Ankara — UN urban centre
Ankara: 3,612,251 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #129 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4941; territory: Türkiye (TUR). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 39.9541, 32.8679. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,303,842 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,445,938 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,748,444 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 2,035,231 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 2,220,733 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 2,381,764 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 2,579,327 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 2,868,118 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 3,066,200 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 3,502,582 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 3,612,251 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 3,705,319 | Projection |
| 2035 | 3,801,143 | Projection |
| 2040 | 3,878,513 | Projection |
| 2045 | 3,933,790 | Projection |
| 2050 | 3,975,184 | Projection |
Largest UN urban centres · Fastest-growing urban centres
What changed during your lifetime?
Turn these figures into a private, five-scene personal world story.
Use this source record with the right definition
This page is a structured reference entry. Its sources, geographic definition and reference dates determine what the figures mean; it is not independent reporting about the causes of change. Read the accompanying explanation before comparing different places or vintages.