Turkey: Population density, people per square km: The latest value from 2021 is 109 people per square km, an increase from 108 people per square km in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 456 people per square km, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Turkey from 1961 to 2021 is 72 people per square km. The minimum value, 37 people per square km, was reached in 1961 while the maximum of 109 people per square km was recorded in 2021.

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-Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020: Population density datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 – derived from the corresponding Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 population count datasets by dividing the number of people in each pixel by the pixel surface area. These are produced using the unconstrained top-down modelling method.
-Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 UN adjusted: Population density datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020 – derived from the corresponding Unconstrained individual countries 2000-2020 population UN adjusted count datasets by dividing the number of people in each pixel, adjusted to match the country total from the official United Nations population estimates (UN 2019), by the pixel surface area. These are produced using the unconstrained top-down modelling method.

Data for earlier dates is available directly from WorldPop.

WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00674

The world's most accurate population datasets. Seven maps/datasets for the distribution of various populations in Turkey: (1) Overall population density (2) Women (3) Men (4) Children (ages 0-5) (5) Youth (ages 15-24) (6) Elderly (ages 60+) (7) Women of reproductive age (ages 15-49).

Turkey TR: Population Density: Inhabitants per sq km data was reported at 110.420 Person in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 109.330 Person for 2021. Turkey TR: Population Density: Inhabitants per sq km data is updated yearly, averaging 90.040 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 110.420 Person in 2022 and a record low of 71.620 Person in 1990. Turkey TR: Population Density: Inhabitants per sq km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: OECD Member: Annual.

Population density in Plain Cilicia based on OpenStreetMap Data 2019-10-10, Geofabrik GmbH and OpenStreetMap Contributors

Chart and table of TUR population density from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

Density of nursing and midwifery personnel of Turkey increased by 0.65% from 3.4 number per thousand population in 2020 to 3.4 number per thousand population in 2021. Since the 1.93% fall in 2016, density of nursing and midwifery personnel shot up by 35.11% in 2021.

22.6 (Inhabitants per sq. km) in 2016.

Türkiye administrative division with aggregated population. Built from Kontur Population: Global Population Density for 400m H3 Hexagons on top of OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries data. Enriched with HASC codes for regions taken from Wikidata.
Global version of boundaries dataset: Kontur Boundaries: Global administrative division with aggregated population

Population density of Denizli increased by 1.07% from 84.3 inhabitants per sq. km in 2015 to 85.2 inhabitants per sq. km in 2016. Since the 0.54% rise in 2005, population density surged by 13.60% in 2016.

The population of Istanbul increased steadily from 2007 to 2022. During this period, the population of Istanbul went up by over three million people, rising from 12.6 million people in 2007 to 15.9 million in 2022.

Istanbul by far the most crowded city

Turkey has a dynamic population that increases every year. Even though the population growth rate has decreased in recent years, it has always shown positive values. With a population reaching 16 million, the most crowded Turkish city, Istanbul has more inhabitants than many European countries such as Austria, Greece, Bulgaria, and Belgium. Additionally, Ankara was the second most settled city in the country. The capital city of Turkey had a population of almost one-third of Istanbul’s, totaling 5.8 million. Turkish women live longer than men

In Turkey, the population has been tracked digitally by the Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) every year. The total population hit over 85 million as of 2023, of whom above 42.6 million were women. Considering the gender distribution, 50.05 percent of the country’s residents consisted of men. Interestingly, the share of women in Turkish society was significantly higher than men among the older age groups in 2022.

This map shows the region extent of the earthquake that happened in Turkey on the 6th of February. The map displays the population density in 1 kilometer grids and shake intensity. Population data is from Worldpop 2020. The Shock Intensity layer has been combined using 2 different data sources. This was done in order to combine both earthquakes.

77,1 (Inhabitants per sq. km) in 2016.

27.7 (Inhabitants per sq. km) in 2016.

35,5 (Inhabitants per sq. km) in 2016.

Population density of Elazig reduced by 2.22% from 67.6 inhabitants per sq. km in 2015 to 66.1 inhabitants per sq. km in 2016. Since the 0.45% rise in 2014, population density dipped by 1.64% in 2016.

TR：人口密度：每平方公里人口在12-01-2017达104.914Person/sq km，相较于12-01-2016的103.313Person/sq km有所增长。TR：人口密度：每平方公里人口数据按年更新，12-01-1961至12-01-2017期间平均值为68.854Person/sq km，共57份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达104.914Person/sq km，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1961，为36.572Person/sq km。CEIC提供的TR：人口密度：每平方公里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。

59,0 (Inhabitants per sq. km) in 2016.

The demography of, and factors that influence these metrics, are largely unknown for most vultures in the Americas. Survivorship of Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) may be influenced by landscape heterogeneity and human disturbance. We quantified the effects of landscape composition (Shannon's diversity index) and configuration (contagion, edge density, and largest patch index), and human disturbance (road density) on the annual and seasonal survival probabilities of the 3 North American breeding populations (western, central, and eastern) of Turkey Vultures that spend the nonbreeding season in the southeastern portion of the Nearctic and the northern Neotropics during a 17-yr period. We used Cox's proportional hazards models with time-varying covariates to estimate spatial and temporal changes in survival rates of adult Turkey Vultures. Road density, but not landscape composition or configuration, influenced survival rates in space and time. Overall annual survival averaged 0.87 (95% CI: 0.74–0.98). Mortality risk was low in western and central populations (hazard ratio < 1) but was 3.7 times greater for vultures in the eastern population. Survival during the breeding (0.97, 95% CI: 0.96–0.98) and outbound migration (1.0, 95% CI: 1–1) seasons was significantly higher than the other seasons. Average survival tended to be higher for nonbreeding (0.81, 95% CI: 0.71–0.88) compared to return migration (0.69, 95% CI: 0.56–0.81) seasons. Risk of mortality for all vulture populations increased with road density, and this was greater during the nonbreeding and return migration seasons. The spatial variation in road density across the Americas may generate a network of ecological traps for Turkey Vultures induced to stop in areas of greater road-kill abundance. Road-killed animals acting as an attractant for vultures can increase the occurrence of vulture-vehicle collisions and potentially aggravate human-wildlife conflicts. Further analyses are needed to address survivorship and mortality factors for young birds. Our results may help the implementation of specific mitigation efforts to reduce human–vulture conflicts and vulture mortality. For instance, concentrating efforts to remove road-killed animals in areas where road density is highest can likely reduce vulture–vehicle collisions and associated mortalities of these birds.

29,9 (Inhabitants per sq. km) in 2016.