Bursa — province population
Bursa has a recorded base population of 3,194,720 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
Bursa UN urban centre: 2,281,622 people (2025), smaller than the displayed province figure of 3,194,720. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 3,101,833; the UN value is smaller (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 Bursa
17 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 17 of 17 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 2,971,052; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed province denominator 3,194,720; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osmangazi | 891,250 | 27.90% | Not independently verified |
| Yıldırım | 637,888 | 19.97% | Not independently verified |
| Nilüfer | 358,265 | 11.21% | Not independently verified |
| İnegöl | 294,485 | 9.22% | Not independently verified |
| Gemlik | 120,245 | 3.76% | Not independently verified |
| Mudanya | 108,011 | 3.38% | Not independently verified |
| Gürsu | 102,601 | 3.21% | Not independently verified |
| Mustafakemalpaşa | 99,999 | 3.13% | Not independently verified |
| Karacabey | 80,527 | 2.52% | Not independently verified |
| Orhangazi | 75,672 | 2.37% | Not independently verified |
| Yenişehir | 52,132 | 1.63% | Not independently verified |
| Kestel | 51,872 | 1.62% | Not independently verified |
| İznik | 43,287 | 1.35% | Not independently verified |
| Orhaneli | 22,175 | 0.69% | Not independently verified |
| Keles | 13,639 | 0.43% | Not independently verified |
| Büyükorhan | 11,913 | 0.37% | Not independently verified |
| Harmancık | 7,091 | 0.22% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Görükle (35,882), Akhisar (15,198), Demirci (14,824), Demirtaş (6,702), Yalıntaş (6,193)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: province. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 3,194,720 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Bursa |
|---|---|---|
| Antalya | 2,688,004 | −15.9% |
| Konya | 2,296,347 | −28.1% |
| Adana | 2,274,106 | −28.8% |
| İzmir | 4,493,242 | +40.6% |
| Şanlıurfa | 2,170,110 | −32.1% |
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 3,194,720, 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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