Country or area · Western Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Türkiye population

UN name: Turkiye

Türkiye population now

87,990,406

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 86.7–89.4 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 87,270,502

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 87.9261 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 86.7–89.4 million
Median age: 34.9
Aged 65+: 10.9%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2047

male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

TUR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Türkiye in numbers

Türkiye had 87,270,502 people in mid-2023, the 18th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 1.1% of the world's people. That is 4.2 times its 1950 population of 21.0 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2047 at 91.4 million, then falling to 65.3 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 25.9 million to 125 million.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2049; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it.

The median age was 19.6 in 1950 and 33.5 in 2023; the projection has 55.6 in 2100. 10.0% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 37.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2036 at 62.0 million.

Its place in the world by population: 18th in 2023, 19th in 2050, 41st in 2100. It is overtaken by Tanzania in 2035, Sudan in 2054 and Uganda in 2055.

Population, mid-2023: 87,270,502
Rank by population, 2023: 18 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 1.1%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.24% · +212,030 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 113
Land area, 2023: 769,630 km²
Births, 2023: 1,072,014
Deaths, 2023: 551,598
Net migration, 2023: −318,070
Children per woman, 2023: 1.63
Median age, 2023: 33.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 77.2 years
In a city, 2025: 64 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 21,021,139
Projected, mid-2050: 91,258,061
Projected, mid-2100: 65,338,458

TUR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: Türkiye, 1950–2100

Türkiye: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	20,715,337		982,482	422,486	6.47	47.3
1951	estimate	21,326,942		1,013,349	436,687	6.47	47.6
1952	estimate	21,960,819		1,045,183	445,643	6.47	48.1
1953	estimate	22,619,365		1,077,786	459,082	6.48	48.2
1954	estimate	23,297,731		1,107,548	464,300	6.47	48.8
1955	estimate	23,974,487		1,137,156	471,953	6.46	49.1
1956	estimate	24,646,534		1,166,237	474,990	6.46	49.5
1957	estimate	25,468,669		1,193,934	496,409	6.45	49.2
1958	estimate	26,293,159		1,220,656	509,296	6.43	49.2
1959	estimate	27,116,765		1,249,376	504,648	6.42	50.1
1960	estimate	27,935,918		1,275,394	502,377	6.38	50.8
1961	estimate	28,723,879		1,316,041	499,138	6.42	51.6
1962	estimate	29,514,597		1,338,407	500,953	6.38	52.4
1963	estimate	30,317,697		1,361,281	498,679	6.34	53.1
1964	estimate	31,135,985		1,384,359	500,197	6.29	53.6
1965	estimate	31,950,160		1,403,326	499,307	6.22	54.1
1966	estimate	32,740,280		1,423,342	497,558	6.15	54.6
1967	estimate	33,615,064		1,435,142	498,433	6.06	55.2
1968	estimate	34,485,779		1,449,430	498,641	5.96	55.6
1969	estimate	35,357,589		1,467,757	496,811	5.87	56.2
1970	estimate	36,217,959		1,486,223	494,291	5.78	56.7
1971	estimate	37,058,970		1,505,188	491,012	5.67	57.2
1972	estimate	37,978,252		1,509,846	486,054	5.55	58.0
1973	estimate	38,882,190		1,509,292	483,626	5.41	58.5
1974	estimate	39,776,876		1,498,860	478,838	5.24	59.0
1975	estimate	40,643,591		1,487,682	474,779	5.09	59.5
1976	estimate	41,462,662		1,479,879	469,854	4.93	60.0
1977	estimate	42,337,307		1,483,953	460,152	4.78	60.9
1978	estimate	43,209,289		1,505,200	450,348	4.69	61.6
1979	estimate	44,081,323		1,521,814	445,087	4.58	62.2
1980	estimate	44,939,536		1,528,957	438,442	4.45	62.7
1981	estimate	45,878,095		1,533,300	433,209	4.35	63.2
1982	estimate	46,764,286		1,516,442	424,554	4.21	63.7
1983	estimate	47,879,906		1,513,073	417,935	4.06	64.3
1984	estimate	49,014,915		1,508,306	411,781	3.91	64.8
1985	estimate	50,133,224		1,504,837	406,013	3.78	65.3
1986	estimate	51,241,006		1,503,437	400,777	3.66	65.9
1987	estimate	52,314,538		1,494,763	395,723	3.54	66.4
1988	estimate	53,372,802		1,491,868	390,563	3.44	66.9
1989	estimate	54,446,451		1,480,969	386,906	3.34	67.4
1990	estimate	55,506,995		1,425,757	381,297	3.11	67.8
1991	estimate	56,524,260		1,418,999	377,768	3.00	68.3
1992	estimate	57,495,515		1,417,246	378,114	2.94	68.6
1993	estimate	58,484,720		1,442,114	377,976	2.92	69.0
1994	estimate	59,513,614		1,456,822	378,622	2.87	69.4
1995	estimate	60,554,057		1,471,162	380,532	2.83	69.7
1996	estimate	61,494,948		1,470,898	379,098	2.78	70.3
1997	estimate	62,407,319		1,479,767	380,010	2.74	70.7
1998	estimate	63,298,613		1,482,737	379,458	2.71	71.1
1999	estimate	64,170,153		1,462,758	399,437	2.63	70.8
2000	estimate	65,013,692		1,401,449	380,909	2.49	71.9
2001	estimate	65,838,231		1,364,156	383,600	2.39	72.3
2002	estimate	66,652,025		1,309,563	386,586	2.27	72.6
2003	estimate	67,445,566		1,285,362	391,653	2.20	72.9
2004	estimate	68,217,893		1,293,430	397,417	2.20	73.2
2005	estimate	68,967,341		1,302,959	404,336	2.20	73.5
2006	estimate	69,691,772		1,308,853	411,511	2.19	73.8
2007	estimate	70,398,927		1,307,517	417,794	2.18	74.1
2008	estimate	71,102,245		1,299,747	427,468	2.17	74.4
2009	estimate	72,022,432		1,293,077	432,524	2.15	74.7
2010	estimate	72,907,264		1,261,173	437,697	2.08	75.0
2011	estimate	73,786,274		1,249,292	460,281	2.05	74.8
2012	estimate	74,644,132		1,292,422	444,916	2.11	75.5
2013	estimate	75,750,265		1,302,576	435,659	2.11	76.2
2014	estimate	77,055,797		1,369,294	441,963	2.19	76.5
2015	estimate	79,016,511		1,389,210	456,928	2.16	76.5
2016	estimate	81,011,941		1,400,744	472,505	2.12	76.6
2017	estimate	82,292,236		1,392,487	469,483	2.08	77.0
2018	estimate	83,875,088		1,362,283	468,091	2.00	77.5
2019	estimate	84,956,849		1,288,466	471,135	1.89	77.7
2020	estimate	85,758,495		1,194,951	566,484	1.77	76.5
2021	estimate	86,424,888		1,142,982	640,533	1.71	75.7
2022	estimate	86,947,617		1,079,023	555,772	1.63	77.6
2023	estimate	87,169,328		1,072,014	551,598	1.63	77.2
2024	estimate	87,371,675		1,060,605	580,397	1.62	77.4
2025	projection	87,575,935	87.1–88.0 million	1,053,303	576,116	1.62	77.8
2026	projection	87,794,917	86.9–88.6 million	1,045,681	565,453	1.62	78.4
2027	projection	88,057,247	86.7–89.4 million	1,036,040	573,705	1.62	78.6
2028	projection	88,339,651	86.5–90.2 million	1,028,132	583,057	1.62	78.8
2029	projection	88,621,127	86.1–91.0 million	1,018,356	592,996	1.61	79.0
2030	projection	88,889,748	85.9–91.8 million	1,008,818	603,653	1.61	79.1
2031	projection	89,165,335	85.6–92.7 million	1,000,273	615,357	1.61	79.3
2032	projection	89,420,628	85.3–93.6 million	991,276	627,628	1.61	79.5
2033	projection	89,656,094	84.8–94.6 million	982,292	640,652	1.61	79.7
2034	projection	89,881,582	84.3–95.4 million	974,164	654,011	1.61	79.8
2035	projection	90,089,245	83.9–96.5 million	967,158	667,942	1.61	80.0
2036	projection	90,287,869	83.3–97.5 million	960,947	681,906	1.61	80.2
2037	projection	90,481,159	82.9–98.3 million	954,993	695,801	1.61	80.4
2038	projection	90,658,851	82.6–99.1 million	951,489	710,219	1.61	80.5
2039	projection	90,811,765	82.2–99.9 million	946,313	724,187	1.61	80.7
2040	projection	90,950,741	81.8–100.9 million	941,351	738,839	1.61	80.9
2041	projection	91,068,620	81.2–101.7 million	937,184	753,457	1.61	81.0
2042	projection	91,171,256	80.4–102.4 million	932,812	767,961	1.61	81.2
2043	projection	91,261,861	79.9–103.1 million	927,838	782,827	1.61	81.4
2044	projection	91,327,513	79.0–103.9 million	922,565	796,658	1.61	81.5
2045	projection	91,379,104	78.4–104.5 million	915,435	810,722	1.61	81.7
2046	projection	91,405,966	77.5–105.3 million	907,510	824,429	1.62	81.9
2047	projection	91,431,523	76.8–106.0 million	895,560	838,210	1.62	82.0
2048	projection	91,423,011	76.1–106.7 million	880,494	852,108	1.62	82.2
2049	projection	91,385,319	75.4–107.2 million	864,436	866,353	1.62	82.3
2050	projection	91,311,298	74.6–107.9 million	847,505	879,918	1.62	82.5
2051	projection	91,204,824	73.7–108.4 million	829,862	892,740	1.62	82.6
2052	projection	91,076,002	73.1–108.9 million	811,536	905,916	1.62	82.8
2053	projection	90,913,745	72.4–109.6 million	792,450	919,731	1.61	82.9
2054	projection	90,730,890	71.4–110.2 million	774,494	933,007	1.61	83.1
2055	projection	90,518,492	70.1–110.6 million	759,063	946,479	1.61	83.2
2056	projection	90,284,634	69.3–110.9 million	745,088	959,926	1.61	83.3
2057	projection	90,009,352	68.2–111.5 million	731,865	973,564	1.61	83.5
2058	projection	89,712,581	67.6–111.9 million	720,797	987,156	1.61	83.6
2059	projection	89,396,049	66.6–112.4 million	710,791	1,000,671	1.61	83.8
2060	projection	89,045,170	65.5–113.2 million	701,776	1,015,034	1.61	83.9
2061	projection	88,681,382	64.3–113.9 million	694,968	1,028,263	1.61	84.0
2062	projection	88,298,498	63.4–114.2 million	688,731	1,041,554	1.61	84.2
2063	projection	87,890,489	62.2–114.8 million	682,260	1,054,857	1.61	84.3
2064	projection	87,466,544	61.4–115.0 million	677,253	1,064,993	1.61	84.4
2065	projection	87,022,885	60.6–115.0 million	672,588	1,076,191	1.62	84.6
2066	projection	86,564,441	59.7–115.7 million	667,070	1,087,560	1.61	84.7
2067	projection	86,096,956	58.9–116.1 million	662,174	1,097,762	1.61	84.8
2068	projection	85,622,662	57.9–116.5 million	657,888	1,108,171	1.61	84.9
2069	projection	85,130,341	56.4–116.8 million	654,072	1,117,186	1.61	85.1
2070	projection	84,622,102	55.5–117.4 million	649,808	1,125,242	1.61	85.2
2071	projection	84,095,025	54.3–117.9 million	645,063	1,131,868	1.61	85.3
2072	projection	83,557,576	53.0–118.2 million	640,140	1,137,569	1.61	85.4
2073	projection	83,005,024	51.9–118.5 million	635,332	1,142,274	1.61	85.6
2074	projection	82,446,095	50.8–118.7 million	629,476	1,146,288	1.61	85.7
2075	projection	81,864,220	49.6–118.8 million	623,113	1,149,789	1.61	85.8
2076	projection	81,280,828	48.3–119.0 million	616,653	1,154,012	1.61	85.9
2077	projection	80,684,382	46.8–119.1 million	610,018	1,156,366	1.62	86.0
2078	projection	80,084,764	45.8–119.6 million	601,927	1,158,537	1.62	86.2
2079	projection	79,479,342	44.9–120.4 million	593,010	1,159,550	1.61	86.3
2080	projection	78,868,148	44.0–120.7 million	584,710	1,160,542	1.62	86.4
2081	projection	78,243,183	43.0–120.7 million	574,918	1,161,174	1.61	86.5
2082	projection	77,615,869	41.9–121.1 million	565,178	1,160,221	1.61	86.6
2083	projection	76,974,981	40.6–121.5 million	555,571	1,159,941	1.62	86.7
2084	projection	76,332,779	39.5–121.1 million	545,581	1,158,166	1.61	86.9
2085	projection	75,690,590	38.6–120.8 million	536,644	1,156,592	1.62	87.0
2086	projection	75,030,843	37.7–121.4 million	527,390	1,154,058	1.62	87.1
2087	projection	74,369,818	36.7–121.7 million	518,602	1,151,239	1.62	87.2
2088	projection	73,709,730	35.5–122.5 million	510,292	1,147,612	1.62	87.3
2089	projection	73,039,178	34.5–122.4 million	502,240	1,143,976	1.62	87.4
2090	projection	72,363,009	33.7–122.3 million	495,055	1,139,256	1.62	87.5
2091	projection	71,679,534	33.0–122.6 million	487,865	1,133,679	1.62	87.6
2092	projection	71,002,106	32.3–123.3 million	481,338	1,127,968	1.62	87.8
2093	projection	70,326,834	31.3–123.2 million	475,323	1,122,374	1.62	87.9
2094	projection	69,646,436	30.3–123.7 million	470,276	1,115,015	1.62	88.0
2095	projection	68,979,128	29.6–124.3 million	465,477	1,107,992	1.62	88.1
2096	projection	68,314,737	28.7–124.9 million	460,628	1,101,629	1.61	88.2
2097	projection	67,653,876	27.9–124.9 million	456,362	1,094,358	1.61	88.3
2098	projection	66,988,713	27.1–125.6 million	452,289	1,086,959	1.61	88.4
2099	projection	66,331,492	26.5–125.8 million	448,492	1,079,722	1.61	88.5
2100	projection	65,666,935	25.9–125.4 million	444,393	1,072,141	1.61	88.6

Show the numbers: Türkiye, mid-2026, by single year of age

Türkiye: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	530,330	505,645
1	530,046	504,926
2	531,932	506,462
3	534,955	509,286
4	549,914	525,363
5	578,420	555,131
6	605,781	582,466
7	629,160	605,853
8	648,842	625,523
9	664,856	641,508
10	676,945	653,551
11	684,832	661,377
12	688,459	664,930
13	687,810	664,188
14	683,098	659,354
15	675,506	651,588
16	665,712	641,540
17	653,009	628,488
18	637,180	612,220
19	619,976	594,510
20	606,623	580,609
21	602,362	575,773
22	609,106	581,931
23	626,924	599,152
24	653,426	625,041
25	680,502	651,502
26	700,330	670,734
27	710,956	680,771
28	712,250	681,478
29	705,232	673,937
30	694,502	663,072
31	684,642	653,782
32	676,678	647,162
33	670,719	643,324
34	666,645	642,033
35	663,561	641,844
36	660,554	641,293
37	657,442	640,096
38	654,219	638,266
39	651,134	636,112
40	649,425	635,188
41	650,332	637,050
42	654,098	642,012
43	660,721	650,080
44	669,334	660,380
45	675,574	668,543
46	675,082	670,216
47	666,989	664,530
48	651,292	651,493
49	628,674	631,656
50	602,571	607,786
51	576,446	582,656
52	551,004	556,839
53	526,263	530,358
54	502,760	504,031
55	482,950	481,794
56	469,202	467,544
57	461,922	462,030
58	460,979	465,189
59	464,879	475,284
60	466,988	484,060
61	460,856	483,342
62	445,322	471,545
63	420,702	448,824
64	388,782	416,992
65	356,438	384,112
66	330,146	358,071
67	311,057	340,374
68	298,941	330,882
69	292,448	328,206
70	286,507	326,492
71	276,410	320,153
72	261,278	308,144
73	241,166	290,525
74	216,850	268,000
75	191,615	243,738
76	168,706	220,928
77	148,595	200,158
78	131,359	181,694
79	116,217	164,900
80	102,160	149,208
81	88,676	134,460
82	75,882	120,682
83	64,055	107,908
84	53,439	96,111
85	44,215	85,044
86	36,403	74,495
87	29,860	64,467
88	24,393	55,012
89	19,794	46,207
90	15,815	38,201
91	12,304	31,095
92	9,250	24,884
93	6,661	19,540
94	4,549	15,012
95	2,944	11,264
96	1,817	8,240
97	1,070	5,865
98	613	4,058
99	360	2,723
100+	390	3,894

TUR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Türkiye, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

TUR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Türkiye

On the UN's projection, Türkiye will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2036: 61,953,900 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 59,482,900.

100 aged 15–64

32 children

15 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 32 years: 2010–2041.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

TUR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Türkiye, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Türkiye loses 197,085 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 54,151 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 1,063,140 (2015), and a loss of 318,070 (2023).

In 2024, 7,083,501 people living in Türkiye had been born in another country, 8 of every 100 people there, against 2 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

TUR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Türkiye

Of every 100 babies born in Türkiye in 2023, 3 had a mother under 20, 81 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 18 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
18 · 68 · 14

2023
3 · 81 · 16

2050 · projected
1 · 71 · 28

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 1,072,014
Average age when women have a baby: 29.2 years; 28.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 12; 156 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Türkiye by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	14,659	10,600	2,822	85	42	23
15–19	160,007	239,113	173,831	37,244	12,597	7,268
20–24	279,023	486,595	482,161	227,460	75,760	44,208
25–29	235,920	360,829	392,341	359,621	209,279	120,776
30–34	157,774	221,564	209,711	278,171	316,713	156,900
35–39	89,118	117,475	107,565	132,416	187,858	90,702
40–44	40,677	46,257	29,868	33,271	41,742	22,451
45–49	5,113	5,077	3,026	3,557	3,459	2,034
50–54	191	172	124	189	55	31
All babies	982,482	1,487,682	1,401,449	1,072,014	847,505	444,393

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

TUR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Türkiye

In Türkiye, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 65.2 (95% range 64.6–65.9), out of 75.3 in all. The years in less than full health come to 10.1, above the world's 9.5.

Women

65.9 in full health, 12.2 not: 78.1 years

Men

64.5 in full health, 8.0 not: 72.5 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 65.9 healthy years of 78.1. Men: 64.5 of 72.5. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 67.2.

TUR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Türkiye

At the end of 2025, Türkiye was hosting 2,492,911 people who had crossed a border into it, about 28 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad2,492,911
Türkiye nationals abroad266,981

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 50,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Türkiye living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 6,459 people asked for asylum in Türkiye for the first time; 34,021 people from Türkiye asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Türkiye whose claims were decided that year, 17 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

TUR · of every 100 people

How people live in Türkiye

Of every 100 people in Türkiye in 2025, 64 lived in a city, 19 in a town or suburb and 17 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 12.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

TUR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Türkiye went in school

Of every 100 adults in Türkiye in 2020, 4 never went to school and 44 finished upper secondary or went further.

4 never went to school 5 some primary 27 finished primary 20 finished lower secondary 23 finished upper secondary 21 studied after school

The young went further: 1.5 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 9.5 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 0.3 against 1.4).

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2040; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2060.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

TUR · cities · 2025

Cities in Türkiye

Türkiye had 177 cities in 2025, home to 56.4 million people. The largest, Istanbul, holds 17 of every 100 people in Türkiye.

Istanbul15,014,763
Ankara3,612,251
Izmir2,650,237
Bursa2,281,622
Gaziantep1,613,357
Antalya1,273,822
Sincan1,149,921
Konya959,484
Kayseri882,238
Eskisehir766,333

All 31 cities in Türkiye that reach 300,000 people

Istanbul 15,014,763
Ankara 3,612,251
Izmir 2,650,237
Bursa 2,281,622
Gaziantep 1,613,357
Antalya 1,273,822
Sincan 1,149,921
Konya 959,484
Kayseri 882,238
Eskisehir 766,333
Mersin 750,396
Şanlıurfa 739,807
Kocaeli 737,380
Diyarbakir 660,826
Samsun 594,089
Adana 593,872
Van 590,314
Kahramanmaraş 565,732
Denizli 561,327
Hatay 530,262
Malatya 506,854
Batman 456,902
Elazığ 411,268
Manisa 399,014
İskenderun 375,056
Sivas 368,209
Sakarya 348,302
Çerkezköy 338,995
Balıkesir 328,080
Trabzon 320,468
Osmaniye 286,108

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Türkiye are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.