West Marmara region (statistical)

The West Marmara Region (Turkish: Batı Marmara) (TR2) is a statistical region in Turkey.

West Marmara Region Batı Marmara Bölgesi
Region
Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	41,280 km2 (15,940 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Region	3,832,502[1]
• Rank	10th
• Urban	3,417,793
• Rural	414,709
HDI (2022)	0.858[2] very high · 4th

Subregions and provinces

• Tekirdağ Subregion (TR21)
  • Tekirdağ Province (TR211)
  • Edirne Province (TR212)
  • Kırklareli Province (TR213)
• Balıkesir Subregion (TR22)
  • Balıkesir Province (TR221)
  • Çanakkale Province (TR222)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	3,052,555	—
2008	3,107,425	+1.80%
2009	3,129,772	+0.72%
2010	3,164,048	+1.10%
2011	3,210,147	+1.46%
2012	3,247,669	+1.17%
2013	3,278,705	+0.96%
2014	3,351,582	+2.22%
2015	3,387,449	+1.07%
2016	3,442,229	+1.62%
2017	3,503,609	+1.78%
2018	3,569,552	+1.88%
2019	3,601,928	+0.91%
2020	3,632,398	+0.85%
2021	3,699,764	+1.85%
2022	3,743,485	+1.18%
2023	3,808,146	+1.73%
2024	3,832,502	+0.64%

Age groups

As of December 31, 2024^[3]

Age groups	Total	Male	Female
0 – 4	180,483	92,612	87,871
5 – 9	227,308	116,764	110,544
10 – 14	230,397	118,635	111,762
15 – 19	235,495	120,959	114,536
20 – 24	251,533	131,929	119,604
25 – 29	265,560	139,478	126,082
30 – 34	264,905	138,102	126,803
35 – 39	272,588	139,690	132,898
40 – 44	296,236	151,274	144,962
45 – 49	279,889	143,286	136,603
50 – 54	263,865	131,909	131,956
55 – 59	246,821	122,612	124,209
60 – 64	241,572	116,828	124,744
65 – 69	208,209	99,589	108,620
70 – 74	157,792	73,686	84,106
75 – 79	105,299	46,587	58,712
80 – 84	59,884	24,528	35,356
85 – 89	30,897	11,548	19,349
90+	13,769	4,466	9,303
Total	3,832,502	1,924,482	1,908,020

Internal immigration

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

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
West Marmara	3,351,582	147,561	101,113	46,448	13.96

State register location of West Marmara residents

As of December 31, 2014^[5]

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	79,009	2.4
West Marmara	2,378,938	71.3
Aegean	76,518	2.3
East Marmara	67,299	2.0
West Anatolia	35,919	1.1
Mediterranean	53,295	1.6
Central Anatolia	92,421	2.8
West Black Sea	186,103	5.6
East Black Sea	96,494	2.9
Northeast Anatolia	120,086	3.6
Central East Anatolia	86,315	2.6
Southeast Anatolia	65,538	2.0
Total	3,337,935	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

As of December 31, 2014^[6]

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	395,389	28.5	911,534	65.7	47,918	3.5	32,011	2.3	1,356,852
Female	236,067	17.4	900,614	66.4	51,394	3.8	168,490	12.4	1,356,565
Total	631,546	23.0	1,812,148	66.1	99,312	3.6	200,501	7.3	2,743,417

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	15,174	1.1	49,575	3.6	371,494	26.8	250,380	18.1	127,438	9.2	351,663	25.4	192,717	13.9	11,962	0.9	3,365	0.2	13,084	0.9	1,386,852
Female	58,524	4.3	92,705	6.8	502,703	37.1	186,811	13,8	91,388	6.7	257,224	19.0	145,249	10.7	8,278	0.6	2,067	0.2	11,616	0.9	1,356,565
All genders	73,698	2.7	142,280	5.2	874,197	31.9	437,191	15.9	218,826	8.0	608,887	22.2	337,966	12.3	20,240	0.7	5,432	0.2	24,700	0.9	2,743,417

See also

• NUTS of Turkey