Northeast Anatolia region (statistical)

The Northeast Anatolia Region (Turkish: Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) (TRA) is a statistical region in Turkey.

Northeast Anatolia Region Kuzeydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	70,903 km2 (27,376 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	2,140,232[1]
• Rank	12th
• Density	30.185/km2 (78.180/sq mi)
• Urban	1,599,658
• Rural	540,574
HDI (2022)	0.809[2] very high · 10th

Subregions and provinces

• Erzurum Subregion (TRA1)
  • Erzurum Province (TRA11)
  • Erzincan Province (TRA12)
  • Bayburt Province (TRA13)
• Ağrı Subregion (TRA2)
  • Ağrı Province (TRA21)
  • Kars Province (TRA22)
  • Iğdır Province (TRA23)
  • Ardahan Province (TRA24)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	712,183	—
1935	955,473	+3.74%
1940	1,007,903	+1.07%
1945	1,082,424	+1.44%
1950	1,224,551	+2.50%
1955	1,404,660	+2.78%
1960	1,570,587	+2.26%
1965	1,739,861	+2.07%
1970	1,911,402	+1.90%
1975	2,067,948	+1.59%
1980	2,152,078	+0.80%
1985	2,299,722	+1.34%
1990	2,354,030	+0.47%
2000	2,507,738	+0.63%
2007	2,212,759	−1.77%
2008	2,201,862	−0.49%
2009	2,198,061	−0.17%
2010	2,202,106	+0.18%
2011	2,230,394	+1.28%
2012	2,226,155	−0.19%
2013	2,207,602	−0.83%
2014	2,206,326	−0.06%
2015	2,195,359	−0.50%
2016	2,201,368	+0.27%
2017	2,188,214	−0.60%
2018	2,211,054	+1.04%
2019	2,200,022	−0.50%
2020	2,192,453	−0.34%
2021	2,183,098	−0.43%
2022	2,154,748	−1.30%
2023	2,171,569	+0.78%
2024	2,140,232	−1.44%

Structure of the population

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (31.12.2024):

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	1,091,066	1,049,166	2,140,232	100
0–4	77,192	73,095	150,287	7.02
5–9	93,767	90,126	183,893	8.59
10–14	96,129	91,456	187,585	8.77
15–19	93,249	91,761	185,010	8.64
20–24	102,928	97,803	200,731	9.38
25–29	95,944	87,195	183,139	8.56
30–34	83,826	75,930	159,756	7.47
35–39	73,299	66,059	139,358	6.51
40–44	70,604	65,172	135,776	6.34
45–49	59,350	54,040	113,390	5.30
50–54	59,573	56,469	116,042	5.42
55–59	47,308	42,801	90,109	4.21
60–64	45,303	46,044	91,347	4.27
65–69	35,218	35,780	70,998	3.31
70–74	24,591	28,406	52,997	2.48
75–79	17,525	22,716	40,241	1.88
80–84	9,158	13,498	22,656	1.06
85–89	4,150	6,622	10,772	0.50
90+	1,952	4,193	6,145	0.29

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	267,088	254,677	521,765	24,38
15–64	731,384	683,274	1,414,658	66,10
65+	92,594	111,215	203,809	9.52

Internal immigration

Between December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2024^[3]

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
Northeast Anatolia	2,140,232	66,894	113,878	-46,984	-21.71

State register location of Northeast Anatolia residents

As of December 31, 2014^[4]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	3,533	0.2
West Marmara	5,273	0.2
Aegean	14,936	0.7
East Marmara	8,074	0.4
West Anatolia	10,360	0.5
Mediterranean	21,667	1.0
Central Anatolia	20,204	0.9
West Black Sea	18,878	0.9
East Black Sea	33,854	1.5
Northeast Anatolia	2,009,253	91.3
Central East Anatolia	31,709	1.4
Southeast Anatolia	22,036	1.0
Total	2,199,777	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2024^[5]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	309,462	37.6	480,799	58.4	18,718	2.3	14,999	1.8	823,978
Female	230,860	29.1	469,882	59.1	18,091	2.3	75,656	9.5	794,489
Total	540,322	33.4	950,681	58.7	36,809	2.3	90,655	5.6	1,618,467

Education status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2024^[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	10.695	1.3	21,912	2.7	117,346	14.4	66,264	8.1	192,008	23.5	249,274	30.5	134,993	16.5	17,318	2.1	4,329	0.5	3,388	0.4	817,527
Female	73,059	9.3	58,576	7.4	164,293	20.8	46,353	5.9	141,860	18.0	173,234	22.0	111,973	14.2	12,828	1.6	2,455	0.3	5,162	0.6	789,793
All genders	83,754	5.2	80,488	5.0	281,639	17.5	112,617	7.0	333,868	20.8	422,508	26.3	246,966	15.4	30,146	1.9	6,784	0.4	8,550	0.5	1,607,320

See also

• NUTS of Turkey