Population in İstanbul
İstanbul had 15,701,602 people on 1 January 2025.
İstanbul, 2025
15,701,602
Change from 2024
+0.3%
Türkiye, 2025
85,664,944 people
Position in 2025
1st of 295
Population in İstanbul over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | İstanbul | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,701,602 people | 85,664,944 people |
| 2024 | 15,655,924 people | 85,372,377 people |
| 2023 | 15,907,951 people | 85,279,553 people |
| 2022 | 15,840,900 people | 84,680,273 people |
| 2021 | 15,462,452 people | 83,614,362 people |
| 2020 | 15,519,267 people | 83,154,997 people |
| 2019 | 15,067,724 people | 82,003,882 people |
| 2018 | 15,029,231 people | 80,810,525 people |
| 2017 | 14,804,116 people | 79,814,871 people |
| 2016 | 14,657,434 people | 78,741,053 people |
| 2015 | 14,377,018 people | 77,695,904 people |
| 2014 | 14,160,467 people | 76,667,864 people |
| 2013 | 13,854,740 people | 75,627,384 people |
| 2012 | 13,624,240 people | 74,724,269 people |
| 2011 | 13,255,685 people | 73,722,988 people |
| 2010 | 12,915,158 people | 72,561,312 people |
| 2009 | 12,697,164 people | 71,517,100 people |
| 2008 | 12,573,836 people | 70,586,256 people |
| 2007 | – | 69,729,967 people |
| 2006 | – | 68,860,539 people |
| 2005 | – | 68,010,221 people |
| 2004 | – | 67,187,251 people |
| 2003 | – | 66,401,851 people |
| 2002 | – | 65,603,160 people |
| 2001 | – | 64,729,501 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3% from 15,655,924 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 14,377,018 people, the figure has changed by +9.2%.
- Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, İstanbul has the highest value.
- The figure for Türkiye in 2025 was 85,664,944 people.