👥 Turkish Provinces by Population
Registered population of the 81 provinces (2023).
Istanbul18%
Ankara6.8%
Izmir5.2%
Bursa3.8%
Antalya3.2%
Konya
Adana2.7%
Şanlıurfa2.6%
Gaziantep2.5%
Kocaeli2.5%
Mersin
Diyarbakır
Hatay
Manisa
Kayseri
Samsun
Balıkesir
Tekirdağ
Aydın
Van
Kahramanmaraş
Sakarya
Muğla
Denizli
Eskişehir
Mardin
Trabzon
Ordu
Afyonkarahisar
Erzurum
Malatya
Sivas
Batman
41 others15%
1
IstanbulMarmara
15.66M
2
AnkaraCentral Anatolia
5.80M
3
IzmirAegean
4.48M
4
BursaMarmara
3.21M
5
AntalyaMediterranean
2.70M
6
KonyaCentral Anatolia
2.32M
7
AdanaMediterranean
2.27M
8
ŞanlıurfaSoutheastern Anatolia
2.21M
9
GaziantepSoutheastern Anatolia
2.16M
10
KocaeliMarmara
2.10M
11
MersinMediterranean
1.94M
12
DiyarbakırSoutheastern Anatolia
1.82M
13
HatayMediterranean
1.54M
14
ManisaAegean
1.48M
15
KayseriCentral Anatolia
1.45M
16
SamsunBlack Sea
1.38M
17
BalıkesirMarmara
1.27M
18
TekirdağMarmara
1.17M
19
AydınAegean
1.16M
20
VanEastern Anatolia
1.13M
21
KahramanmaraşMediterranean
1.12M
22
SakaryaMarmara
1.10M
23
MuğlaAegean
1.07M
24
DenizliAegean
1.06M
25
EskişehirCentral Anatolia
0.92M
26
MardinSoutheastern Anatolia
0.89M
27
TrabzonBlack Sea
0.82M
28
OrduBlack Sea
0.78M
29
AfyonkarahisarAegean
0.75M
30
ErzurumEastern Anatolia
0.75M
31
MalatyaEastern Anatolia
0.74M
32
SivasCentral Anatolia
0.65M
33
BatmanSoutheastern Anatolia
0.65M
34
TokatBlack Sea
0.61M
35
AdıyamanSoutheastern Anatolia
0.61M
36
ElazığEastern Anatolia
0.60M
37
ZonguldakBlack Sea
0.59M
38
KütahyaAegean
0.58M
39
ŞırnakSoutheastern Anatolia
0.57M
40
ÇanakkaleMarmara
0.57M
41
OsmaniyeMediterranean
0.56M
42
ÇorumBlack Sea
0.53M
43
AğrıEastern Anatolia
0.51M
44
GiresunBlack Sea
0.46M
45
IspartaMediterranean
0.45M
46
AksarayCentral Anatolia
0.44M
47
YozgatCentral Anatolia
0.42M
48
EdirneMarmara
0.42M
49
DüzceBlack Sea
0.41M
50
MuşEastern Anatolia
0.40M
51
KastamonuBlack Sea
0.39M
52
KırklareliMarmara
0.38M
53
NiğdeCentral Anatolia
0.38M
54
UşakAegean
0.38M
55
BitlisEastern Anatolia
0.36M
56
RizeBlack Sea
0.35M
57
SiirtSoutheastern Anatolia
0.35M
58
AmasyaBlack Sea
0.34M
59
BoluBlack Sea
0.32M
60
NevşehirCentral Anatolia
0.32M
61
YalovaMarmara
0.30M
62
HakkâriEastern Anatolia
0.29M
63
BingölEastern Anatolia
0.29M
64
KırıkkaleCentral Anatolia
0.29M
65
KarsEastern Anatolia
0.28M
66
BurdurMediterranean
0.28M
67
KaramanCentral Anatolia
0.26M
68
KarabükBlack Sea
0.26M
69
KırşehirCentral Anatolia
0.25M
70
ErzincanEastern Anatolia
0.24M
71
SinopBlack Sea
0.23M
72
BilecikMarmara
0.23M
73
IğdırEastern Anatolia
0.21M
74
BartınBlack Sea
0.21M
75
ÇankırıCentral Anatolia
0.21M
76
ArtvinBlack Sea
0.17M
77
KilisSoutheastern Anatolia
0.16M
78
GümüşhaneBlack Sea
0.15M
79
ArdahanEastern Anatolia
0.09M
80
TunceliEastern Anatolia
0.09M
81
BayburtBlack Sea
0.09M
Highlights
Within Türkiye, Istanbul ranks first in 2023 with 15.66M, followed by Ankara (5.80M) and Izmir (4.48M).
Istanbul is 2.7 times higher than Ankara, the runner-up.
Across 81 entries, values run from 15.66M (Istanbul) to 0.09M (Bayburt), with a median of 0.56M.
Source: Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), 2023 (via Wikipedia), 2023. Unit: million people.
Source: Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), 2023 (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026