Istanbul region (statistical)

The Istanbul Region (Turkish: İstanbul Bölgesi) (TR1) is a statistical region in Turkey.

Istanbul Region İstanbul Bölgesi
Region
Coordinates: 41°2′50.852″N 29°0′26.734″E
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	5,343 km2 (2,063 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	15,701,602[1]
• Rank	1st
• Urban	15,701,602
• Rural	0
HDI (2022)	0.888[2] very high · 1st

Subregions and provinces

• Istanbul Subregion (TR10)
  • Istanbul Province (TR100)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	12,573,836	—
2008	12,697,164	+0.98%
2009	12,915,158	+1.72%
2010	13,255,685	+2.64%
2011	13,624,240	+2.78%
2012	13,854,740	+1.69%
2013	14,160,467	+2.21%
2014	14,377,018	+1.53%
2015	14,657,434	+1.95%
2016	14,804,116	+1.00%
2017	15,029,231	+1.52%
2018	15,067,724	+0.26%
2019	15,519,267	+3.00%
2020	15,462,452	−0.37%
2021	15,840,900	+2.45%
2022	15,907,951	+0.42%
2023	15,655,924	−1.58%
2024	15,701,602	+0.29%

Structure of the population

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	7,933,686	7,907,214	15,840,900	100
0–4	531,698	505,272	1,036,970	6.55
5–9	598,094	566,896	1,164,990	7.35
10–14	573,172	541,314	1,114,486	7.04
15–19	563,822	526,835	1,090,657	6.89
20–24	636,065	613,224	1,249,289	7.89
25–29	680,606	659,320	1,339,926	8.46
30–34	686,762	675,109	1,361,871	8.60
35–39	691,652	684,790	1,376,442	8.69
40–44	702,258	698,864	1,401,122	8.84
45–49	593,864	589,969	1,183,833	7.47
50–54	469,914	455,923	925,837	5.84
55–59	410,677	415,144	825,821	5.21
60–64	287,473	298,853	586,326	3.70
65–69	218,419	249,909	468,328	2.96
70–74	136,103	173,937	310,040	1.96
75–79	80,901	113,790	194,691	1.23
80–84	42,887	73,239	116,126	0.73
85–89	21,623	41,827	63,450	0.40
90+	7,696	22,999	30,695	0.19

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1,702,964	1,613,482	3,316,446	20.94
15–64	5,723,093	5,618,031	11,341,124	71.59
65+	507,629	675,701	1,183,330	7.47

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	7,955,820	7,952,131	15,907,951	100
0–4	501,209	476,502	977,711	6.15
5–9	600,478	568,566	1,169,044	7.35
10–14	574,551	542,516	1,117,067	7.02
15–19	572,767	536,448	1,109,215	6.97
20–24	632,231	609,505	1,241,736	7.81
25–29	682,380	666,593	1,348,973	8.48
30–34	675,239	665,534	1,340,773	8.43
35–39	679,642	677,233	1,356,875	8.53
40–44	703,805	704,318	1,408,123	8.85
45–49	602,470	599,543	1,202,013	7.55
50–54	502,103	490,137	992,240	6.24
55–59	406,295	407,939	814,234	5.12
60–64	303,312	315,769	619,081	3.89
65–69	220,044	252,162	472,206	2.97
70–74	141,991	179,825	321,816	2.02
75–79	82,709	117,931	200,640	1.26
80–84	45,254	76,483	121,737	0.77
85–89	21,230	41,402	62,632	0.39
90+	8,110	23,725	31,835	0.20

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1,676,238	1,587,584	3,263,822	20.52
15–64	5,760,244	5,673,019	11,433,263	71.87
65+	519,338	691,528	1,210,866	7.61

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	7,806,787	7,849,137	15,655,924	100
0–4	458,132	436,865	894,997	5.72
5–9	585,959	554,459	1,140,418	7.28
10–14	563,631	532,128	1,095,759	7.00
15–19	572,493	538,638	1,111,131	7.10
20–24	612,213	594,834	1,207,047	7.71
25–29	667,808	660,157	1,327,965	8.48
30–34	650,875	646,326	1,297,201	8.29
35–39	655,556	660,422	1,315,978	8.40
40–44	682,696	688,212	1,370,908	8.76
45–49	598,739	597,586	1,196,325	7.64
50–54	514,693	508,899	1,023,592	6.54
55–59	402,872	400,674	803,546	5.13
60–64	309,335	322,823	632,158	4.04
65–69	221,742	252,956	474,698	3.03
70–74	145,409	182,722	328,131	2.10
75–79	87,493	126,297	213,790	1.37
80–84	46,538	77,837	124,375	0.79
85–89	21,094	42,097	63,191	0.40
90+	9,509	25,205	34,714	0.22

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1,607,722	1,523,452	3,131,174	20.00
15–64	5,667,280	5,618,571	11,285,851	72.09
65+	531,785	707,114	1,238,899	7.91

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	7,820,462	7,881,140	15,701,602	100
0–4	429,555	408,807	838,362	5.34
5–9	566,018	537,088	1,103,106	7.02
10–14	568,340	536,580	1,104,920	7.04
15–19	575,985	544,610	1,120,595	7.14
20–24	606,285	589,949	1,196,234	7.62
25–29	665,051	656,275	1,321,326	8.42
30–34	647,249	643,513	1,290,762	8.22
35–39	644,832	652,689	1,297,521	8.26
40–44	672,688	680,889	1,353,577	8.62
45–49	606,562	608,964	1,215,526	7.74
50–54	538,857	535,921	1,074,778	6.85
55–59	408,152	402,711	810,863	5.16
60–64	328,066	343,173	671,239	4.27
65–69	233,895	261,058	494,953	3.15
70–74	152,369	191,006	343,375	2.19
75–79	95,096	136,973	232,069	1.48
80–84	49,426	81,600	131,026	0.83
85–89	21,943	43,768	65,711	0.42
90+	10,093	25,566	35,659	0.23

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1,563,913	1,482,475	3,046,388	19.40
15–64	5,693,727	5,658,694	11,352,421	72.30
65+	562,822	739,971	1,302,793	8.30

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (31.12.2021):

Structure of the population (31.12.2022):

Structure of the population (31.12.2023):

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
Istanbul	15,701,602	395,485	369,453	26,032	1.66

State register location of Istanbul residents

As of 31 December 2014^[update][4]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	2,162,588	15.2
West Marmara	523,725	3.7
Aegean	297,143	2.1
East Marmara	520,698	3.7
West Anatolia	272,835	1.9
Mediterranean	470,673	3.3
Central Anatolia	1,346,007	9.5
West Black Sea	2,637,016	18.5
East Black Sea	1,918,805	13.5
Northeast Anatolia	1,580,876	11.1
Central East Anatolia	1,293,157	9.1
Southeast Anatolia	1,197,959	8.4
Total	14,221,482	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of 31 December 2024^[update][5]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	2,255,556	36.1	3,622,906	57.9	303,706	4.9	74,381	1.2	6,256,549
Female	1,805,942	28.2	3,672,783	57.4	430,982	6.7	488,958	7.6	6,398,665
Total	4,061,498	32.1	7,295,689	57.6	734,688	5.8	563,339	4.5	12,655,214

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	22,247	0.4	57,970	1.0	690,367	11.5	467,991	7.8	1,165,416	19.3	1,923,261	31.9	1,395,673	23.2	212,053	3.5	35,741	0.6	55,197	0.9	6,025,916
Female	168,560	2.7	187,696	3.1	1,105,956	18.0	352,215	5.7	937,333	15.3	1,602,950	26.1	1,469,408	24.0	214,984	3.5	30,328	0.5	62,850	1.0	6,132,280
All genders	190,807	1.6	245,666	2.0	1,796,323	14.8	820,206	6.7	2,102,749	17.3	3,526,211	29.0	2,865,081	23.6	427,037	3.5	66,069	0.5	118,047	1.0	12,158,196

See also

• NUTS of Turkey