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%

Age groups

As of December 31, 2024^[3]

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

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
Southeast Anatolia	8,250,718	148,175	198,824	-50,649	-6.12

State register location of Southeast Anatolia residents

As of December 31, 2014^[5]

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, 2014^[6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	1,020,289	38.9	1,555,860	59.3	24,942	0.9	24,566	0.9	2,625,657
Female	852,937	32.5	1,561,549	59.6	39,835	1.5	167,916	6.4	2,622,237
Total	1,873,226	35.7	3,117,409	59.4	64,777	1.2	192,482	3.7	5,247,894

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	91,312	3.5	312,379	8.1	478,999	18.2	730,890	27.8	259,360	9.9	521,207	19.9	273,709	10.4	15,440	0.6	4,084	0.2	37,277	1.4	2,625,657
Female	455,705	17.4	451,249	17.2	525,987	20.1	505,913	19.3	162,050	6.2	291,247	11.1	167,488	6.4	6,765	0.3	1,899	0.1	53,934	2.1	2,622,237
All genders	547,017	10.4	664,628	12.7	1,004,986	19.2	1,236,803	23.6	421,410	8.0	812,454	15.5	441,197	8.4	22,205	0.4	5,983	0.1	91,211	1.7	5,247,894

See also

• NUTS of Turkey