Southeast Anatolia region (statistical)

The Southeast Anatolia Region (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) (TRC) is a statistical region in Turkey.

Southeast Anatolia Region Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	76,192 km2 (29,418 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	9,490,286[1]
• Rank	4th
• Urban	8,872,957
• Rural	617,329
HDI (2022)	0.805[2] very high · 11th

Subregions and provinces

• Gaziantep Subregion (TRC1)
  • Gaziantep Province (TRC11)
  • Adıyaman Province (TRC12)
  • Kilis Province (TRC13)
• Şanlıurfa Subregion (TRC2)
  • Şanlıurfa Province (TRC21)
  • Diyarbakır Province (TRC22)
• Mardin Subregion (TRC3)
  • Mardin Province (TRC31)
  • Batman Province (TRC32)
  • Şırnak Province (TRC33)
  • Siirt Province (TRC34)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	7,170,849	—
2008	7,350,752	+2.51%
2009	7,462,893	+1.53%
2010	7,592,772	+1.74%
2011	7,816,173	+2.94%
2012	7,958,473	+1.82%
2013	8,096,352	+1.73%
2014	8,250,718	+1.91%
2015	8,385,540	+1.63%
2016	8,508,887	+1.47%
2017	8,665,165	+1.84%
2018	8,847,980	+2.11%
2019	8,975,618	+1.44%
2020	9,118,921	+1.60%
2021	9,210,440	+1.00%
2022	9,305,910	+1.04%
2023	9,410,624	+1.13%
2024	9,490,286	+0.85%

Structure of the population

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	4,801,878	4,688,408	9,490,286	100
0–4	480,382	457,571	937,953	9.88
5–9	543,454	518,761	1,062,215	11.19
10–14	520,149	496,757	1,016,906	10.72
15–19	475,748	451,040	926,788	9.77
20–24	400,951	378,672	779,623	8.21
25–29	408,992	402,184	811,176	8.55
30–34	379,298	363,008	742,306	7.82
35–39	329,620	314,669	644,289	6.79
40–44	294,799	286,900	581,699	6.13
45–49	239,765	235,212	474,977	5.00
50–54	206,758	203,960	410,718	4.33
55–59	158,532	150,527	309,059	3.26
60–64	133,186	133,461	266,647	2.81
65–69	90,276	95,810	186,086	1.96
70–74	64,252	77,001	141,253	1.49
75–79	40,462	57,974	98,436	1.04
80–84	21,258	33,171	54,429	0.57
85–89	9,329	18,583	27,912	0.29
90+	4,667	13,147	17,814	0.19

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1,543,985	1,473,089	3,017,074	31.79
15–64	3,027,649	2,919,633	5,947,282	62.67
65+	230,244	295,686	525,930	5.54

Structure of the population

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
Southeast Anatolia	9,490,286	177,574	223,513	-45,939	-4.83

State register location of Southeast Anatolia residents

As of December 31, 2014^[4]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	4,754	0.1
West Marmara	8,861	0.1
Aegean	28,224	0.3
East Marmara	12,286	0.1
West Anatolia	20,850	0.3
Mediterranean	181,874	2.2
Central Anatolia	36,818	0.4
West Black Sea	27,735	0.3
East Black Sea	13,140	0.2
Northeast Anatolia	20,576	0.3
Central East Anatolia	133,862	1.6
Southeast Anatolia	7,738,941	94.1
Total	8,227,921	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2024^[5]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	1,248,222	38.3	1,916,136	58.8	58,323	1.8	35,212	1.1	3,257,893
Female	1,019,260	31.7	1,910,635	59.4	79,160	2.5	206,264	6.4	3,215,319
Total	2,267,482	35.0	3,826,771	59.1	137,483	2.1	241,476	3.7	6,473,212

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	43,496	1.3	89,170	2.7	357,498	11.0	306,715	9.5	916,775	28.2	955,201	29.4	487,760	15.0	66,251	2.0	7,298	0.2	15,075	0.5	3,245,239
Female	312,932	9.8	281,759	8.8	516,134	16.1	199,008	6.2	765,909	23.9	657,981	20.5	407,523	12.7	39,290	1.2	3,597	0.1	18,941	0.6	3,203,074
All genders	356,428	5.5	370,929	5.8	873,632	13.5	505,723	7.8	1,682,684	26.1	1,613,182	25.0	895,283	13.9	105,541	1.6	10,895	0.2	34,016	0.5	6,448,313

See also

• NUTS of Turkey