Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced address-based population records for 2022. Thanks to this statement, while Turkey’s population became clear, many details such as age distribution based on gender were also announced. So, what was the population of Turkey at the end of 2022? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
TurkStat announced that the population growth in Turkey continues!
According to the statistics released by TÜİK on February 6, finally 31 December 2022 He shared the current address-based population data of Turkey, taking into account its history. In these statistics, the current population number of Turkey, 85 million 279 thousand 553 reached the person.
In the continuation of the general population information, in addition to the distribution by gender, men constituted the majority with a rate of 50.1 percent and 42 million 704 thousand 112 persons. Women, on the other hand, were in the minority with a small margin of 49.9 percent and 42 million 575 thousand 441 people.
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While the current population of Turkey continues to increase, the rate of increase has decreased. The population growth rate, which was 12.7 in 2021, decreased by 5.6 in 2022 to 7.1. On the other hand, according to the address-based population results, the number of foreign population residing in Turkey increased by 31 thousand 800 people. As a result of this data, the total population of foreigners residing in Turkey reached 1 million 823 thousand 836 people.
There is an increase in metropolitan areas in direct proportion to the country. Istanbul has become the most populous city of Turkey in 2022 as it is every year. The increase in metropolitan areas proceeded as follows:
- Istanbul population: 15 million 907 thousand 951 people
- Ankara population: 5 million 782 thousand 285 people
- İzmir population: 4 million 462 thousand 56 people
- Bursa population: 3 million 194 thousand 720 people
- Antalya population: 2 million 688 thousand 4 people
In addition to the most populated cities, Turkey’s cities with the least population were announced by TUIK. The provinces with the lowest population in the statistics are listed as follows:
- Bayburt population: 84 thousand 241 people
- Tunceli population: 84 thousand 366 people
- Ardahan population: 92 thousand 481 people
- Gümüşhane population: 144 thousand 544 people
- Kilis population: 147 thousand 919 people
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