East Black Sea region (statistical)

The East Black Sea Region (Turkish: Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesi) (TR9) is a statistical region in Turkey.

East Black Sea Region Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	37,551 km2 (14,499 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	2,707,777[1]
• Rank	11th
• Urban	2,321,580
• Rural	386,197
HDI (2022)	0.828[2] very high · 8th

Subregion and provinces

• Trabzon Subregion (TR90)
  • Trabzon Province (TR901)
  • Ordu Province (TR902)
  • Giresun Province (TR903)
  • Rize Province (TR904)
  • Artvin Province (TR905)
  • Gümüşhane Province (TR906)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	2,488,652	—
2008	2,507,387	+0.75%
2009	2,526,619	+0.77%
2010	2,516,167	−0.41%
2011	2,513,021	−0.13%
2012	2,545,274	+1.28%
2013	2,553,647	+0.33%
2014	2,566,840	+0.52%
2015	2,572,850	+0.23%
2016	2,645,584	+2.83%
2017	2,633,417	−0.46%
2018	2,719,113	+3.25%
2019	2,690,180	−1.06%
2020	2,677,584	−0.47%
2021	2,693,034	+0.58%
2022	2,690,038	−0.11%
2023	2,733,265	+1.61%
2024	2,707,777	−0.93%

Age groups

As of 31 December 2024^[update][3]

Age groups	Total	Male	Female
0 – 4	125,948	64,756	61,192
5 – 9	160,651	82,509	78,142
10 – 14	167,499	85,644	81,855
15 – 19	175,634	89,310	86,324
20 – 24	180,311	89,935	90,376
25 – 29	179,982	91,399	88,583
30 – 34	173,767	88,512	85,255
35 – 39	179,222	91,690	87,532
40 – 44	189,487	97,065	92,422
45 – 49	179,435	92,738	86,697
50 – 54	187,721	94,387	93,334
55 – 59	180,637	93,004	87,633
60 – 64	185,637	92,695	92,942
65 – 69	158,706	78,638	80,068
70 – 74	111,991	53,165	58,826
75 – 79	78,857	32,693	46,164
80 – 84	48,638	18,423	30,215
85 – 89	26,256	8,847	17,409
90+	17,398	4,886	12,512
Total	2,707,777	1,350,296	1,357,481

Internal immigration

Between December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014^[4]

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
East Black Sea	2,566,840	113,914	118,470	-4,556	-1.77

State register location of East Black Sea residents

As of 31 December 2014^[update][5]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	9,147	0.4
West Marmara	4,513	0.2
Aegean	10,354	0.4
East Marmara	10,701	0.4
West Anatolia	8,468	0.3
Mediterranean	16,963	0.7
Central Anatolia	16,604	0.6
West Black Sea	42,935	1.7
East Black Sea	2,382,704	93.2
Northeast Anatolia	32,761	1.3
Central East Anatolia	11,070	0.4
Southeast Anatolia	11,689	0.5
Total	2,557,909	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of 31 December 2014^[update][6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	310,980	30.7	656,055	64.9	20,586	2.0	24,014	2.4	1,011,635
Female	239,287	23.0	649,004	62.4	21,972	2.1	129,039	12.4	1,039,302
Total	550,267	26.8	1,305,059	63.6	42,558	2.1	153,053	7.5	2,050,937

Education status of 15+ population by gender

As of 31 December 2014^[update][7]

Gender	Illiterate	%	Literate with no diploma	%	Primary school	%	Primary education	%	Middle school	%	High school	%	College or university	%	Master's degree	%	Doctorate	%	Unknown	%	Total
Male	20,225	2.0	42,126	4.2	238,743	23.6	172,957	17.1	101,661	10.0	271,091	26.8	135,186	13.4	8,150	0.8	2,719	0.3	18,777	1.9	1,011,635
Female	106,895	10.3	119,718	11.5	286,006	27.5	144,821	13.9	67,313	6.5	187,150	18.0	99,518	9.6	5,119	0.5	1,535	0.1	21,227	2.0	1,039,302
All genders	127,120	6.2	161,844	7.9	524,749	25.6	317,778	15.5	168,974	8.2	458,241	22.3	234,704	11.4	13,269	0.6	4,254	0.2	40,004	2.0	2,050,937

See also

• NUTS of Turkey