Balıkesir — province population
Balıkesir has a recorded base population of 1,257,590 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
Balıkesir UN urban centre: 328,080 people (2025), smaller than the displayed province figure of 1,257,590. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 238,151; 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 Balıkesir
16 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 16 of 16 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 947,803; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed province denominator 1,257,590; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altıeylül | 170,260 | 13.54% | Not independently verified |
| Bandırma | 143,117 | 11.38% | Not independently verified |
| Edremit | 129,104 | 10.27% | Not independently verified |
| Gönen | 73,325 | 5.83% | Not independently verified |
| Ayvalık | 64,462 | 5.13% | Not independently verified |
| Burhaniye | 52,674 | 4.19% | Not independently verified |
| Bigadiç | 48,728 | 3.87% | Not independently verified |
| Dursunbey | 40,572 | 3.23% | Not independently verified |
| Susurluk | 40,323 | 3.21% | Not independently verified |
| Sındırgı | 36,847 | 2.93% | Not independently verified |
| İvrindi | 35,209 | 2.80% | Not independently verified |
| Erdek | 32,958 | 2.62% | Not independently verified |
| Kepsut | 25,146 | 2.00% | Not independently verified |
| Manyas | 21,459 | 1.71% | Not independently verified |
| Savaştepe | 19,466 | 1.55% | Not independently verified |
| Balya | 14,153 | 1.13% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Altınoluk (13,800), Havran (11,050), Ömerli (5,057)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: province. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 1,257,590 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Balıkesir |
|---|---|---|
| Kahramanmaraş | 1,177,436 | −6.4% |
| Samsun | 1,368,488 | +8.8% |
| Aydın | 1,148,241 | −8.7% |
| Tekirdağ | 1,142,451 | −9.2% |
| Van | 1,128,749 | −10.2% |
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 1,257,590, 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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