West Anatolia region (statistical)

The West Anatolia Region (Turkish: Batı Anadolu Bölgesi) (TR5) is a statistical region in Turkey. Its largest city is Ankara, which serves as the national capital.

West Anatolia Region Batı Anadolu Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	73,126 km2 (28,234 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	8,456,864[1]
• Rank	6th
• Urban	8,395,241
• Rural	61,623
HDI (2022)	0.871[2] very high · 2nd

Subregions and provinces

• Ankara Subregion (TR51)
  • Ankara Province (TR510)
• Konya Subregion (TR52)
  • Konya Province (TR521)
  • Karaman Province (TR522)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	6,651,887	—
2008	6,748,952	+1.46%
2009	6,875,349	+1.87%
2010	7,018,194	+2.08%
2011	7,163,453	+2.07%
2012	7,253,247	+1.25%
2013	7,362,247	+1.50%
2014	7,499,242	+1.86%
2015	7,643,315	+1.92%
2016	7,753,431	+1.44%
2017	7,871,847	+1.53%
2018	7,961,507	+1.14%
2019	8,124,729	+2.05%
2020	8,168,261	+0.54%
2021	8,283,180	+1.41%
2022	8,339,470	+0.68%
2023	8,387,683	+0.58%
2024	8,456,864	+0.82%

Age groups

As of December 31, 2024^[3]

Age groups	Total	Male	Female
0–4	453,741	232,436	221,305
5–9	588,015	301,361	286,654
10–14	603,831	309,781	294,050
15–19	625,062	318,600	306,462
20–24	649,104	328,280	320,824
25–29	652,761	326,230	326,531
30–34	621,691	308,891	312,800
35–39	640,769	317,634	323,135
40–44	661,150	325,866	335,284
45–49	605,590	299,088	306,502
50–54	555,002	271,899	283,103
55–59	473,912	233,155	240,757
60–64	431,598	208,028	223,570
65–69	330,211	157,437	172,774
70–74	239,079	108,426	130,653
75–79	165,742	69,761	95,981
80–84	91,362	35,785	55,577
85–89	45,342	16,006	29,336
90+	22,902	7,325	15,577
Total	8,456,864	4,175,989	4,280,875

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
West Anatolia	7,499,242	248,056	208,817	39,239	5.25

State register location of West Anatolia residents

As of December 31, 2014^[5]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	38,802	0.5
West Marmara	44,409	0.6
Aegean	134,073	1.8
East Marmara	187,043	2.5
West Anatolia	3,721,634	50.0
Mediterranean	228,398	3.1
Central Anatolia	1,223,857	16.4
West Black Sea	956,151	12.8
East Black Sea	241,801	3.2
Northeast Anatolia	344,929	4.6
Central East Anatolia	167,451	2.2
Southeast Anatolia	156,489	2.1
Total	7,445,037	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2014^[6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	838,604	29.6	1,871,052	66.0	88,078	3.1	37,083	1.3	2,834,817
Female	649,377	22.2	1,876,336	64.3	139,504	4.8	254,563	8.7	2,919,780
Total	1,487,981	25.9	3,747,388	65.1	227,582	4.0	291,646	5.1	5,754,597

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	22,654	0.8	49,918	1.8	531,180	18.7	507,463	17.9	286,538	10.1	777,245	27.4	537,213	19.0	62,547	2.2	19,999	0.7	40,060	1.4	2,834,817
Female	141,391	4.8	149,093	5.1	837,338	28.7	413,478	14.2	214,541	7.3	624,188	21.4	440,100	15.1	45,179	1.5	14,019	0.5	40,453	1.4	2,919,780
All genders	164,045	2.9	199,011	3.5	1,368,518	23.8	920,941	16.0	501,079	8.7	1,401,433	24.4	977,313	17.0	107,726	1.9	34,018	0.6	80,513	1.4	5,754,597

See also

• NUTS of Turkey