Turkey Population 2024

Turkey is a country located mainly on Anatolia in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkans in Southeast Europe, borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest, Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east, Iraq to the southeast, Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Turkey population in 2024 is estimated to be 87.12 million, covers country area of 783,356 sq km (302,455 sq mi), ranks seventeenth most populous country in the world, capital of Turkey is Ankara and its largest city and seaport is Istanbul, other most popular cities are Izmir, Antalya, Bursa, Adana, Konya, Gaziantep and Urfa.

Year	Population
1960	27,472,339
1965	30,972,996
1970	34,876,296
1975	39,277,249
1980	43,975,972
1985	49,133,928
1990	53,921,758
1995	58,486,453
2000	63,240,196
2005	67,903,461
2010	72,326,992
2015	78,529,413
2020	84,339,067

Turkey population Growth

Turkey population in 1960 is 27,472,339, by 1970 the population is increased by 7,403,957 totaling to 34,876,296, by 1980 the population is increased to 43,975,972, and by 1990 the total increase of 53,921,758 in 30 years from 1960 to 1990 resulting to 53,921,758. From 1990 to 2000, population increased to 63,240,196, and from 2000 to 2010 the population of Turkey increase by 9,086,796 with a change of 14.37 percent and increase of population from 2010 to 2020 by 12,012,075 with a change of 16.61 percent and make up to 84,339,067, Turkey population in 2023 is estimated to be 85.73 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 85.42 million, and in 2021 is 84.68 million.

Number of people per square kilometer was 109 for Turkey and 2 thousand 976 for İstanbul: The population density, which is the number of persons per square kilometer, increased by 1 person compared to 2019 and reached to 109 in 2020. İstanbul had the highest population density with 2 thousand 976 persons per square kilometer. This province was followed by Kocaeli with 553 persons and İzmir with 366 persons. On the other side, similar to the previous year, Tunceli was the province which had the smallest population density with 11 persons per square kilometer. This province was followed by Ardahan and Erzincan with 20 persons. Population density of Konya which has the largest surface area was 58 and population density of Yalova which has the smallest surface area was 326.

Turkey Provinces

Turkey is divided into 81 provinces/counties). Each province is divided into a number of different districts called ilçe. Each provincial government is seated in the central district (merkez ilçe). Below is the list of 2020 population as per the Turkey provinces, For non-metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the name of the province.

Provinces	Total Population (2020)		Male
Adana	2,258,718	1,127,516	1,131,202
Adıyaman	632,459	318,755	313,704
Afyonkarahisar	736,912	367,399	369,513
Ağrı	535,435	276,800	258,635
Amasya	335,494	167,624	167,870
Ankara	5,663,322	2,805,877	2,857,445
Antalya	2,548,308	1,281,943	1,266,365
Artvin	169,501	85,523	83,978
Aydın	1,119,084	557,066	562,018
Balıkesir	1,240,285	619,765	620,520
Bilecik	218,717	111,190	107,527
Bingöl	281,768	142,670	139,098
Bitlis	350,994	180,982	170,012
Bolu	314,802	156,340	158,462
Burdur	267,092	134,124	132,968
Bursa	3,101,833	1,550,767	1,551,066
Çanakkale	541,548	271,456	270,092
Çankırı	192,428	97,065	95,363
Çorum	530,126	262,590	267,536
Denizli	1,040,915	518,742	522,173
Diyarbakır	1,783,431	899,516	883,915
Edirne	407,763	205,775	201,988
Elazığ	587,960	291,461	296,499
Erzincan	234,431	119,325	115,106
Erzurum	758,279	378,661	379,618
Eskişehir	888,828	443,227	445,601
Gaziantep	2,101,157	1,060,820	1,040,337
Giresun	448,721	223,738	224,983
Gümüşhane	141,702	71,943	69,759
Hakkari	280,514	148,967	131,547
Hatay	1,659,320	833,146	826,174
Isparta	440,304	218,526	221,778
Mersin	1,868,757	933,368	935,389
İstanbul	15,462,452	7,750,836	7,711,616
İzmir	4,394,694	2,187,226	2,207,468
Kars	284,923	147,150	137,773
Kastamonu	376,377	187,264	189,113
Kayseri	1,421,455	712,710	708,745
Kırklareli	361,737	184,250	177,487
Kırşehir	243,042	119,725	123,317
Kocaeli	1,997,258	1,009,533	987,725
Konya	2,250,020	1,118,850	1,131,170
Kütahya	576,688	284,575	292,113
Malatya	806,156	401,610	404,546
Manisa	1,450,616	728,724	721,892
Kahramanmaraş	1,168,163	592,920	575,243
Mardin	854,716	428,780	425,936
Muğla	1,000,773	508,504	492,269
Muş	411,117	209,647	201,470
Nevşehir	304,962	151,134	153,828
Niğde	362,071	181,692	180,379
Ordu	761,400	380,031	381,369
Rize	344,359	172,469	171,890
Sakarya	1,042,649	522,388	520,261
Samsun	1,356,079	670,675	685,404
Siirt	331,070	168,939	162,131
Sinop	216,460	107,689	108,771
Sivas	635,889	318,771	317,118
Tekirdağ	1,081,065	552,587	528,478
Tokat	597,861	297,311	300,550
Trabzon	811,901	402,224	409,677
Tunceli	83,443	44,815	38,628
Şanlıurfa	2,115,256	1,066,402	1,048,854
Uşak	369,433	184,225	185,208
Van	1,149,342	585,854	563,488
Yozgat	419,095	209,257	209,838
Zonguldak	591,204	293,068	298,136
Aksaray	423,011	211,232	211,779
Bayburt	81,910	42,002	39,908
Karaman	254,919	127,829	127,090
Kırıkkale	278,703	139,281	139,422
Batman	620,278	312,137	308,141
Şırnak	537,762	279,486	258,276
Bartın	198,979	98,451	100,528
Ardahan	96,161	49,811	46,350
Iğdır	201,314	103,059	98,255
Yalova	276,050	138,860	137,190
Karabük	243,614	121,875	121,739
Kilis	142,792	72,652	70,140
Osmaniye	548,556	276,776	271,780
Düzce	395,679	198,032	197,647
Turkey All Provinces	83,614,362	41,915,985	41,698,377