Aegean region (statistical)

The Aegean Region (Turkish: Ege Bölgesi) (TR3) is a statistical region in Turkey.

Aegean Region Ege Bölgesi
Region
Coordinates: 38.14°N 28.73°E / 38.14; 28.73
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	90,456 km2 (34,925 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	10,974,357[1]
• Rank	2nd
• Urban	10,453,321
• Rural	521,036
HDI (2022)	0.855[2] very high · 5th

Subregions and provinces

• İzmir Subregion (TR31)
  • İzmir Province (TR310)
• Aydın Subregion (TR32)
  • Aydın Province (TR321)
  • Denizli Province (TR322)
  • Muğla Province (TR323)
• Manisa Subregion (TR33)
  • Manisa Province (TR331)
  • Afyonkarahisar Province (TR332)
  • Kütahya Province (TR333)
  • Uşak Province (TR334)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	9,299,322	—
2008	9,384,848	+0.92%
2009	9,517,153	+1.41%
2010	9,693,594	+1.85%
2011	9,687,692	−0.06%
2012	9,779,502	+0.95%
2013	9,897,313	+1.20%
2014	10,023,549	+1.28%
2015	10,138,132	+1.14%
2016	10,265,111	+1.25%
2017	10,383,963	+1.16%
2018	10,514,200	+1.25%
2019	10,618,433	+0.99%
2020	10,689,115	+0.67%
2021	10,784,645	+0.89%
2022	10,886,803	+0.95%
2023	10,946,780	+0.55%
2024	10,974,357	+0.25%

Structure of the population

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	5,460,386	5,513,971	10,974,357	100
0–4	272,261	258,228	530,489	4.83
5–9	351,022	333,019	684,041	6.23
10–14	363,216	344,153	707,369	6.45
15–19	368,622	348,402	717,024	6.53
20–24	369,515	352,963	722,478	6.58
25–29	393,033	368,714	761,747	6.94
30–34	383,151	371,609	754,760	6.88
35–39	401,735	398,062	799,797	7.29
40–44	436,453	434,315	870,768	7.93
45–49	413,039	410,584	823,623	7.51
50–54	379,640	386,101	765,741	6.98
55–59	338,941	344,771	683,712	6.23
60–64	319,865	335,954	655,819	5.98
65–69	258,728	280,027	538,755	4.91
70–74	186,707	217,684	404,391	3.68
75–79	119,794	157,644	277,438	2.53
80–84	63,268	94,256	157,524	1.44
85–89	29,617	50,990	80,607	0.73
90+	11,779	26,495	38,274	0.35

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	986,499	935,400	1,921,899	17.51
15–64	3,803,994	3,751,475	7,555,469	68.85
65+	669,893	827,096	1,496,989	13.64

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (31.12.2024):

Internal immigration

Between December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024^[3]

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
Aegean	10,974,357	231,628	204,079	27,549	2.51

State register location of Aegean residents

As of 31 December 2014^[update][4]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	72,123	0.7
West Marmara	187,256	1.9
Aegean	7,047,801	70.8
East Marmara	131,586	1.3
West Anatolia	259,387	2.6
Mediterranean	250,529	2.5
Central Anatolia	297,114	3.0
West Black Sea	252,628	2.5
East Black Sea	152,843	1.5
Northeast Anatolia	504,588	5.1
Central East Anatolia	359,161	3.6
Southeast Anatolia	445,279	4.5
Total	9,960,295	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of 31 December 2024^[update][5]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	1,314,689	29.4	2,793,269	62.4	278,154	6.2	87,775	2.0	4,473,887
Female	940,822	20.5	2,784,612	60.8	335,602	7.3	517,535	11.3	4,578,571
Total	2,255,511	24.9	5,577,881	61.6	613,756	6.8	605,310	6.7	9,052,458

Education status of 15+ population by gender

As of 31 December 2024^[update][6]

Gender	Illiterate	%	Literate with no diploma	%	Primary school	%	Primary education	%	Middle school	%	High school	%	College or university	%	Master's degree	%	Doctorate	%	Unknown	%	Total
Male	15,510	0.4	52,917	1.2	743,226	16.8	393,353	8.9	843,415	19.1	1,333,162	30.1	896,563	20.3	104,458	2.4	19,540	0.4	20,361	0.5	4,422,505
Female	97,249	2.2	201,767	4.5	1,126,292	24.9	304,342	6.7	668,705	14.8	1,091,282	24.2	884,123	19.6	101,776	2.3	16,189	0.4	23,627	0.5	4,515,352
All genders	112,759	1.3	254,684	2.9	1,869,518	20.9	697,695	7.8	1,512,120	16.9	2,424,444	27.1	1,780,686	19.9	206,234	2.3	35,729	0.4	43,988	0.5	8,937,857

See also

• NUTS of Turkey