West Anatolia Region Batı Anadolu Bölgesi | |
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Region | |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Area | |
• Region | 73,126 km2 (28,234 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Region | 8,456,864[1] |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Density | 115.65/km2 (299.53/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8,395,241 |
| • Rural | 61,623 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.871[2] very high ·2nd |
TheWest Anatolia Region (Turkish:Batı Anadolu Bölgesi) (TR5) is a statistical region inTurkey. Its largest city isAnkara, which serves as the national capital.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 909,104 | — |
| 1935 | 1,103,709 | +2.45% |
| 1940 | 1,223,901 | +2.09% |
| 1945 | 1,357,403 | +2.09% |
| 1950 | 1,560,719 | +2.83% |
| 1955 | 1,968,687 | +4.75% |
| 1960 | 2,303,802 | +3.19% |
| 1965 | 2,766,924 | +3.73% |
| 1970 | 3,321,897 | +3.72% |
| 1975 | 4,007,754 | +3.83% |
| 1980 | 4,416,828 | +1.96% |
| 1985 | 5,075,377 | +2.82% |
| 1990 | 5,204,465 | +0.50% |
| 2000 | 6,443,236 | +2.16% |
| 2007 | 6,651,887 | +0.46% |
| 2008 | 6,748,952 | +1.46% |
| 2009 | 6,875,349 | +1.87% |
| 2010 | 7,018,194 | +2.08% |
| 2011 | 7,163,453 | +2.07% |
| 2012 | 7,253,247 | +1.25% |
| 2013 | 7,362,247 | +1.50% |
| 2014 | 7,499,242 | +1.86% |
| 2015 | 7,643,315 | +1.92% |
| 2016 | 7,753,431 | +1.44% |
| 2017 | 7,871,847 | +1.53% |
| 2018 | 7,961,507 | +1.14% |
| 2019 | 8,124,729 | +2.05% |
| 2020 | 8,168,261 | +0.54% |
| 2021 | 8,283,180 | +1.41% |
| 2022 | 8,339,470 | +0.68% |
| 2023 | 8,387,683 | +0.58% |
| 2024 | 8,456,864 | +0.82% |
Structure of the population (31.12.2024):
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,175,989 | 4,280,875 | 8,456,864 | 100 |
| 0–4 | 232,436 | 221,305 | 453,741 | 5.37 |
| 5–9 | 301,361 | 286,654 | 588,015 | 6.95 |
| 10–14 | 309,781 | 294,050 | 603,831 | 7.14 |
| 15–19 | 318,600 | 306,462 | 625,062 | 7.39 |
| 20–24 | 328,280 | 320,824 | 649,104 | 7.68 |
| 25–29 | 326,230 | 326,531 | 652,761 | 7.72 |
| 30–34 | 308,891 | 312,800 | 621,691 | 7.35 |
| 35–39 | 317,634 | 323,135 | 640,769 | 7.58 |
| 40–44 | 325,866 | 335,284 | 661,150 | 7.82 |
| 45–49 | 299,088 | 306,502 | 605,590 | 7.16 |
| 50–54 | 271,899 | 283,103 | 555,002 | 6.56 |
| 55–59 | 233,155 | 240,757 | 473,912 | 5.60 |
| 60–64 | 208,028 | 223,570 | 431,598 | 5.10 |
| 65–69 | 157,437 | 172,774 | 330,211 | 3.90 |
| 70–74 | 108,426 | 130,653 | 239,079 | 2.83 |
| 75–79 | 69,761 | 95,981 | 165,742 | 1.96 |
| 80–84 | 35,785 | 55,577 | 91,362 | 1.08 |
| 85–89 | 16,006 | 29,336 | 45,342 | 0.54 |
| 90+ | 7,325 | 15,577 | 22,902 | 0.27 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–14 | 843,578 | 802,009 | 1,645,587 | 19.46 |
| 15–64 | 2,937,671 | 2,978,968 | 5,916,639 | 69.96 |
| 65+ | 394,740 | 499,898 | 894,638 | 10.58 |
| Region | Population | Immigrants | Emigrants | Net immigrants | Net immigration rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Anatolia | 8,456,864 | 246,806 | 198,567 | 48,239 | 5.72 |
| Region | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul | 38,802 | 0.5 |
| West Marmara | 44,409 | 0.6 |
| Aegean | 134,073 | 1.8 |
| East Marmara | 187,043 | 2.5 |
| West Anatolia | 3,721,634 | 50.0 |
| Mediterranean | 228,398 | 3.1 |
| Central Anatolia | 1,223,857 | 16.4 |
| West Black Sea | 956,151 | 12.8 |
| East Black Sea | 241,801 | 3.2 |
| Northeast Anatolia | 344,929 | 4.6 |
| Central East Anatolia | 167,451 | 2.2 |
| Southeast Anatolia | 156,489 | 2.1 |
| Total | 7,445,037 | 100 |
| Gender | Never married | % | Married | % | Divorced | % | Spouse died | % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 1,051,912 | 31.6 | 2,072,492 | 62.2 | 158,597 | 4.8 | 49,410 | 1.5 | 3,332,411 |
| Female | 854,230 | 24.6 | 2,089,172 | 60.0 | 224,193 | 6.5 | 311,271 | 8.9 | 3,478,866 |
| Total | 1,906,142 | 28.0 | 4,161,664 | 61.1 | 382,790 | 5.6 | 360,681 | 5.3 | 6,811,277 |
| Gender | Illiterate | % | Literate with no diploma | % | Primary school | % | Primary education | % | Middle school | % | High school | % | College or university | % | Master's degree | % | Doctorate | % | Unknown | % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 10,749 | 0.3 | 22,058 | 0.7 | 376,114 | 11.5 | 217,217 | 6.6 | 597,759 | 18.3 | 1,052,501 | 32.2 | 819,564 | 25.0 | 134,660 | 4.1 | 28,557 | 0.9 | 14,420 | 0.4 | 3,273,599 |
| Female | 88,802 | 2.6 | 103,112 | 3.0 | 698,247 | 20.5 | 186,438 | 5.5 | 492,817 | 14.5 | 893,166 | 26.2 | 782,057 | 22.9 | 126,511 | 3.7 | 23,070 | 0.7 | 16,365 | 0.5 | 3,410,585 |
| All genders | 99,551 | 1.5 | 125,170 | 1.9 | 1,074,361 | 16.1 | 403,655 | 6.0 | 1,090,576 | 16.3 | 1,945,667 | 29.1 | 1,601,621 | 24.0 | 261,171 | 3.9 | 51,627 | 0.8 | 30,785 | 0.5 | 6,684,184 |
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