Population hits 83.6 million, growth rate nosedives

Turkey's population hits 83.6 million as of the end of 2020, while the population growth rate nosedived from 13.9 per thousand in 2019 to just 5.5 per thousand in 2020, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Feb. 4.

Some 459,000 were added to the country's population in 2020, according to TÜİK's Address-Based Population Registration System (ABPRS).

"Male population was 41.9 million and female population was 41 million. While 50.1 percent of the total population were males, 49.9 percent of the total population were females," TÜİK said.

However, the population growth rate in the country fell sharply. The population growth rate, which was 13.9 per thousand in 2019, was only 5.5 per thousand in 2020.

The most populous province of the country recorded by TÜİK was again Istanbul, with its 15.4 million residents. However, the population of the metropolitan decreased by 56,815 in a year.

"Some 18.5 percent of the Turkish population lives in Istanbul," TÜİK stated.

Ankara with 5.6 million residents, İzmir with 4.4 million residents, Bursa with 3.1 million residents, and Antalya with 2.5 million residents followed Istanbul in the list.

With its 81,910 residents, Bayburt was the least populated province in the country, according to TÜİK. The other least populated provinces are Tunceli (83,443), Ardahan (96,161), Gümüşhane (141,702), and Kilis (142,792).

The proportion of the population residing in province and district centers increased from 92.8 percent in 2019 to 93 percent in 2020, according to TÜİK's report.

The proportion of the population living in towns and villages decreased from 7.2 to 7 percent.

The population density, which is the number of persons per square kilometer, increased...

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