1935 Turkish census
Appearance
On 20 October 1935, a census was made in 57 provinces, 356 districts, 34.876 villages. Turkey's population was defined as 16,188,767. It was determined that 7,936,770 of the population was male (48.1%) and 8,221,248 (50.9%) were female.[1]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1927 | 13,649,945 | — |
1935 | 16,188,767 | +18.6% |
1940 | 17,820,950 | +10.1% |
1945 | 18,790,174 | +5.4% |
1950 | 20,947,188 | +11.5% |
1955 | 24,064,763 | +14.9% |
1960 | 27,754,820 | +15.3% |
1965 | 31,391,421 | +13.1% |
1970 | 35,605,176 | +13.4% |
1975 | 40,347,719 | +13.3% |
1980 | 44,736,957 | +10.9% |
1985 | 50,664,458 | +13.2% |
1990 | 56,473,035 | +11.5% |
2000 | 67,803,927 | +20.1% |
2007 | 70,586,256 | +4.1% |
2008 | 71,517,100 | +1.3% |
2009 | 72,561,312 | +1.5% |
2010 | 73,722,988 | +1.6% |
2011 | 74,724,269 | +1.4% |
2012 | 75,627,384 | +1.2% |
2013 | 76,667,864 | +1.4% |
2014 | 77,695,904 | +1.3% |
2015 | 78,741,053 | +1.3% |
2016 | 79,814,871 | +1.4% |
2017 | 80,810,525 | +1.2% |
2018 | 82,003,882 | +1.5% |
2019 | 83,154,997 | +1.4% |
2020 | 83,614,362 | +0.6% |
2021 | 84,680,273 | +1.3% |
2022 | 85,279,553 | +0.7% |
Populations of the provinces
[edit]Provinces | Population |
---|---|
İstanbul | 877.106 |
İzmir | 594.560 |
Konya | 539.257 |
Ankara | 538.669 |
Balıkesir | 495.451 |
Bursa | 442.157 |
Sivas | 435.629 |
Manisa | 424.624 |
Malatya | 412.025 |
Erzurum | 386.477 |
Seyhan (Adana) | 386.302 |
Kastamonu | 361.728 |
Trabzon | 359.796 |
Kütahya | 342.780 |
Samsun | 337.345 |
Kocaeli | 334.973 |
Zonguldak | 320.703 |
Kayseri | 312.469 |
Tokat | 310.152 |
Kars | 304.244 |
Afyon | 299.619 |
Çorum | 286.751 |
Denizli | 284.714 |
Gaziantep | 283.464 |
Ordu | 283.319 |
Çoruh (Artvin) | 270.688 |
Yozgat | 261.661 |
Aydın | 260.709 |
Giresun | 259.673 |
Elaziz | 253.141 |
Niğde | 247.436 |
Bolu | 247.176 |
İçel | 246.393 |
Antalya | 241.210 |
Urfa | 229.194 |
Mardin | 226.020 |
Çanakkale | 223.214 |
Diyarbakır | 214.871 |
Sinop | 203.648 |
Muğla | 197.118 |
Tekirdağ | 195.043 |
Maraş | 189.699 |
Edirne | 186.214 |
Eskişehir | 182.961 |
Çankırı | 177.731 |
Kırklareli | 172.144 |
Gümüşhane | 169.304 |
Isparta | 166.646 |
Erzincan | 152.933 |
Muş | 157.503 |
Kırşehir | 145.684 |
Van | 142.672 |
Amasya | 128.492 |
Siirt | 127.870 |
Bilecik | 125.417 |
Burdur | 95.855 |
Ağrı | 93.351 |
Total | 16.188.767 |
Religious affiliation
[edit]Religious group | Population | |
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Total | 16 158 018 | 100.00 |
Muslim | 15 838 673 | 98.02 |
Greek Orthodox | 125 046[2] | 0.77 |
Armenian Orthodox | 44 526[2] | 0.35 |
Armenian Catholics | 11 229[2] | |
Roman Catholics | 32 155[2] | 0.20 |
Protestants | 8 486[3] | 0.05 |
Jewish | 78 730[4] | 0.49 |
Other religions | 12 965 | |
Irreligious | 559 |
Language
[edit]The census questioned the language spoken at home.[5]
Language | Population | |
---|---|---|
Number | % | |
Turkish | 13 899 073 | 86,02 |
Kurdish | 1 480 246 | 9,16 |
Arabic | 153 687 | 0,95 |
Greek | 108 725 | 0,67 |
Circassian | 91 972 | 0,57 |
Laz | 63 253 | 0,39 |
Armenian | 57 599 | 0,36 |
Georgian | 57 325 | 0,36 |
Ladino | 42 607 | 0,27 |
Pomak | 32 661 | 0,20 |
Bosnian | 24 613 | 0,15 |
Albanian | 22 754 | 0,14 |
Bulgarian | 18 245 | 0,11 |
Tatar | 15 615 | 0,10 |
Spanish | 14 242 | 0,09 |
Abaza | 10 099 | 0,06 |
Romani | 7 855 | 0,05 |
French | 5 381 | 0,03 |
German | 5 047 | 0,03 |
Russian | 4 810 | 0,03 |
Italian | 4 633 | 0,03 |
Serbian | 4 369 | 0,03 |
Persian | 2 053 | 0,01 |
English | 1 482 | 0,01 |
Hungarian | 885 | 0,01 |
Romanian | 699 | |
Polish | 494 | |
Czechoslovak | 200 | |
Flemish | 130 | |
Swedish | 114 | |
Croatian | 83 | |
Others | 12 466 | 0,08 |
Unknown | 14 033 | 0,09 |
Total | 16 157 450 | 100 |
Maps of provinces in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language
[edit]Source:[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Erdem, Ufuk (2016). "The Second Census of Turkey of Republican Period (20 October 1935)" (PDF). Black Sea. 8 (30). ISSN 1308-6200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ^ a b c d Yust, Walter, ed. (1950). "Turkey". Britannica Book of the Year. London, UK: Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd. p. 632.
- ^ Yust, Walter, ed. (1950). "Turkey". Britannica Book of the Year. London, UK: Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd. pp. 632–633.
- ^ Yust, Walter, ed. (1950). "Turkey". Britannica Book of the Year. London, UK: Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd. p. 633.
- ^ http://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015557.pdf
- ^ Dündar, Fuat (1999). Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar [Minorities in Turkish Censuses]. Istanbul: Çiviyazıları. ISBN 975-8086-77-4.