchildren with 1.9 percent and others with 1.7 percent.

Health was another factor that determined the happiness of individuals. While the percentage of individuals who mentioned that their health made them happiest was 72.1 percent, love was determinant of happiness with 14.6 percent, success with 7 percent, money with 3.2 percent, work with 2.3 percent and other values with 0.8 percent, respectively.

 

Transportation Is By Far The Best of Services

According to TÜİK, the level of satisfaction from public services in general had increased. When the overall satisfaction level of individuals was examined in more detail, it was observed that the highest increase occurred in the services of the Social Security Institution with 9.2 percentage points in 2016, according to the results. The highest satisfaction level was recorded in transportation services with 78.4 percent, followed with public security services with 75.7 percent, health services with 75.4 percent, Social Security Institution services with 67.9 percent, education services with 65.1 percent and judicial services with 57.9 percent, respectively, in 2016.

 

%76,8 Is Hopeful About Their Own Future

In addition, the survey said 76.8 percent of the individuals were hopeful about their own future. The percentage of individuals who were hopeful about their own futures was 74.4 percent in 2015, while the percentage increased to 76.8 percent in 2016. The percentage of females who said they were hopeful about their own futures was 74 percent in 2015, increasing to 76.7 percent in 2016. While the amount of males who were hopeful about their own futures was 74.7 percent in 2015, the number increased to 77 percent in 2016.

Turkey’s population saw an increase of over one million compared to last year, reaching 79,814,871 people, the Turkish Statistics Institute announced on Jan. 31.

According to 2016 results from the records of Address Based Population Registration System, males made up 50.2 percent of the total population and females made up 49.8 percent.

The annual population growth rate increased to 13.5 per 1,000 in 2016 from 13.4 per 1,000 in 2015.

The proportion of those who are residing in provincial and district centers also increased to 92.3 percent in 2016 from 92.1 percent, while the proportion of the population living in small towns and villages was just 7.7 percent, according to the results.

The most populated province in the country was Istanbul with 14,804,116 inhabitants, making up 18.5 percent of Turkey’s population.

Istanbul was followed by the capital Ankara with 5,346,518 inhabitants, the Aegean province of İzmir with 4,223,545 inhabitants, the northwestern province of Bursa with 2,901,396 inhabitants, and the southern resort province of Antalya with 2,328,555 inhabitants.

The least populated province of the country was the eastern province of Tunceli with 82,193 inhabitants.
The median age of Turkey’s population increased to 31.4 in 2016 from 31 in 2015. The median age was 30.8 for males and 32 for females.

Provinces with the highest median ages were Sinop with 39.6, Balıkesir with 39.1, and Edirne with 38.8 respectively. Provinces with the lowest median ages were Şanlıurfa and Şırnak with 19.5, Ağrı with 20.5, Siirt with 20.8.

According to the TÜİK figures, the proportion of the population in the 15-64 working age group increased by 1.6 percent, becoming 68 percent in 2016. The proportion of children aged between 0 and 14 dropped to 23.7 percent and the proportion of the population aged 65 and over increased to 8.3 percent.

The population density, which is the number of people per square kilometer, increased by two persons compared to 2015, reaching to 104 in 2016. The province with the highest number of people per square kilometer was Istanbul with 2,849 people, followed by Kocaeli with 507, İzmir with 352, and Gaziantep with 290.

Tunceli had the smallest population density with 11 people per square kilometer, followed by Konya with 56 and Yalova with 285.

With a population of 1.2 billion, India is the largest democracy in the world according to a survey by Forbes magazine, coming after the United States and China. India has also the most billionaires in the world. According to the results of “World Economic Outlook Database”, prepared by the IMF on October 6 2015, India is the world’s third largest economy ($ 8,027 trillion).  Does this make India rich? Until 1947, before independence, there was almost no billionaire. The question that should be asked is closely associated with the development history of India.

UNDP’s Human Development Index that is prepared annually continues to research India for the last fifteen years. In 1991 India was ranked 133rd , and in 2016 out of 187 countries, it still ranks #130.  With a large population and a small minority benefiting from economic growth;UNDP data also shows that 2.8 billion people try to maintain their lives with 2 American Dollars per day.

The failure to develop a health and education system to cover large audiences in countries like India, cause no improvement within human development index. In fact, India’s Human Development record works in a way our planet functions. 35% of the world ‘s third largest economy represents a group between 5-24 years of age, about 430 million people. The Indian government will allocate an expenditure of only 3.4% on education from the state budget. This fact alone can indicate how little India spends time on human development and inclusive growth.