Turkey - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Turkey was 15,415,200 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,415,200 in 2021 and a minimum value of 1,453,353 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 1,453,353
1961 1,534,902
1962 1,640,147
1963 1,752,608
1964 1,872,951
1965 2,001,192
1966 2,136,617
1967 2,280,326
1968 2,433,920
1969 2,597,394
1970 2,772,095
1971 2,931,066
1972 3,085,926
1973 3,248,509
1974 3,419,899
1975 3,600,332
1976 3,759,125
1977 3,909,144
1978 4,065,369
1979 4,227,838
1980 4,397,037
1981 4,580,127
1982 4,774,228
1983 4,976,556
1984 5,187,754
1985 5,407,297
1986 5,623,536
1987 5,842,560
1988 6,070,435
1989 6,306,534
1990 6,552,160
1991 6,773,134
1992 6,986,256
1993 7,205,470
1994 7,431,880
1995 7,665,403
1996 7,906,601
1997 8,154,694
1998 8,367,184
1999 8,553,323
2000 8,743,868
2001 9,030,318
2002 9,369,562
2003 9,721,551
2004 10,087,280
2005 10,465,690
2006 10,858,860
2007 11,266,800
2008 11,690,660
2009 12,129,220
2010 12,584,890
2011 13,057,660
2012 13,419,410
2013 13,658,370
2014 13,901,910
2015 14,126,770
2016 14,332,070
2017 14,539,770
2018 14,750,770
2019 14,967,670
2020 15,190,340
2021 15,415,200

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Turkey was 23.67 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 24.98 in 2012, while its lowest value was 16.79 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 16.79
1961 17.01
1962 17.45
1963 17.91
1964 18.39
1965 18.88
1966 19.27
1967 19.63
1968 20.01
1969 20.39
1970 20.79
1971 21.07
1972 21.30
1973 21.53
1974 21.78
1975 22.04
1976 22.22
1977 22.37
1978 22.53
1979 22.68
1980 22.84
1981 22.53
1982 22.07
1983 21.66
1984 21.29
1985 20.98
1986 20.80
1987 20.69
1988 20.61
1989 20.55
1990 20.52
1991 20.59
1992 20.71
1993 20.83
1994 20.96
1995 21.10
1996 21.24
1997 21.38
1998 21.42
1999 21.38
2000 21.36
2001 21.53
2002 21.80
2003 22.09
2004 22.39
2005 22.72
2006 23.07
2007 23.45
2008 23.84
2009 24.21
2010 24.57
2011 24.90
2012 24.98
2013 24.80
2014 24.63
2015 24.44
2016 24.22
2017 24.01
2018 23.84
2019 23.72
2020 23.67
2021 23.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization