Population in largest city rose 1.48% to 15.4 mil in Turkey in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, population in largest city in Turkey reached an all time high of 15.4 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.45 mil in 1960. When compared to Turkey's main peers, population in largest city in Bulgaria amounted to 1.28 mil, 3.15 mil in Greece, 7.32 mil in Iraq and 9.26 mil in Iran in 2021.
Turkey has been ranked 10th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of population in largest city.
| Population in the Largest City | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Albania | mil | 0.449 | 0.458 | 0.467 | 0.476 | 0.485 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil | 1.26 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 8.56 | 8.67 | 8.78 | 8.90 | 9.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 6.35 | 6.50 | 6.65 | 6.81 | 6.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 2.57 | 2.70 | 2.84 | 2.99 | 3.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil | 0.560 | 0.568 | 0.576 | 0.584 | 0.590 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 14.3 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 15.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil | 1.85 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 1.82 | 1.81 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 6.22 | 6.44 | 6.67 | 6.91 | 7.07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 0.753 | 0.772 | 0.791 | 0.810 | 0.828 |
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