More than 73.7 million people live in Turkey, nearly three-quarters of whom live in towns and cities. The population is increasing by 1.5% each year, according to the 2009 census. In 1927, when the first census was taken in Turkey, the population was 13.6 million. It has an average population density of 92 people per km². People within the 15–64 age group constitute 67% of the total population, the 0–14 age group is 26% of the population, and people 65 years old and above make up 7%.

Turkey Population: 74,724,988 (74.7 million)

Map Of Turkey

Rank City 2009 Est.
1 İstanbul 12,829,960
2 Ankara 4,306,105
3 İzmir 3,276,815
4 Bursa 1,854,285
5 Adana 1,563,545
6 Gaziantep 1,295,050
7 Konya 1,003,373
8 Antalya 955,573
9 Kayseri 911,984
10 Mersin 842,230
11 Eskişehir 617,215
12 Diyarbakır 614,310
13 Denizli 492,815
14 Şanlıurfa 465,748
15 Samsun 511,601
17 Malatya 388,590
18 Adapazarı 399,022
19 Kahramanmaraş 384,953
20 Erzurum 358,344
21 Van 352,292
22 Elazığ 305,787
23 Batman 313,355
25 İzmit 293,339
26 Sivas 282,984
27 Gebze 282,444
28 Manisa 291,374
29 Balıkesir 259,157
31 Tarsus 227,021
32 Trabzon 211,027
33 Çorum 210,822
34 Çorlu 210,362
36 Osmaniye 197,747
37 Adıyaman 198,433
38 Kütahya 212,444
39 Kırıkkale 192,705
40 Antakya 190,377
43 İskenderun 175,454
44 Aydın 179,425
45 Uşak 173,397
47 Aksaray 171,423
48 Afyon 170,455
49 Isparta 166,895
50 İnegöl 162,452
52 Tekirdağ 142,602
53 Edirne 140,374
54 Darıca 140,302
55 Gölcük 129,713
56 Karaman 132,064
57 Körfez 126,616
58 Ordu 135,878
59 Siirt 127,327
60 Kızıltepe 123,762
61 Derince 119,704
63 Düzce 121,215
64 Tokat 121,004
65 Bolu 120,021
67 Turgutlu 117,800
70 Bandırma 112,740
71 Nazilli 110,437
72 Zonguldak 104,604
73 Karabük 103,302
74 Siverek 102,856
75 Kırşehir 105,826
76 Akhisar 102,453
78 Lüleburgaz 100,790
79 Niğde 105,702
80 Ceyhan 104,542
81 Ereğli 99,298
82 Cizre 94,835
83 Salihli 96,304
84 Çanakkale 94,762
85 Yalova 94,722
86 Nizip 94,835
87 Alanya 94,316
88 Ereğli 95,058
89 Giresun 90,827
91 Rize 96,503
92 Polatlı 96,812
93 Ağrı 99,276
94 Bingöl 89,224
95 Kartepe 82,551
96 Erzincan 85,323
97 Nevşehir 84,631
98 Kastamonu 86,085
100 Nusaybin 83,832

Turkey Population Growth