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%

Age groups

As of 31 December 2024^[update][3]

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

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
Istanbul	14,377,018	438,998	424,662	14,336	1.00

State register location of Istanbul residents

As of 31 December 2014^[update][5]

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 2014^[update][6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	1,813,546	33.1	3,406,617	62.3	193,918	3.5	57,997	1.1	5,472,078
Female	1,368,942	25.0	3,397,052	62.0	295,189	5.4	419,890	7.7	5,481,073
Total	3,182,488	29.1	6,803,669	62.1	489,107	4.5	477,887	4.4	10,953,151

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	47,171	0.9	150,748	2.8	1,045,653	19.1	1,109,661	20.3	563,568	10.3	1,434,903	26.2	870,993	15.9	103,097	1.9	24,473	0.4	121,811	2.2	5,472,078
Female	265,884	4.9	303,502	5.5	1,420,974	25.9	839,840	15.3	442,567	8.1	1,190,213	21.7	812,597	14.8	81,022	1.5	17,700	0.3	106,774	1.9	5,481,073
All genders	313,055	2.9	454,250	4.1	2,466,627	22.5	1,949,501	17.8	1,006,135	9.2	2,625,116	24.0	1,683,590	15.4	184,119	1.7	42,173	0.4	228,585	2.1	10,953,151

See also

• NUTS of Turkey