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The Turkish Statistical Institute estimates that the population of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality was 14,377,019 at the end of 2014, hosting 19 percent of the country's population. [6] Then about 97–98% of the inhabitants of the metropolitan municipality were within city limits, up from 89% in 2007 [7] and 61% in 1980.
Istanbul, Turkey's economic and cultural capital, is the largest city with a population of 15.84 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021. Ankara, the capital of Turkey and Turkey's second-largest city, has a population of 5.7 million in its metropolitan area as of 2021.
Rank City Country Metropolitan Population City Population Image 1 Cairo Egypt 20,439,541: 9,500,000: 2 Tehran Iran 17,672,000: 9,134,000: 3 Istanbul Turkey 15,519,267
The first metropolitan municipalities were established in 1984. [3] These were the three most populous cities in Turkey, namely; Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir. In each metropolitan municipality a number of second level municipalities (ilçe municipality) were established.
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality was established on 23 March 1984, [1] following the enactment of the metropolitan municipality act on 8 March 1984. [2] Initially, the municipality covered only the urban centers of Istanbul, which accounted for 35% of the Istanbul Province.
Large sections of Caddebostan sit on areas of landfill, increasing the total area of the city to 5,343 square kilometers (2,063 sq mi). [15] Despite the myth that seven hills make up the city, there are, in fact, more than 50 hills within the city limits. Istanbul's tallest hill, Aydos, is 537 meters (1,762 ft) high. [15]
As of 31 December 2014 [5]; Region Population Percentage Istanbul 2,162,588: 15.2: West Marmara 523,725 3.7 Aegean 297,143 2.1 East Marmara 520,698 3.7
There are 81 cities in the world with a population exceeding 5 million people, according to 2018 estimates by the United Nations. The UN figures include a mixture of city proper, metropolitan area, and urban area. [12]