List of districts of Istanbul

See also: List of neighborhoods of Istanbul and List of urban centers in Istanbul

This is a list of districts of Istanbul in Turkey (Turkish: İstanbul'un ilçeleri) as of 31 December 2024.^[1] The number of the districts increased from 32 to 39 shortly before the 2009 local elections.

Satellite view of Istanbul and the strait of Bosporus

Nr.Plates (İlçe Kayıt)	Districts of Istanbul	Population 31.12.2024	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)
1103	Adalar	16,979	11.05	1,537
2048	Arnavutköy	344,868	450.35	766
2049	Ataşehir	414,866	25.23	16,443
2003	Avcılar	440,934	42.01	10,496
2004	Bağcılar	713,594	22.36	31,914
2005	Bahçelievler	560,086	16.62	33,700
1166	Bakırköy	219,893	29.64	7,419
2050	Başakşehir	520,467	104.30	4,990
1886	Bayrampaşa	268,303	9.61	27,919
1183	Beşiktaş	167,264	18.01	9,287
1185	Beykoz	245,440	310.36	791
2051	Beylikdüzü	415,290	37.78	10,992
1186	Beyoğlu	216,688	8.91	24,320
1782	Büyükçekmece	280,528	139.17	2,016
1237	Çatalca	80,399	1,115.13	72
2052	Çekmeköy	306,739	148.09	2,071
2016	Esenler	423,625	18.43	22,986
2053	Esenyurt	988,369	43.13	22,916
1325	Eyüpsultan	420,706	228.42	1,842
1327	Fatih	354,472	15.59	22,737
1336	Gaziosmanpaşa	479,931	11.76	40,810
2010	Güngören	264,831	7.21	36,731
1421	Kadıköy	462,189	25.09	18,421
1810	Kağıthane	444,820	14.87	29,914
1449	Kartal	475,859	38.54	12,347
1823	Küçükçekmece	789,033	37.54	21,018
2012	Maltepe	524,921	52.97	9,910
1835	Pendik	749,356	179.99	4,163
2054	Sancaktepe	502,077	62.42	8,044
1604	Sarıyer	342,582	175.39	1,953
1622	Silivri	232,156	869.52	267
2014	Sultanbeyli	369,193	29.14	12,670
2055	Sultangazi	532,601	36.30	14,672
1659	Şile	48,936	781.72	63
1663	Şişli	263,063	10.71	24,562
2015	Tuzla	301,400	123.63	2,438
1852	Ümraniye	727,819	45.31	16,063
1708	Üsküdar	512,981	35.33	14,520
1739	Zeytinburnu	278,344	11.59	24,016
Europe (25 districts)		10,042,847	3,474.35	2,891
Asia (14 districts)		5,658,755	1,868.87	3,028
Total [2][1][3]		15,701,602	5,343.22	2,939

Population

  Asian Side

  European Side

	District	1965[4]	1970[5]	1975[6]	1980[7]	1985[8]	1990[9]	1997[10]	2007[11]	2012[11]	2017[11]	2022[11]
	Adalar	15,219	17,600	13,171	18,232	14,785	19,413	16,171	10,460	14,552	14,907	16,690
	Arnavutköy	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	206,299	261,655	326,452
	Ataşehir	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	395,758	423,372	423,127
	Avcılar	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	214,621	323,596	395,274	435,682	452,132
	Bağcılar	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	487,896	719,267	749,024	748,483	740,069
	Bahçelievler	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	442,877	571,711	600,162	598,454	594,350
	Bakırköy	168,694	341,743	568,799	882,505	1,238,342	1,328,276	222,336	214,821	221,336	222,370	226,685
	Başakşehir	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	316,176	396,729	514,900
	Bayrampaşa	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	212,570	240,427	272,196	269,774	274,197	275,314
	Beşiktaş	107,442	136,105	174,931	188,117	204,911	192,210	202,783	191,513	186,067	185,447	175,190
	Beykoz	67,758	76,385	92,767	114,812	136,063	163,786	193,067	241,833	246,352	251,087	247,875
	Beylikdüzü	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	229,115	314,670	412,835
	Beyoğlu	218,985	225,850	230,532	223,360	245,999	229,000	231,826	247,256	246,152	236,606	225,920
	Büyükçekmece	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	142,910	287,569	688,774	201,077	243,474	277,181
	Çatalca	62,005	69,523	71,459	89,057	117,380	64,241	73,227	89,158	63,467	69,057	77,468
	Çekmeköy	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	193,182	248,859	296,066
	Eminönü	137,849	136,997	122,885	93,324	93,383	83,444	65,246	32,557	no data	no data	no data
	Esenler	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	344,428	517,235	458,694	454,569	445,421
	Esenyurt	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	553,369	846,492	983,571
	Eyüpsultan	168,417	238,831	297,218	331,507	377,187	211,986	254,028	325,532	356,512	381,114	422,913
	Fatih	344,602	417,662	504,127	474,578	497,459	462,464	432,590	422,941	428,857	433,873	368,227
	Gaziosmanpaşa	89,538	125,667	160,949	219,026	289,841	393,667	649,648	1,013,048	488,258	497,959	495,998
	Güngören	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	273,915	318,545	307,573	296,967	282,692
	Kadıköy	166,425	241,593	362,578	468,217	577,863	648,282	699,379	744,670	521,005	451,453	483,064
	Kağıthane	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	269,042	317,238	418,229	421,356	442,694	455,943
	Kartal	97,803	168,822	287,105	413,839	572,546	611,532	362,175	541,209	443,293	463,433	483,418
	Küçükçekmece	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	479,419	460,388	785,392	721,911	770,393	808,957
	Maltepe	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	335,539	415,117	460,955	497,586	528,544
	Pendik	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	295,651	339,759	520,486	625,797	698,260	750,435
	Sancaktepe	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	278,998	402,391	489,848
	Sarıyer	52,445	67,902	85,262	117,659	147,503	171,872	229,600	276,407	289,959	344,876	350,454
	Şile	18,098	19,427	18,648	20,424	19,310	25,372	27,385	25,169	30,218	35,131	43,464
	Silivri	35,380	37,443	40,106	53,032	55,625	77,599	98,873	125,364	150,183	180,524	217,163
	Şişli	268,143	365,621	440,572	467,685	526,526	250,478	257,049	314,684	318,217	274,196	276,528
	Sultanbeyli	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	144,932	272,758	302,388	329,985	358,201
	Sultangazi	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	492,212	528,514	542,531
	Tuzla	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	93,975	165,239	197,657	252,923	288,878
	Ümraniye	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data	301,257	498,952	897,260	645,238	699,901	732,379
	Üsküdar	135,056	171,267	254,895	366,186	490,185	395,623	472,124	582,666	535,916	533,570	524,452
	Yalova	37,090	42,689	55,036	75,787	90,228	113,417	no data	no data	no data	no data	no data
	Zeytinburnu	102,874	117,905	123,548	124,543	147,849	165,679	228,786	288,743	292,407	287,378	292,616
	Europe	1,756,374	2,281,249	2,820,388	3,264,393	3,942,005	4,734,857	6,015,351	8,156,969	8,963,431	9,726,373	10,241,510
	Asia	537,449	737,783	1,084,200	1,477,497	1,900,980	2,574,333	3,183,458	4,416,867	4,891,309	5,302,858	5,666,441
	Total	2,293,823	3,019,032	3,904,588	4,741,890	5,842,985	7,309,190	9,198,809	12,573,836	13,854,740	15,029,231	15,907,951

Historical information

Pera (now Beyoğlu) and Galata in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were a part of the Municipality of the Sixth Circle (French: Municipalité du VI^me Cercle), established under the laws of 11 Jumada al-Thani (Djem. II) and 24 Shawwal (Chev.) 1274, in 1858; the organisation of the central city in the city walls, "Stamboul" (Turkish: İstanbul), was not affected by these laws. All of Constantinople (all of which today is now Istanbul) was in the Prefecture of the City of Constantinople (French: Préfecture de la Ville de Constantinople).^[12]

See also

• List of neighbourhoods of Istanbul