West Anatolia region (statistical)

The West Anatolia Region is a statistical region in Turkey. Its largest city is Ankara, which serves as the national capital.

Subregions and provinces

Population

Structure of the population

Structure of the population :

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	4,175,989	4,280,875	8,456,864	100
0–4	232,436	221,305	453,741	5.37
5–9	301,361	286,654	588,015	6.95
10–14	309,781	294,050	603,831	7.14
15–19	318,600	306,462	625,062	7.39
20–24	328,280	320,824	649,104	7.68
25–29	326,230	326,531	652,761	7.72
30–34	308,891	312,800	621,691	7.35
35–39	317,634	323,135	640,769	7.58
40–44	325,866	335,284	661,150	7.82
45–49	299,088	306,502	605,590	7.16
50–54	271,899	283,103	555,002	6.56
55–59	233,155	240,757	473,912	5.60
60–64	208,028	223,570	431,598	5.10
65–69	157,437	172,774	330,211	3.90
70–74	108,426	130,653	239,079	2.83
75–79	69,761	95,981	165,742	1.96
80–84	35,785	55,577	91,362	1.08
85–89	16,006	29,336	45,342	0.54
90+	7,325	15,577	22,902	0.27

Internal immigration

Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
West Anatolia	8,456,864	246,806	198,567	48,239	5.72

State register location of West Anatolia residents

Region	Population	Percentage
Istanbul	38,802	0.5
West Marmara	44,409	0.6
Aegean	134,073	1.8
East Marmara	187,043	2.5
West Anatolia	3,721,634	50.0
Mediterranean	228,398	3.1
Central Anatolia	1,223,857	16.4
West Black Sea	956,151	12.8
East Black Sea	241,801	3.2
Northeast Anatolia	344,929	4.6
Central East Anatolia	167,451	2.2
Southeast Anatolia	156,489	2.1
Total	7,445,037	100

Marital status of 15+ population by gender

Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	1,051,912	31.6	2,072,492	62.2	158,597	4.8	49,410	1.5	3,332,411
Female	854,230	24.6	2,089,172	60.0	224,193	6.5	311,271	8.9	3,478,866
Total	1,906,142	28.0	4,161,664	61.1	382,790	5.6	360,681	5.3	6,811,277

Education status of 15+ population by gender

Gender	Illiterate	%	Literate with no diploma	%	Primary school	%	Primary education	%	Middle school	%	High school	%	College or university	%	Master's degree	%	Doctorate	%	Unknown	%	Total
Male	10,749	0.3	22,058	0.7	376,114	11.5	217,217	6.6	597,759	18.3	1,052,501	32.2	819,564	25.0	134,660	4.1	28,557	0.9	14,420	0.4	3,273,599
Female	88,802	2.6	103,112	3.0	698,247	20.5	186,438	5.5	492,817	14.5	893,166	26.2	782,057	22.9	126,511	3.7	23,070	0.7	16,365	0.5	3,410,585
All genders	99,551	1.5	125,170	1.9	1,074,361	16.1	403,655	6.0	1,090,576	16.3	1,945,667	29.1	1,601,621	24.0	261,171	3.9	51,627	0.8	30,785	0.5	6,684,184