East Marmara region

The East Marmara Region (Turkish: Doğu Marmara Bölgesi) (TR4) is a statistical region in Turkey.

East Marmara Region Doğu Marmara Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	49,404 km2 (19,075 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	8,676,119[1]
• Rank	5th
• Urban	8,343,859
• Rural	332,260
HDI (2022)	0.864[2] very high · 3rd

Subregions and provinces

• Bursa Subregion (TR41)
  • Bursa Province (TR411)
  • Eskişehir Province (TR412)
  • Bilecik Province (TR413)
• Kocaeli Subregion (TR42)
  • Kocaeli Province (TR421)
  • Sakarya Province (TR422)
  • Düzce Province (TR423)
  • Bolu Province (TR424)
  • Yalova Province (TR425)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	6,417,153	—
2008	6,579,426	+2.53%
2009	6,701,343	+1.85%
2010	6,841,607	+2.09%
2011	6,952,685	+1.62%
2012	7,058,367	+1.52%
2013	7,198,284	+1.98%
2014	7,332,137	+1.86%
2015	7,499,352	+2.28%
2016	7,684,187	+2.46%
2017	7,824,597	+1.83%
2018	7,968,135	+1.83%
2019	8,124,975	+1.97%
2020	8,235,816	+1.36%
2021	8,380,829	+1.76%
2022	8,511,450	+1.56%
2023	8,598,503	+1.02%
2024	8,676,119	+0.90%

Age groups

As of 31 December 2024^[update][3]

Age groups	Total	Male	Female
0 – 4	481,615	247,516	234,099
5 – 9	612,604	314,441	298,163
10 – 14	609,014	313,287	295,727
15 – 19	603,830	311,866	291,964
20 – 24	611,184	313,587	297,597
25 – 29	651,761	331,733	320,028
30 – 34	644,927	325,405	319,522
35 – 39	660,088	332,158	327,930
40 – 44	698,808	350,940	347,868
45 – 49	635,991	321,752	314,239
50 – 54	579,762	289,730	290,032
55 – 59	487,814	244,524	243,290
60 – 64	447,026	217,325	229,701
65 – 69	358,532	172,616	185,916
70 – 74	256,169	118,804	137,365
75 – 79	172,538	74,025	98,513
80 – 84	96,601	38,581	58,020
85 – 89	46,292	16,969	29,323
90+	21,563	6,936	14,627
Total	8,676,119	4,342,195	4,333,924

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
East Marmara	7,332,137	237,154	180,965	56,189	7.69

State register location of East Marmara residents

As of 31 December 2014^[update][5]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	84,689	1.2
West Marmara	135,364	1.9
Aegean	210,522	2.9
East Marmara	4,317,877	59.3
West Anatolia	127,794	1.8
Mediterranean	111,393	1.5
Central Anatolia	235,407	3.2
West Black Sea	458,730	6.3
East Black Sea	529,110	7.3
Northeast Anatolia	593,882	8.2
Central East Anatolia	299,390	4.1
Southeast Anatolia	174,765	2.4
Total	7,278,923	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of 31 December 2014^[update][6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	833,554	29.4	1,869,546	65.9	83,029	2.9	49,847	1.8	2,835,976
Female	595,225	20.9	1,864,548	65.3	108,198	3.8	285,939	10.0	2,853,910
Total	1,428,779	25.1	3,734,094	65.6	191,227	3.4	335,786	5.9	5,689,886

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	30,207	1.1	62,910	2.2	587,778	20.7	557,838	19.7	301,660	10.6	815,541	28.8	410,212	14.5	29,588	1.0	8,701	0.3	31,541	1.1	2,835,976
Female	165,709	5.8	149,577	5.2	901,758	31.6	465,575	16.3	220,866	7.7	567,325	19.9	324,273	11.4	20,479	0.7	5,702	0.2	32,646	1.1	2,853,910
All genders	195,916	3.4	212,487	3.7	1,489,536	26.2	1,023,413	18.0	522,526	9.2	1,382,866	24.3	734,485	12.9	50,067	0.9	14,403	0.3	64,187	1.1	5,689,886

See also

• NUTS of Turkey