Central East Anatolia region (statistical)

The Central East Anatolia Region (Turkish: Ortadoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) (TRB) is a statistical region in Turkey.

Central East Anatolia Region Ortadoğu Anadolu Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	78,458 km2 (30,293 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	3,876,707[1]
• Rank	9th
• Urban	3,219,519
• Rural	657,188
HDI (2022)	0.804[2] very high · 12th

Subregions and provinces

• Malatya Subregion (TRB1)
  • Malatya Province (TRB11)
  • Elazığ Province (TRB12)
  • Bingöl Province (TRB13)
  • Tunceli Province (TRB14)
• Van Subregion (TRB2)
  • Van Province (TRB21)
  • Muş Province (TRB22)
  • Bitlis Province (TRB23)
  • Hakkâri Province (TRB24)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	3,558,432	—
2008	3,618,056	+1.68%
2009	3,638,401	+0.56%
2010	3,647,531	+0.25%
2011	3,709,838	+1.71%
2012	3,756,322	+1.25%
2013	3,774,582	+0.49%
2014	3,801,911	+0.72%
2015	3,824,817	+0.60%
2016	3,827,576	+0.07%
2017	3,854,869	+0.71%
2018	3,929,719	+1.94%
2019	3,930,407	+0.02%
2020	3,951,294	+0.53%
2021	3,940,275	−0.28%
2022	3,928,271	−0.30%
2023	3,896,971	−0.80%
2024	3,876,707	−0.52%

Structure of the population

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (31.12.2024):

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	1,966,901	1,909,806	3,876,707	100
0–4	148,231	140,850	289,081	7.45
5–9	179,987	170,707	350,694	9.05
10–14	179,679	173,087	352,766	9.10
15–19	177,439	170,441	347,880	8.97
20–24	171,435	159,065	330,500	8.53
25–29	169,714	161,430	331,144	8.54
30–34	159,039	148,582	307,621	7.94
35–39	139,697	131,131	270,828	6.99
40–44	132,412	126,568	258,980	6.68
45–49	107,826	103,267	211,093	5.44
50–54	102,822	101,433	204,255	5.27
55–59	81,921	74,916	156,837	4.04
60–64	75,919	75,147	151,066	3.90
65–69	56,341	57,567	113,908	2.94
70–74	37,831	45,294	83,125	2.15
75–79	24,499	33,821	58,320	1.50
80–84	13,212	19,353	32,565	0.84
85–89	5,924	10,274	16,198	0.42
90+	2,973	6,873	9,846	0.25

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	507,897	484,644	992,541	25.60
15–64	1,318,224	1,251,980	2,570,204	66,30
65+	140,870	173,182	313,962	8.10

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
Central East Anatolia	3,876,707	113,599	161,235	-47,636	-12.21

State register location of Central East Anatolia residents

As of 31 December 2014^[update][4]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	3,667	0.1
West Marmara	7,110	0.2
Aegean	20,388	0.5
East Marmara	9,775	0.3
West Anatolia	13,727	0.4
Mediterranean	46,013	1.2
Central Anatolia	32,153	0.8
West Black Sea	21,757	0.6
East Black Sea	11,852	0.3
Northeast Anatolia	39,921	1.1
Central East Anatolia	3,438,577	90.6
Southeast Anatolia	150,028	4.0
Total	3,794,968	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of 31 December 2024^[update][5]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	554,316	38.0	854,228	58.5	28,927	2.0	21,533	1.5	1,459,004
Female	435,612	30.6	842,127	59.1	33,658	2.4	113,765	8.0	1,425,162
Total	989,928	34.3	1,696,355	58.8	62,585	2.2	135,298	4.7	2,884,166

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	19,799	1.4	37,819	2.6	161,677	11.1	121,639	8.4	347,116	23.9	471,415	32.5	248,458	17.1	33,397	2.3	5,757	0.4	5,527	0.4	1,452,604
Female	121,034	8.5	128,180	9.0	236,168	16.6	85,684	6.0	286,971	20.2	332,762	23.5	198,222	14.0	20,881	1.5	2,849	0.2	6,692	0.5	1,419,443
All genders	140,833	4.9	165,999	5.8	397,845	13.9	207,323	7.2	634,087	22.1	804,177	28.0	446,680	15.6	54,278	1.9	8,606	0.3	12,219	0.4	2,872,047

See also

• NUTS of Turkey