West Black Sea region (statistical)

The West Black Sea Region (Turkish: Batı Karadeniz Bölgesi) (TR8) is a statistical region in Turkey.

West Black Sea Region Batı Karadeniz Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	73,946 km2 (28,551 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	4,711,687[1]
• Rank	7th
• Urban	3,631,178
• Rural	1,080,509
HDI (2022)	0.827[2] very high · 9th

Subregions and provinces

• Zonguldak Subregion (TR81)
  • Zonguldak Province (TR811)
  • Karabük Province (TR812)
  • Bartın Province (TR813)
• Kastamonu Subregion (TR82)
  • Kastamonu Province (TR821)
  • Çankırı Province (TR822)
  • Sinop Province (TR823)
• Samsun Subregion (TR83)
  • Samsun Province (TR831)
  • Tokat Province (TR832)
  • Çorum Province (TR833)
  • Amasya Province (TR834)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	4,477,457	—
2008	4,478,029	+0.01%
2009	4,512,288	+0.77%
2010	4,518,786	+0.14%
2011	4,477,107	−0.92%
2012	4,483,603	+0.15%
2013	4,499,102	+0.35%
2014	4,493,559	−0.12%
2015	4,502,525	+0.20%
2016	4,551,366	+1.08%
2017	4,574,182	+0.50%
2018	4,688,532	+2.50%
2019	4,666,150	−0.48%
2020	4,638,622	−0.59%
2021	4,666,651	+0.60%
2022	4,665,938	−0.02%
2023	4,730,539	+1.38%
2024	4,711,687	−0.40%

Age groups

As of December 31, 2024^[3]

Age groups	Total	Male	Female
0 – 4	211,999	108,858	103,141
5 – 9	274,355	140,893	133,462
10 – 14	294,834	151,684	143,150
15 – 19	316,765	161,703	155,062
20 – 24	330,255	166,199	164,056
25 – 29	309,042	161,280	147,762
30 – 34	294,726	150,257	144,469
35 – 39	313,132	159,187	153,945
40 – 44	339,974	171,736	168,238
45 – 49	325,792	164,707	161,085
50 – 54	322,722	158,894	163,828
55 – 59	304,838	151,902	152,936
60 – 64	315,884	153,104	162,780
65 – 69	265,727	129,106	136,621
70 – 74	204,459	95,706	108,753
75 – 79	145,617	63,111	82,506
80 – 84	82,948	33,293	49,655
85 – 89	38,065	13,794	24,271
90+	20,553	6,578	13,975
Total	4,711,687	2,341,992	2,369,695

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
West Black Sea	4,493,559	160,815	195,633	-34,818	-7.72

State register location of West Black Sea residents

As of December 31, 2014^[5]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	11,976	0.3
West Marmara	10,238	0.2
Aegean	22,252	0.5
East Marmara	33,371	0.7
West Anatolia	29,545	0.7
Mediterranean	32,461	0.7
Central Anatolia	70,729	1.6
West Black Sea	3,982,185	89.0
East Black Sea	198,869	4.4
Northeast Anatolia	34,656	0.8
Central East Anatolia	22,064	0.5
Southeast Anatolia	23,666	0.5
Total	4,472,012	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2014^[6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	481,858	27.4	1,180,223	67.2	44,991	2.6	48,569	2.8	1,755,641
Female	369,581	20.3	1,175,557	64.7	51,169	2.8	221,768	12.2	1,818,075
Total	851,439	23.8	2,355,780	65.9	96,160	2.7	270,337	7.6	3,573,716

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	33,746	1.9	85,418	4.9	468,247	26.7	345,157	19.7	165,776	9.4	402,268	22.9	221,253	12.6	13,322	0.8	3,932	0.2	16,522	0.9	1,755,641
Female	155,072	8.5	196,008	10.8	609,633	33.5	284,302	15.6	107,369	5.9	274,442	15.1	160,123	8.8	8,217	0.5	2,351	0.1	20,558	1.1	1,818,075
All genders	188,818	5.3	281,426	7.9	1,077,880	30.2	629,459	17.6	273,145	7.6	676,710	18.9	381,376	10.7	21,539	0.6	6,283	0.2	37,080	1.0	3,573,716

See also

• NUTS of Turkey