Diyarbakır — province population
Diyarbakır has a recorded base population of 1,804,880 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
Diyarbakir UN urban centre: 660,826 people (2025), smaller than the displayed province figure of 1,804,880. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 1,833,684; 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 Diyarbakır
17 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 17 of 17 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 1,613,697; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed province denominator 1,804,880; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bağlar | 357,727 | 19.82% | Not independently verified |
| Kayapınar | 277,489 | 15.37% | Not independently verified |
| Yenişehir | 204,930 | 11.35% | Not independently verified |
| Sur | 123,311 | 6.83% | Not independently verified |
| Ergani | 121,072 | 6.71% | Not independently verified |
| Bismil | 118,698 | 6.58% | Not independently verified |
| Silvan | 86,161 | 4.77% | Not independently verified |
| Çınar | 76,966 | 4.26% | Not independently verified |
| Çermik | 49,644 | 2.75% | Not independently verified |
| Kulp | 36,796 | 2.04% | Not independently verified |
| Dicle | 36,114 | 2.00% | Not independently verified |
| Hani | 32,814 | 1.82% | Not independently verified |
| Lice | 24,364 | 1.35% | Not independently verified |
| Eğil | 23,066 | 1.28% | Not independently verified |
| Hazro | 16,093 | 0.89% | Not independently verified |
| Kocaköy | 15,355 | 0.85% | Not independently verified |
| Çüngüş | 13,097 | 0.73% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Salat (6,677), Gürbüz (5,550), Ambar (5,063)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: province. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 1,804,880 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Diyarbakır |
|---|---|---|
| Mersin | 1,954,279 | +8.3% |
| İzmit | 2,079,072 | +15.2% |
| Antakya | 1,562,185 | −13.4% |
| Gaziantep | 2,154,051 | +19.3% |
| Şanlıurfa | 2,170,110 | +20.2% |
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 1,804,880, 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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