Mediterranean region (statistical)

The Mediterranean Region (Turkish: Akdeniz Bölgesi) (TR6) is a statistical region in Turkey.

Mediterranean Region Akdeniz Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	89,983 km2 (34,743 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	10,936,452[1]
• Rank	3rd
• Urban	10,618,960
• Rural	317,492
HDI (2022)	0.844[2] very high · 6th

Subregions and provinces

• Antalya Subregion (TR61)
  • Antalya Province (TR611)
  • Isparta Province (TR612)
  • Burdur Province (TR613)
• Adana Subregion (TR62)
  • Adana Province (TR621)
  • Mersin Province (TR622)
• Hatay Subregion (TR63)
  • Hatay Province (TR631)
  • Kahramanmaraş Province (TR632)
  • Osmaniye Province (TR633)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	8,906,427	—
2008	9,050,691	+1.62%
2009	9,252,902	+2.23%
2010	9,423,231	+1.84%
2011	9,495,788	+0.77%
2012	9,611,007	+1.21%
2013	9,766,093	+1.61%
2014	9,906,771	+1.44%
2015	10,039,939	+1.34%
2016	10,182,776	+1.42%
2017	10,303,984	+1.19%
2018	10,461,409	+1.53%
2019	10,627,530	+1.59%
2020	10,759,218	+1.24%
2021	10,888,766	+1.20%
2022	11,020,550	+1.21%
2023	10,851,089	−1.54%
2024	10,936,452	+0.79%

Age groups

As of December 31, 2024^[3]

Age groups	Total	Male	Female
0 – 4	652,186	334,580	317,606
5 – 9	845,785	434,245	411,540
10 – 14	876,192	450,701	425,491
15 – 19	846,571	438,017	408,554
20 – 24	759,575	393,451	366,124
25 – 29	789,168	403,577	385,591
30 – 34	757,498	380,519	376,979
35 – 39	792,569	397,878	394,691
40 – 44	839,282	423,621	415,661
45 – 49	771,595	390,265	381,330
50 – 54	719,854	359,550	360,304
55 – 59	600,324	302,830	297,494
60 – 64	551,542	272,376	279,166
65 – 69	425,931	207,585	218,346
70 – 74	309,732	145,234	164,498
75 – 79	205,374	90,328	115,046
80 – 84	109,841	45,452	64,389
85 – 89	55,564	21,235	34,329
90+	27,869	9,521	18,348
Total	10,936,452	5,500,965	5,435,487

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
Mediterranean	9,906,771	226,062	222,621	3,441	0.35

State register location of Mediterranean residents

As of December 31, 2014^[5]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	38,673	0.4
West Marmara	27,376	0.3
Aegean	166,785	1.7
East Marmara	61,782	0.6
West Anatolia	192,934	2.0
Mediterranean	7,329,964	74.6
Central Anatolia	305,343	3.1
West Black Sea	133,053	1.4
East Black Sea	70,823	0.7
Northeast Anatolia	101,600	1.0
Central East Anatolia	393,102	4.0
Southeast Anatolia	1,002,771	10.2
Total	9,824,206	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2014^[6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	1,122,023	30.8	2,364,194	64.8	112,711	3.1	48,772	1.3	3,647,700
Female	827,743	22.6	2,365,564	64.6	158,683	4.3	311,787	8.5	3,663,777
Total	1,949,766	26.7	4,729,758	64.7	271,394	3.7	360,559	4.9	7,311,477

Education status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2014^[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	49,828	1.4	139,011	3.8	846,202	23.2	762,322	20.9	369,063	10.1	889,689	24.4	493,083	13.5	28,688	0.8	8,057	0.2	61,757	1.7	3,647,700
Female	232,853	6.4	344,216	9.4	1,082,605	29.5	591,587	16.1	266,968	7.3	672,995	18.4	391,200	10.7	18,800	0.5	5,071	0.1	57,482	1.6	3,663,777
All genders	282,681	3.9	483,227	6.6	1,928,807	26.4	1,353,909	18.5	636,031	8.7	1,562,684	21.4	884,283	12.1	47,488	0.6	13,128	0.2	119,239	1.6	7,311,477

See also

• NUTS of Turkey