Turkish Statistical Institute The Results Of Address Based Population Registration System 2012

The population of Turkey became 75 627 384 on December 31, 2012

In 2012, the population living in Turkey increased 903 115 persons compared to the previous year. 50,2% of the total population are males (37 956 168 persons) and 49,8% are females (37 671 216 persons).

Annual population growth rate of Turkey in 2012 was 12‰

Annual population growth rate decreased to 12‰ from 13,5‰ in 2011.

Proportion of population living in province and district centers was 77.3%

76.8% of the total population were living in the province and district centers in 2011. In 2012, this increased to 77.3%.

Number of population living in İstanbul increased by 1.7%

The proportion of population living in İstanbul was 18.3% (13 854 740 persons) in 2012. This province was followed by Ankara with 6.6% (4 965 542 persons), İzmir with 5.3% (4 005 459 persons), Bursa with 3.6% (2 688 171 persons) and Adana with 2.8% (2 125 635 persons), respectively. Population size of Bayburt as the least populated province in Turkey was 75 797.

Median age in Turkey increased in 2012

The median age of the population in Turkey increased to 30,1 in 2012 from 29,7 in 2011. While the median age was 29.5 for males, it was 30.6 for females in 2012. Provinces with the highest median ages were Sinop (37.5), Çanakkale (37.2) and Balıkesir (37.2), respectively. Provinces with the lowest median ages were Şırnak (18.5), Şanlıurfa (18.9) and Ağrı (19.5), respectively.

Population Pyramid, 2012

Number of population at working age increased by 1.5%

Persons at the age group of 15-64 (51 088 202 persons) which are the working ages increased by 0,2 points and constituted 67.6% of the total population. 24.9% of the population of Turkey was at the age group of 0-14 (18 857 179 persons), and 7.5% was in the age group of 65 and over (5 682 003 persons).

Number of people per square kilometer increased

The population density which is the number of persons per square kilometer increased by 1 person compared to 2011 and reached to 98 persons in Turkey in 2012. The number of persons per square kilometer was 2 666 persons in İstanbul. This province was followed by Kocaeli with 453 persons, İzmir with 333 persons, Gaziantep with 264 persons and Bursa with 258 persons.

On the other hand, Tunceli had the smallest population density with 12 persons per square kilometer. While the population density of Konya which has the largest surface area was 53 persons, that of Yalova which has the smallest surface area was 250 persons.

Explanations

Population of localities are determined by taking into account the population obtained from the Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS), which was established in 2007 and is updated by the General Directorate of Civil Registration and Nationality (GDCRN), and the population living in institutional places. Persons who live in institutional places (military barracks, prisons, nursing homes, university dormitories, etc.) are included in the population of localities where the institutional places are sited according to the international definitions.

In addition, population of provinces, districts, municipalities, villages and quarters are determined by taking into account administrative attachment, legal entity and name changes recorded by the GDCRN in the National Address Database in accordance with the related regulation and administrative registers.

With this press release, the results of 2012 referring to December 31, 2012 on the basis of information taken from the GDCRN are presented.