1965 Turkish census
The 1965 Turkish census was held on October 24, 1965 and recorded the population and demographic details of every settlement in Turkey. The 1965 census was the last census with information languages and ethnicities as afterwards, the Turkish Government prohibited their publication.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 13,649,945 | — |
| 1935 | 16,188,767 | +18.6% |
| 1940 | 17,820,950 | +10.1% |
| 1945 | 18,790,174 | +5.4% |
| 1950 | 20,947,188 | +11.5% |
| 1955 | 24,064,763 | +14.9% |
| 1960 | 27,754,820 | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 31,391,421 | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 35,605,176 | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 40,347,719 | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 44,736,957 | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 50,664,458 | +13.2% |
| 1990 | 56,473,035 | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 67,803,927 | +20.1% |
| 2007 | 70,586,256 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 71,517,100 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 72,561,312 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 73,722,988 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 74,724,269 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 75,627,384 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 76,667,864 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 77,695,904 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 78,741,053 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 79,814,871 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 80,810,525 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 82,003,882 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 83,154,997 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 83,614,362 | +0.6% |
1965 census
| total population | no | rate | urban | % | rural | % | man | % | woman | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | 31.391.421 | 10.805.817 | 34,42% | 20.585.604 | 65,58% | 15.996.964 | 50,96% | 15.394.457 | 49,04% | ||
| Adana | 902.712 | 5 | 2,88% | 422.298 | 46,78% | 480.414 | 53,22% | 466.032 | 51,63% | 436.680 | 48,37% |
| Adıyaman | 267.288 | 47 | 0,85% | 51.463 | 19,25% | 215.825 | 80,75% | 136.615 | 51,11% | 130.673 | 48,89% |
| Afyonkarahisar | 502.248 | 21 | 1,60% | 125.102 | 24,91% | 377.146 | 75,09% | 250.478 | 49,87% | 251.770 | 50,13% |
| Ağrı | 246.961 | 56 | 0,79% | 53.420 | 21,63% | 193.541 | 78,37% | 130.396 | 52,80% | 116.565 | 47,20% |
| Amasya | 285.729 | 45 | 0,91% | 83.016 | 29,05% | 202.713 | 70,95% | 148.016 | 51,80% | 137.713 | 48,20% |
| Ankara | 1.644.302 | 2 | 5,24% | 1.069.761 | 65,06% | 574.541 | 34,94% | 872.680 | 53,07% | 771.622 | 46,93% |
| Antalya | 486.910 | 23 | 1,55% | 129.657 | 26,63% | 357.253 | 73,37% | 244.939 | 50,30% | 241.971 | 49,70% |
| Artvin | 210.065 | 57 | 0,67% | 30.068 | 14,31% | 179.997 | 85,69% | 102.630 | 48,86% | 107.435 | 51,14% |
| Aydın | 524.918 | 17 | 1,67% | 165.953 | 31,62% | 358.965 | 68,38% | 262.021 | 49,92% | 262.897 | 50,08% |
| Balıkesir | 708.342 | 9 | 2,26% | 230.353 | 32,52% | 477.989 | 67,48% | 365.959 | 51,66% | 342.383 | 48,34% |
| Bilecik | 139.041 | 66 | 0,44% | 36.356 | 26,15% | 102.685 | 73,85% | 68.900 | 49,55% | 70.141 | 50,45% |
| Bingöl | 150.521 | 65 | 0,48% | 20.401 | 13,55% | 130.120 | 86,45% | 77.758 | 51,66% | 72.763 | 48,34% |
| Bitlis | 154.069 | 64 | 0,49% | 43.813 | 28,44% | 110.256 | 71,56% | 80.996 | 52,57% | 73.073 | 47,43% |
| Bolu | 383.939 | 37 | 1,22% | 70.459 | 18,35% | 313.480 | 81,65% | 189.663 | 49,40% | 194.276 | 50,60% |
| Burdur | 194.950 | 61 | 0,62% | 54.135 | 27,77% | 140.815 | 72,23% | 98.137 | 50,34% | 96.813 | 49,66% |
| Bursa | 755.504 | 7 | 2,41% | 335.048 | 44,35% | 420.456 | 55,65% | 379.055 | 50,17% | 376.449 | 49,83% |
| Çanakkale | 350.317 | 39 | 1,12% | 81.753 | 23,34% | 268.564 | 76,66% | 182.806 | 52,18% | 167.511 | 47,82% |
| Çankırı | 250.706 | 55 | 0,80% | 43.731 | 17,44% | 206.975 | 82,56% | 120.131 | 47,92% | 130.575 | 52,08% |
| Çorum | 485.567 | 24 | 1,55% | 97.032 | 19,98% | 388.535 | 80,02% | 240.576 | 49,55% | 244.991 | 50,45% |
| Denizli | 463.369 | 26 | 1,48% | 117.739 | 25,41% | 345.630 | 74,59% | 230.468 | 49,74% | 232.901 | 50,26% |
| Diyarbakır | 475.916 | 25 | 1,52% | 162.467 | 34,14% | 313.449 | 65,86% | 249.874 | 52,50% | 226.042 | 47,50% |
| Edirne | 303.234 | 43 | 0,97% | 102.171 | 33,69% | 201.063 | 66,31% | 157.377 | 51,90% | 145.857 | 48,10% |
| Elâzığ | 322.727 | 42 | 1,03% | 106.180 | 32,90% | 216.547 | 67,10% | 165.636 | 51,32% | 157.091 | 48,68% |
| Erzincan | 258.586 | 53 | 0,82% | 57.397 | 22,20% | 201.189 | 77,80% | 129.233 | 49,98% | 129.353 | 50,02% |
| Erzurum | 628.001 | 12 | 2,00% | 152.183 | 24,23% | 475.818 | 75,77% | 324.977 | 51,75% | 303.024 | 48,25% |
| Eskişehir | 415.101 | 33 | 1,32% | 200.332 | 48,26% | 214.769 | 51,74% | 210.949 | 50,82% | 204.152 | 49,18% |
| Gaziantep | 511.026 | 19 | 1,63% | 244.215 | 47,79% | 266.811 | 52,21% | 262.815 | 51,43% | 248.211 | 48,57% |
| Giresun | 428.015 | 32 | 1,36% | 75.069 | 17,54% | 352.946 | 82,46% | 207.320 | 48,44% | 220.695 | 51,56% |
| Gümüşhane | 262.731 | 52 | 0,84% | 31.957 | 12,16% | 230.774 | 87,84% | 123.907 | 47,16% | 138.824 | 52,84% |
| Hakkari | 83.937 | 67 | 0,27% | 14.132 | 16,84% | 69.805 | 83,16% | 45.680 | 54,42% | 38.257 | 45,58% |
| Hatay | 506.154 | 20 | 1,61% | 203.610 | 40,23% | 302.544 | 59,77% | 266.594 | 52,67% | 239.560 | 47,33% |
| Isparta | 266.240 | 49 | 0,85% | 96.551 | 36,26% | 169.689 | 63,74% | 136.333 | 51,21% | 129.907 | 48,79% |
| İçel | 511.273 | 18 | 1,63% | 189.382 | 37,04% | 321.891 | 62,96% | 262.008 | 51,25% | 249.265 | 48,75% |
| İstanbul | 2.293.823 | 1 | 7,31% | 1.792.071 | 78,13% | 501.752 | 21,87% | 1.243.900 | 54,23% | 1.049.923 | 45,77% |
| İzmir | 1.234.667 | 3 | 3,93% | 621.553 | 50,34% | 613.114 | 49,66% | 641.118 | 51,93% | 593.549 | 48,07% |
| Kahramanmaraş | 438.423 | 30 | 1,40% | 105.090 | 23,97% | 333.333 | 76,03% | 222.104 | 50,66% | 216.319 | 49,34% |
| Kars | 606.313 | 13 | 1,93% | 117.363 | 19,36% | 488.950 | 80,64% | 312.952 | 51,62% | 293.361 | 48,38% |
| Kastamonu | 441.638 | 29 | 1,41% | 67.163 | 15,21% | 374.475 | 84,79% | 209.389 | 47,41% | 232.249 | 52,59% |
| Kayseri | 536.206 | 16 | 1,71% | 191.221 | 35,66% | 344.985 | 64,34% | 266.972 | 49,79% | 269.234 | 50,21% |
| Kırklareli | 258.386 | 54 | 0,82% | 85.856 | 33,23% | 172.530 | 66,77% | 137.823 | 53,34% | 120.563 | 46,66% |
| Kırşehir | 196.836 | 60 | 0,63% | 42.000 | 21,34% | 154.836 | 78,66% | 95.762 | 48,65% | 101.074 | 51,35% |
| Kocaeli | 335.518 | 40 | 1,07% | 136.531 | 40,69% | 198.987 | 59,31% | 177.915 | 53,03% | 157.603 | 46,97% |
| Konya | 1.122.622 | 4 | 3,58% | 354.578 | 31,58% | 768.044 | 68,42% | 560.069 | 49,89% | 562.553 | 50,11% |
| Kütahya | 398.081 | 35 | 1,27% | 87.084 | 21,88% | 310.997 | 78,12% | 200.954 | 50,48% | 197.127 | 49,52% |
| Malatya | 452.624 | 27 | 1,44% | 147.040 | 32,49% | 305.584 | 67,51% | 230.274 | 50,88% | 222.350 | 49,12% |
| Manisa | 748.545 | 8 | 2,38% | 265.857 | 35,52% | 482.688 | 64,48% | 381.798 | 51,01% | 366.747 | 48,99% |
| Mardin | 397.880 | 36 | 1,27% | 90.093 | 22,64% | 307.787 | 77,36% | 205.313 | 51,60% | 192.567 | 48,40% |
| Muğla | 334.973 | 41 | 1,07% | 59.330 | 17,71% | 275.643 | 82,29% | 166.339 | 49,66% | 168.634 | 50,34% |
| Muş | 198.716 | 59 | 0,63% | 32.503 | 16,36% | 166.213 | 83,64% | 103.298 | 51,98% | 95.418 | 48,02% |
| Nevşehir | 203.316 | 58 | 0,65% | 46.710 | 22,97% | 156.606 | 77,03% | 98.083 | 48,24% | 105.233 | 51,76% |
| Niğde | 362.444 | 38 | 1,15% | 69.956 | 19,30% | 292.488 | 80,70% | 177.689 | 49,03% | 184.755 | 50,97% |
| Ordu | 543.863 | 15 | 1,73% | 83.585 | 15,37% | 460.278 | 84,63% | 268.141 | 49,30% | 275.722 | 50,70% |
| Rize | 281.099 | 46 | 0,90% | 63.554 | 22,61% | 217.545 | 77,39% | 130.070 | 46,27% | 151.029 | 53,73% |
| Sakarya | 404.078 | 34 | 1,29% | 124.936 | 30,92% | 279.142 | 69,08% | 203.896 | 50,46% | 200.182 | 49,54% |
| Samsun | 755.946 | 6 | 2,41% | 197.103 | 26,07% | 558.843 | 73,93% | 379.635 | 50,22% | 376.311 | 49,78% |
| Siirt | 264.832 | 51 | 0,84% | 75.520 | 28,52% | 189.312 | 71,48% | 139.686 | 52,75% | 125.146 | 47,25% |
| Sinop | 266.069 | 50 | 0,85% | 38.068 | 14,31% | 228.001 | 85,69% | 128.830 | 48,42% | 137.239 | 51,58% |
| Sivas | 705.186 | 10 | 2,25% | 168.685 | 23,92% | 536.501 | 76,08% | 350.377 | 49,69% | 354.809 | 50,31% |
| Tekirdağ | 287.381 | 44 | 0,92% | 96.897 | 33,72% | 190.484 | 66,28% | 150.140 | 52,24% | 137.241 | 47,76% |
| Tokat | 495.352 | 22 | 1,58% | 123.403 | 24,91% | 371.949 | 75,09% | 251.748 | 50,82% | 243.604 | 49,18% |
| Trabzon | 595.782 | 14 | 1,90% | 108.492 | 18,21% | 487.290 | 81,79% | 281.583 | 47,26% | 314.199 | 52,74% |
| Tunceli | 154.175 | 63 | 0,49% | 23.240 | 15,07% | 130.935 | 84,93% | 78.112 | 50,66% | 76.063 | 49,34% |
| Urfa | 450.798 | 28 | 1,44% | 150.383 | 33,36% | 300.415 | 66,64% | 230.612 | 51,16% | 220.186 | 48,84% |
| Uşak | 190.536 | 62 | 0,61% | 57.133 | 29,99% | 133.403 | 70,01% | 94.315 | 49,50% | 96.221 | 50,50% |
| Van | 266.840 | 48 | 0,85% | 60.686 | 22,74% | 206.154 | 77,26% | 142.446 | 53,38% | 124.394 | 46,62% |
| Yozgat | 437.883 | 31 | 1,39% | 67.466 | 15,41% | 370.417 | 84,59% | 217.744 | 49,73% | 220.139 | 50,27% |
| Zonguldak | 650.191 | 11 | 2,07% | 157.463 | 24,22% | 492.728 | 75,78% | 326.918 | 50,28% | 323.273 | 49,72% |
Settlement population
Population 10,000 last localities are listed below.
| Language | Census 1935[2] | Census 1945[3] | Census 1965[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Turkish | 13,828,000 | 87.5 | 16,598,037 | 88.3 | 28,175,579 | 90.2 |
| Kurdish | 1,473,000 | 9.3 | 1,476,562 | 7.9 | 2,108,721 | 6.9 |
| Zazaki | 147,707 | 0.5 | ||||
| Arabic | 145,000 | 0.9 | 247,204 | 1.3 | 368.971 | 1.2 |
| Greek | 109,000 | 0.7 | 88,680 | 0.5 | 49.143 | 0.2 |
| Circassian | 92,000 | 0.6 | 66,691 | 0.4 | 57,337 | 0.2 |
| Ladino | 79,000 | 0.5 | 51,019 | 0.3 | 9,124 | 0.0 |
| Armenian | 77,000 | 0.5 | 56,179 | 0.3 | 32,484 | 0.1 |
| Laz | 46,987 | 0.3 | 27,715 | 0.1 | ||
| Georgian | 40,076 | 0.2 | 32,334 | 0.1 | ||
| Abaza | 8,602 | 0.0 | 10,643 | 0.0 | ||
| others | 110,137 | 0.6 | 157,449 | 0.5 | ||
| Total | 15,803,000 | 18,790,174 | 31,391,207 | |||
Gallery of ethno-linguistic maps
Turk and Kurd speakers majority 1965 
Turk speakers 1965 
Kurd speakers 1965 
Arab speakers 1965 
Zaza speakers 1965 
Cherkess speakers 1965 
Greek speakers 1965 
Armenian speakers 1965 
Georgian speakers 1965 
Laz speakers 1965 
Pomak speakers 1965 
Bosnian speakers 1965 
Albanian speakers 1965 
Hebrew speakers 1965
References
- Notes
- Güvenç, Muna (2011). "Constructing Narratives of Kurdish Nationalism in the Urban Space of Diyarbakir, Turkey". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 23 (1): 26. ISSN 1050-2092.
- Modern Turkey, Bill Park, Taylor & Francis, 2011, page 10
- "UN Demographic Yearbooks". Unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- Sources
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