İzmir — province population
İzmir has a recorded base population of 4,493,242 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
Izmir UN urban centre: 2,650,237 people (2025), smaller than the displayed province figure of 4,493,242. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 2,938,292; 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 İzmir
29 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 29 of 29 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 4,342,733; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed province denominator 4,493,242; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buca | 522,404 | 11.63% | Not independently verified |
| Karabağlar | 471,676 | 10.50% | Not independently verified |
| Bornova | 454,470 | 10.11% | Not independently verified |
| Konak | 332,277 | 7.40% | Not independently verified |
| Karşıyaka | 321,870 | 7.16% | Not independently verified |
| Bayraklı | 299,859 | 6.67% | Not independently verified |
| Çiğli | 214,065 | 4.76% | Not independently verified |
| Torbalı | 207,840 | 4.63% | Not independently verified |
| Menemen | 200,904 | 4.47% | Not independently verified |
| Gaziemir | 137,754 | 3.07% | Not independently verified |
| Ödemiş | 129,295 | 2.88% | Not independently verified |
| Kemalpaşa | 114,250 | 2.54% | Not independently verified |
| Menderes | 106,173 | 2.36% | Not independently verified |
| Bergama | 105,754 | 2.35% | Not independently verified |
| Aliağa | 104,828 | 2.33% | Not independently verified |
| Tire | 87,462 | 1.95% | Not independently verified |
| Balçova | 77,624 | 1.73% | Not independently verified |
| Narlıdere | 63,743 | 1.42% | Not independently verified |
| Seferihisar | 60,914 | 1.36% | Not independently verified |
| Urla | 56,751 | 1.26% | Not independently verified |
| Kiraz | 44,017 | 0.98% | Not independently verified |
| Bayındır | 40,690 | 0.91% | Not independently verified |
| Dikili | 36,124 | 0.80% | Not independently verified |
| Çeşme | 35,965 | 0.80% | Not independently verified |
| Selçuk | 34,979 | 0.78% | Not independently verified |
| Foça | 32,534 | 0.72% | Not independently verified |
| Güzelbahçe | 27,389 | 0.61% | Not independently verified |
| Beydağ | 12,030 | 0.27% | Not independently verified |
| Karaburun | 9,092 | 0.20% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Mavişehir (13,805), Özdere (13,500), Kınık (10,753), Cumhuriyet (6,834), İzkent (6,295), Poyracık (5,990), Mordoğan (5,433)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: province. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 4,493,242 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs İzmir |
|---|---|---|
| Ankara | 5,782,285 | +28.7% |
| Bursa | 3,194,720 | −28.9% |
| Antalya | 2,688,004 | −40.2% |
| Konya | 2,296,347 | −48.9% |
| Adana | 2,274,106 | −49.4% |
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 4,493,242, 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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