Kayseri — province population
Kayseri has a recorded base population of 1,452,458 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
Kayseri UN urban centre: 882,238 people (2025), smaller than the displayed province figure of 1,452,458. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 1,452,458; 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 Kayseri
17 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 17 of 17 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 2,854,656; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed province denominator 1,452,458; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayseri | 1,452,458 | 100.00% | Not independently verified |
| Melikgazi | 594,344 | 40.92% | Not independently verified |
| Kocasinan | 409,005 | 28.16% | Not independently verified |
| Talas | 119,810 | 8.25% | Not independently verified |
| Develi | 66,840 | 4.60% | Not independently verified |
| Yahyali | 35,481 | 2.44% | Not independently verified |
| Bünyan | 29,120 | 2.00% | Not independently verified |
| Pınarbaşı | 26,559 | 1.83% | Not independently verified |
| Tomarza | 24,996 | 1.72% | Not independently verified |
| Incesu | 24,315 | 1.67% | Not independently verified |
| Yesilhisar | 15,531 | 1.07% | Not independently verified |
| Sarıoğlan | 14,977 | 1.03% | Not independently verified |
| Hacılar | 12,376 | 0.85% | Not independently verified |
| Sarız | 10,626 | 0.73% | Not independently verified |
| Felahiye | 7,013 | 0.48% | Not independently verified |
| Akkışla | 6,663 | 0.46% | Not independently verified |
| Özvatan | 4,542 | 0.31% | Not independently verified |
Recorded localities
Gazetteer associations; boundary membership not independently verified.
Yahyalı (25,019)
Comparable database records
Same definition label: province. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 1,452,458 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Kayseri |
|---|---|---|
| Manisa | 1,468,279 | +1.1% |
| Samsun | 1,368,488 | −5.8% |
| Antakya | 1,562,185 | +7.6% |
| Balıkesir | 1,257,590 | −13.4% |
| Kahramanmaraş | 1,177,436 | −18.9% |
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 1,452,458, 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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