Ankara — province population
Ankara has a recorded base population of 5,782,285 for the province definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames administrative-unit record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.
At a glance
Separate UN urban-centre definition
Ankara UN urban centre: 3,612,251 people (2025), smaller than the displayed province figure of 5,782,285. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 3,517,182; the UN value is larger (different boundaries; GeoNames population date unavailable). UN WUP 2025 Degree of Urbanisation; not a municipal/province boundary. Association: name/country/coordinates matched; boundary relationship unverified. No containment claim is made.
Administrative units of Ankara
25 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 25 of 25 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 5,217,455; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed province denominator 5,782,285; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keçiören | 939,279 | 16.24% | Not independently verified |
| Çankaya | 914,501 | 15.82% | Not independently verified |
| Yenimahalle | 704,652 | 12.19% | Not independently verified |
| Mamak | 568,396 | 9.83% | Not independently verified |
| Sincan | 484,694 | 8.38% | Not independently verified |
| Etimesgut | 469,626 | 8.12% | Not independently verified |
| Altındağ | 359,597 | 6.22% | Not independently verified |
| Polatlı | 128,378 | 2.22% | Not independently verified |
| Pursaklar | 123,857 | 2.14% | Not independently verified |
| Gölbaşı | 115,924 | 2.00% | Not independently verified |
| Çubuk | 83,449 | 1.44% | Not independently verified |
| Kahramankazan | 45,879 | 0.79% | Not independently verified |
| Elmadağ | 44,379 | 0.77% | Not independently verified |
| Haymana | 42,566 | 0.74% | Not independently verified |
| Şereflikoçhisar | 34,577 | 0.60% | Not independently verified |
| Nallıhan | 29,797 | 0.52% | Not independently verified |
| Akyurt | 28,349 | 0.49% | Not independently verified |
| Kızılcahamam | 26,694 | 0.46% | Not independently verified |
| Bala | 23,138 | 0.40% | Not independently verified |
| Ayaş | 12,997 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
| Kalecik | 12,794 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
| Güdül | 8,921 | 0.15% | Not independently verified |
| Çamlıdere | 7,181 | 0.12% | Not independently verified |
| Beypazari | 4,835 | 0.08% | Not independently verified |
| Evren | 2,995 | 0.05% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Batikent (300,000), Beypazarı (38,769), Etlik (32,156), İncirli (30,440), Kazan (23,889), Altpınar (12,925), Bahçelievler (10,638), Kızılcaşar (8,581), Çayırhan (8,156), Çayyolu (6,695), İncek (5,578)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: province. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 5,782,285 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Ankara |
|---|---|---|
| İzmir | 4,493,242 | −22.3% |
| Bursa | 3,194,720 | −44.7% |
| Antalya | 2,688,004 | −53.5% |
| Konya | 2,296,347 | −60.3% |
| Adana | 2,274,106 | −60.7% |
About these numbers
Source: GeoNames administrative-unit record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record; GeoNames record modified 2026-04-16 (not the population date). Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (+0.42% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 5,782,285, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.
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