Turkey

Official name:
the Republic of Turkey
Native name:
Türkiye
Capital:
Ankara
ISO country code
TR
Nat. statistical agency:
Turkish Statistical Institute
Population (2010-07-01):
77,804,122 (CIA)
Area:
780,580 sq.km.
Region:
Western Asia

Census Results

1927-10-28 : 13,648,270
1935-10-20 : 16,158,018
1940-10-20 : 17,820,950
1945-10-21 : 18,790,174
1950-10-22 : 20,947,188
1955-10-23 : 24,064,763
1960-10-23 : 27,754,820
1965-10-24 : 31,391,421
1970-10-25 : 35,605,176
1975-10-26 : 40,347,719
1980-10-12 : 44,736,957
1985-10-20 : 50,664,458
1990-10-21 : 56,473,035
2000-10-22 : 67,803,927

Turkey

Administrative units

bölgesi
il (province)
capitalarea (sq.km.)population
1997-11-30
census
population
2000-10-22
census
population
2007-03-31
census
source: State Institute of Statistics (SIS), Turkey.
note: Ege Bolgesi = Aegean Region; Akdeniz B. = Mediterranean R.; Ic Anadolu B. = Central Anatolian R.; Karadeniz B. = Black Sea R.; Dogu Anadolu B. = Eastern Anatolian R.; Guneydogu Anadolu B. = Southeastern Anatolian R.
Marmara Bölgesi 73,027.5715,974,63717,365,02720,724,950
Balıkesir İliBalıkesir14,472.731,033,4681,076,3471,118,313
Bilecik İliBilecik4,306.77188,693194,326203,777
Bursa İliBursa10,886.381,946,3272,125,1402,439,876
Çanakkale İliÇanakkale9,950.43439,626464,975476,128
Edirne İliEdirne6,097.91387,993402,606396,462
İstanbul İliİstanbul5,315.339,057,74710,018,73512,573,836
Kırklareli İliKırklareli6,299.78309,528328,461333,256
Kocaeli İliIzmit3,625.291,170,5461,206,0851,437,926
Sakarya İliSakarya4,880.19732,414756,168835,222
Tekirdağ İliTekirdağ6,342.30546,105623,591728,396
Yalova İliYalova850.46162,190168,593181,758
Ege Bölgesi 89,997.238,398,5368,938,7819,299,322
Afyonkarahisar İliAfyonkarahisar14,718.63801,829812,416701,572
Aydın İliAydın7,904.43897,821950,757946,971
Denizli İliDenizli11,804.19816,572850,029907,325
İzmir İliİzmir (Smyrna)12,015.613,066,9023,370,8663,739,353
Kütahya İliKütahya12,013.57643,117656,903583,910
Manisa İliManisa13,228.501,226,5591,260,1691,319,920
Muğla İliMuğla12,949.21629,786715,328766,156
Uşak İliUşak5,363.09315,950322,313334,115
Akdeniz Bölgesi 89,838.498,062,2238,710,7978,906,427
Adana İliAdana14,045.561,689,1551,854,2702,006,650
Antalya İliAntalya20,790.561,477,3471,719,7511,789,295
Burdur İliBurdur7,134.95251,475256,803251,181
Hatay İliAntakya (Antiochia)5,831.361,205,7351,253,7261,386,224
Isparta İliIsparta8,871.08456,421513,681419,845
Kahramanmaraş İliKahramanmaraş14,456.741,025,2411,002,3841,004,414
Mersin (ex İçel) İliMersin15,512.251,515,3021,651,4001,595,938
Osmaniye İliOsmaniye3,195.99441,547458,782452,880
İç Anadolu Bölgesi 188,051.5610,592,94411,608,86811,327,675
Aksaray İliAksaray7,965.51351,777396,084366,109
Ankara İliAnkara25,401.943,631,6124,007,8604,466,756
Çankırı İliÇankırı7,491.89252,424270,355174,012
Eskişehir İliEskişehir13,902.03658,991706,009724,849
Karaman İliKaraman8,868.90227,269243,210226,049
Kayseri İliKayseri17,109.33978,9271,060,4321,165,088
Kırıkkale İliKırıkkale4,569.76364,005383,508280,234
Kırşehir İliKırşehir6,530.32246,815253,239223,170
Konya İliKonya40,813.521,943,7572,192,1661,959,082
Nevşehir İliNevşehir5,391.64293,017309,914280,058
Niğde İliNiğde7,365.29322,446348,081331,677
Sivas İliSivas28,567.34707,645755,091638,464
Yozgat İliYozgat14,074.09614,259682,919492,127
Karadeniz Bölgesi 116,239.687,978,6148,439,2137,462,451
Amasya İliAmasya5,703.78344,048365,231328,674
Artvin İliArtvin7,367.10187,174191,934168,092
Bartın İliBartın2,080.36190,567184,178182,131
Bayburt İliBayburt3,739.08101,48997,35876,609
Bolu İliBolu8,323.39263,998270,654270,417
Çorum İliÇorum12,796.21593,053597,065549,828
Düzce İliDüzce2,592.95289,843314,266323,328
Giresun İliGiresun6,831.58471,875523,819417,505
Gümüşhane İliGümüşhane6,437.01157,797186,953130,825
Karabük İliKarabük4,108.80229,690225,102218,463
Kastamonu İliKastamonu13,157.98372,457375,476360,366
Ordu İliOrdu5,952.49863,041887,765715,409
Rize İliRize3,921.98333,569365,938316,252
Samsun İliSamsun9,364.101,168,5741,209,1371,228,959
Sinop İliSinop5,816.55221,236225,574198,412
Tokat İliTokat10,072.62711,465828,027620,722
Trabzon İliTrabzon4,664.04858,687975,137740,569
Zonguldak İliZonguldak3,309.86620,051615,599615,890
Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi 146,329.655,651,8046,137,4145,694,582
Ağrı İliAğrı11,498.67470,796528,744530,879
Ardahan İliArdahan4,967.63133,313133,756112,721
Bingöl İliBingöl8,253.51232,267253,739251,552
Bitlis İliBitlis7,094.50340,338388,678327,886
Elazığ İliElazığ9,281.45520,543569,616541,258
Erzincan İliErzincan11,727.55279,835316,841213,538
Erzurum İliErzurum25,330.90890,094937,389784,941
Hakkâri İliHakkâri7,178.88212,486236,581246,469
Iğdır İliIğdır3,587.81145,411168,634181,866
Kars İliKars10,139.09321,041325,016312,205
Malatya İliMalatya12,102.70823,521853,658722,065
Muş İliMuş8,067.16427,812453,654405,509
Tunceli İliTunceli7,685.6682,21593,58484,022
Van İliVan19,414.14772,132877,524979,671
Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi 76,509.086,151,3536,608,6197,170,849
Adıyaman İliAdıyaman7,606.16690,386623,811582,762
Batman İliBatman4,659.21405,765456,734472,487
Diyarbakır İliDiyarbakır15,204.011,285,3821,362,7081,460,714
Gaziantep İliGaziantep6,844.841,129,0961,285,2491,560,023
Kilis İliKilis1,427.76111,115114,724118,457
Mardin İliMardin8,806.04654,268705,098745,778
Şanlıurfa İliŞanlıurfa19,336.211,311,3341,443,4221,523,099
Siirt İliSiirt5,473.29263,258263,676291,528
Şırnak İliŞırnak7,151.57300,749353,197416,001
total 779,993.2762,810,11167,808,71970,586,256

Main cities

namepopulation
1990-10-21
census
population
2000-10-22
census
latitude /
longitude
Istanbul6,629,4318,803,46841.02/28.96
Ankara2,583,9633,203,36239.91/32.79
Izmir1,758,7802,232,26538.41/27.14
Bursa834,5761,194,68740.17/29.08
Adana916,1501,130,71037.00/35.33
Gaziantep603,434853,51337.08/37.33
Konya513,346742,69037.87/32.48
Antalya378,208603,19036.91/30.69
Diyarbakir373,810545,98337.92/40.22
Mersin (Icel)422,357537,84236.73/34.64
Kayseri425,776536,39238.75/35.92
Eskisehir413,082482,79339.67/31.17
Sanliurfa (Urfa)276,528385,58837.25/39.00
Malatya270,412381,08138.50/38.00
Samsun304,176363,18041.25/36.33
Erzurum242,391361,23539.91/41.28
Kahramanmaras (Maras)228,129326,19838.00/37.00
Van155,623284,46438.50/43.50
Sakarya (Adapazari)272,039283,75240.75/30.58
Denizli203,741275,48037.70/29.25
Elazig204,603266,49538.50/39.50
Gebze159,116253,487 
Sivas223,115251,77639.75/37.02
Batman147,347246,67837.88/41.12
Tarsus187,508216,382 
Balikesir170,589215,43639.75/28.00
Trabzon161,886214,94940.92/39.83
Manisa158,928214,34538.61/27.42
Kirikkale185,431205,07839.83/33.75
Kocaeli (Izmit)190,741195,69940.92/29.92
Adiyaman100,045178,53837.75/38.25
Sultanbeyli82,298175,700 
Osmaniye122,307173,97737.25/36.25
Kutahya130,944166,66539.25/29.50
Corum116,810161,32140.50/34.75
Iskenderun154,807159,149 
Isparta112,117148,49637.76/30.55
Hatay (Antakya)123,871144,91036.20/36.16
Aydin107,011143,26737.84/27.85
Corlu74,681141,525 
Usak105,270137,00138.50/29.42
Aksaray90,698129,94938.50/33.83
Afyon95,643128,51638.76/30.54
Siverek63,049126,820 
Viransehir57,461121,382 
Edirne102,345119,29841.25/26.67
Kiziltepe60,134113,143 
Tokat83,058113,10040.42/36.58
Ordu102,107112,52540.83/37.50
Ceyhan85,308108,602 
Tekirdag80,442107,19141.00/27.50
Erzincan91,772107,175 
Inegol71,120105,959 
Nazilli80,277105,665 
Karaman76,525105,38437.18/33.22
Zonguldak117,975104,27641.25/31.83
Karabuk105,373100,74941.25/32.50
Siirt68,32098,28137.93/41.94
Bandirma77,44497,419 
Turhal69,07995,536 
Derince66,14193,997 
Turgutlu73,63493,727 
Alanya52,46088,346 
Kirsehir73,53888,105 
Bolu61,50984,56540.67/31.58
Bafra65,60083,733 
Giresun67,60483,636 
Salihli70,86183,137 
Eregli74,28382,633 
Korfez (Yarimca)63,19481,938 
Akhisar73,94481,510 
Polatli60,15879,992 
Agri (Karakose)58,03879,764 
Eregli66,85979,486 
Luleburgaz52,38479,002 
Kars78,45578,473 
Rize52,74378,144 
Nigde55,03578,08837.97/34.68
Kozan54,45175,833 
Canakkale53,99575,810 
Amasya57,08774,393 
Nusaybin49,67174,110 
Yozgat50,33573,930 
Patnos33,75971,829 
Manavgat38,49871,679 
Nizip58,60471,629 
Elbistan54,74171,500 
Ercis40,48170,881 
Kilis84,07770,670 
Yalova65,82370,118 
Cizre50,02369,591 
Bingol41,59068,876 
Mus44,01967,927 
Nevsehir52,71967,864 
Tatvan54,07166,748 
Kadirli55,06165,227 
Mardin53,00565,07237.31/40.72
Silifke46,85864,827 
Kastamonu51,56064,606 
Silvan60,73164,136 
Fatsa39,46763,721 
Gemlik50,23763,710 
Kirikhan68,60163,615 
Burdur56,43263,363 
Cankiri45,49662,508 
Soke50,86662,384 
Odemis51,62061,896 
Unye45,71661,552 
Bismil39,83461,182 
Kahta42,18360,689 
Soma49,97760,674 
Aksehir51,74660,226 
Igdir38,91759,880 
Yuksekova28,90959,662 
Hakkari30,40758,145 
Midyat29,56956,669 
Duzce65,20956,649 
Dogubeyazit35,21356,261 
Golcuk65,60055,790 
Sorgun31,17953,884 
Dortyul47,14453,597 
Kirklareli43,01753,221 
Sirnak25,05952,743 
Zile46,09052,640 
Bolvadin44,96952,398 
Bergama42,55452,173 
Reyhanli42,45152,135 
Silopi23,43051,199 
Fethiye37,46650,689 
source: State Institute of Statistics, Turkey.