This statistic shows the ten biggest cities in Turkey in 2021. At the end of 2021, approximately 15.2 million people lived in Istanbul, making it the biggest city in Turkey.

The urban population of Turkey

The total population of Turkey is on its way to reaching 80 million inhabitants, which is about the same amouint as the population of Germany. Slightly more than half of the Turkish population live in urban areas, with Istanbul being home to the largest portion of this urban population with close to 14 million inhabitants. This is about 20 percent of the entire population.

Istanbul is located at the entrance to the Black Sea, between Europe and Asia. It is attractive to both the people of Turkey as a place to live and work and foreign tourists who take advantage of its cultural and historic center. Due to its attractiveness and its location at the crossroads of the east and the west, the city has been investing in transportation infrastructure to support its strategic location and increasing growth.

Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is the second largest city and home to about 4.5 million people. Izmir is the third largest, with almost 3 million inhabitants. A vast amount of the country’s population is located in these three metropolises.

In 2023, the major city of Istanbul had almost 15.7 million inhabitants and was the province with the highest population in Turkey. The Turkish capital, Ankara, was the second-largest province, with 5.8 million people residing there in the same year. Characteristics of the Turkish population The population of Turkey has been following a continuously increasing trend for a long time. As of 2023, there were approximately 85.4 million people living in the country. That year, the male population was slightly higher than the female population, amounting to over 42.7 million. When it comes to the gender distribution among the age groups, the gender gap was the highest among the 90-year-olds and older. In 2023, women constituted 70 percent of that age group, whereas the share of men was slightly higher among 0-to-59-year-olds. Structure of the Turkish households The demand for living alone has been increasing in many communities. The case is not much different in Turkey, where the proportion of single households has been on the rise steadily. The share of households with one person peaked in 2023 at nearly 20 percent in the country. However, one-family households still registered the highest number of residents as of 2023, with roughly 16.7 million. In comparison, one-person households counted 5.2 million individuals.

Turkey TR: Population in Largest City data was reported at 14,556,884.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 14,365,329.000 Person for 2016. Turkey TR: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 6,188,484.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14,556,884.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 1,453,353.000 Person in 1960. Turkey TR: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Turkey was reported at 23.98 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Turkey - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Context

This is a dataset consisting of landmark locations of Turkey, from 3 largest cities; Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.

This dataset is created for the purpose of a project for machine learning class. We wanted to build a large dataset which will be used for long time, that is why pictures are not just small pictures. The program we used for classifying images can be found on my github.

Content

This data is split in test and train data. %80 of images is split for training, and the rest is for testing. The file is structured like;

-Location1 |img1.jpg |asdfghg.jpg |xxdgs.jpg -Location2 |more.jpg |pictures.jpg |with_random_names.jpg . . .

The data was collected from flickr, google images, and google places. Google places was a little bit stingy about sharing its data, so we had to find a way around. Most of the scripts which have been used for scrapping the data can be found at my github profile.

Another think to remember is the noise leftover even after so many cleaning process. Sorry for that.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thanks Serhat Saglik, who was my teammate during this project for his efforts.

İstanbul was by far the most populated city in Turkey in 2023, with almost 15.7 million inhabitants. The capital city of Turkey, Ankara became the second most populated settlement, reaching a population of 5.8 million.

As of January 31, 2021, the population of Turkey was almost 85 million. Istanbul had the highest number of residents, with roundabout 16 million comprising 19 percent of the whole population. The second most populated city was Ankara, the capital of Turkey, which had nearly six million residents. In 2021, there were 24 cities in Turkey with a population of over one million.

The prime office yields in Turkey did not show any significant change since June 2019 in most of the major cities. As of March 2024, prime office yields equaled 9.5 percent in Izmir, the highest of any major Turkish cities. This was followed by Ankara, which amounted to 9.25 percent.

Graph and download economic data for Geographical Outreach: Number of Branches in 3 Largest Cities, Excluding Headquarters, for Commercial Banks for Turkey (TURFCBODCLNUM) from 2007 to 2015 about branches, Turkey, banks, and depository institutions.

This statistic displays the total rentable area per one thousand persons in shopping centers in Turkey in the fourth quarter of 2017, by major cities. In the last quarter of 2017, shopping centers in Istanbul had highest total rentable area, equaling 299 square meters per thousand persons. This was only five square meters more than the total rentable area per person in Ankara.

In 2023, the share of urban population in Turkey remained nearly unchanged at around 77.46 percent. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the share in Turkey with 77.46 percent. A country's urbanization rate refers to the share of the total population living in an urban setting. International comparisons of urbanization rates may be inconsistent, due to discrepancies between definitions of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others).Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like North Macedonia and Montenegro.

In 2023 Moscow was the largest city in Europe with an estimated urban agglomeration of 12.68 million people. The French capital, Paris was the second largest city in 2023 at 11.2 million, followed by the capitals of the United Kingdom and Spain, with London at 9.6 million and Madrid at 6.75 million people. Istanbul, which would otherwise be the largest city in Europe in 2023, is excluded as it is only partially in Europe, with a sizeable part of its population living in Asia. Europe’s population almost 750 million Since 1950, the population of Europe has increased by approximately 200 million people, increasing from 550 million to 750 million in this seventy-year period. Prior to the turn of the millennium, Europe was the second-most populated continent, before it was overtaken by Africa, which saw its population increase from 228 million in 1950, to 817 million by 2000. Asia has consistently had the largest population of the world’s continents and was estimated to have a population of 4.6 billion. Europe’s largest countries Including its territory in Asia, Russia is by far the largest country in the world, with a territory of around 17 million square kilometers, almost double that of the next largest country, Canada. Within Europe, Russia also has the continents largest population at 145 million, followed by Germany at 83 million and the United Kingdom at almost 68 million. By contrast, Europe is also home to various micro-states such as San Marino, which has a population of just 30 thousand.

As of the first quarter of 2024, the prime yield of high street shops in the capital city of Turkey, Ankara amounted to eight percent. Whereas in Istanbul, this figure was realized as seven percent.

TR：最大城市人口在12-01-2017达14,556,884.000人，相较于12-01-2016的14,365,329.000人有所增长。TR：最大城市人口数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为6,188,484.500人，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达14,556,884.000人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为1,453,353.000人。CEIC提供的TR：最大城市人口数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的土耳其 – 表 TR.世界银行：人口和城市化进程统计。

The prime industrial yields in Turkey decreased from the first quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2022. Since then, the prime industrial yields stayed stable both for Istanbul and Ankara, amounting to 8.5 and 9.5 as of the first quarter of 2024, respectively.

The amount of online shopping done by customers in the big cities of Turkey presented different values in the first half of 2021. Citizens who lived in Istanbul accounted for 35 percent of the e-commerce shopping. Citizens in other major cities such as Ankara and Izmir had only eight and six percent share from the overall online shopping.

In 2023, Konya became the leading agricultural city in Turkey, outnumbering all the other 80 cities with over 18.8 million hectare of agricultural land. This was followed by Ankara, with approximately 11.6 million hectares of agricultural land.

From 2019 to 2023, Istanbul was the leading destination in Turkey based on the volume of international tourist arrivals each year. Overall, inbound travelers in that city totaled over 17 million in 2023, more than tripling compared to 2020, when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic started, reaching above pre-pandemic figures. Antalya was the second leading tourist destination in 2023, with around 14.8 million inbound arrivals.

Istanbul does not lose its popularity

Istanbul has been an attractive destination with plenty of sights including mosques, churches, museums, palaces, and the Bosphorus Strait, which connects two large continents, Europe, and Asia. This city, which has hosted different civilizations and cultures for centuries, has welcomed millions of foreign and local visitors for years. In 2022, the largest city of Turkey attracted 17.4 million foreign tourists, which was above the pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic level. In line with the high inflation in the country, accommodation prices in Istanbul have generally been increasing. As of October 2023, the average cost for an overnight stay in the city was 117 euros.

Domestic tourism is falling back

Although international tourism in Turkey has been recovering from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and its limitations, domestic tourism has fallen behind. Factors such as high inflation, price increases, and the soaring cost of living in the country have also affected local tourism. In 2023, the number of domestic trips was about 22 percent less compared to the peak figures in 2018. In relation to this, the number of overnight stays of domestic travelers has been generally following a negative trend in the last few years. Local tourists recorded roughly 473 million nights at accommodations in 2023, still below the pre-pandemic levels.

As of March 2024, the cost of prime retail rents in Turkey was highest in Istanbul, which equated to 3,246 euros per square meter per year. The lowest annual cost of prime retail rents in Turkey among major cities was Izmir, amounting to nearly 1,200 euros per square meter.

In 2024, Russia had the largest population among European countries at 144.8 million people. The next largest countries in terms of their population size were Turkey at 87.5 million, Germany at 84.5 million, the United Kingdom at 69.1 million, and France at 66.5 million. Europe is also home to some of the world’s smallest countries, such as the microstates of Liechtenstein and San Marino, with populations of 39,870 and 33,581 respectively. Europe’s largest economies Germany was Europe’s largest economy in 2023, with a Gross Domestic Product of around 4.2 trillion Euros, while the UK and France are the second and third largest economies, at 3.2 trillion and 2.8 trillion euros respectively. Prior to the mid-2000s, Europe’s fourth-largest economy, Italy, had an economy that was of a similar sized to France and the UK, before diverging growth patterns saw the UK and France become far larger economies than Italy. Moscow and Istanbul the megacities of Europe Two cities on the eastern borders of Europe were Europe’s largest in 2023. The Turkish city of Istanbul, with a population of 15.8 million, and the Russian capital, Moscow, with a population of 12.7 million. Istanbul is arguably the world’s most famous transcontinental city with territory in both Europe and Asia and has been an important center for commerce and culture for over two thousand years. Paris was the third largest European city with a population of 11 million, with London being the fourth largest at 9.6 million.