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Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
European Youth Championships 16-25 July / 2010 Istanbul
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Organization by Turkish Table Tennis Federation
POPULATION
Istanbul had a population of 1,078,000 in 1945. Internal immigration towards Istanbul increased after the 1950's due to its being the fastest growing industrial center. As such, the city’s the population reached 1,533,000 in 1955. Its population continued to increase annually at an average rate of 0.040-0.050 percent in the following periods where it reached 7,309,000 in 1990 and 9,199,000 in 1997. According to the population census as of 2000, Istanbul had a population of over 10 million people.
As of 2007, according to official census data based on the “Address Based Population Registration System, which was conducted by Turkish State Institute of Statistics” internal migration to Istanbul still continues at a great speed. Moreover, the study shows that the population of Istanbul has increased as much as the city of Bursa in the last seven years and has reached 12,573,000 people.
The increase in population in last seven years has been 2.5 million. The most populated county among the thirty two is Büyükçekmece, with the population being 304,685. Only two counties, Eminönü and Şile, experienced a decrease in population.The most populous county
in Gaziosmanpaşa, with 1,013,048 people. The following counties are Ümraniye, with 897,260 people; Küçükçekmece, with 785,392; Kadıköy, with 744,670. Eminönü, one of the most historical counties of Istanbul and whose population reaches over one million people during the day, has only 32.557 people residing in it. Currently, 8,156,696 people live on the European side, and 4,416,867 people live on the Asian side of Istanbul. The total female population of the city is 6,283,073, and the total male population is 6,291,763. The city has a population of 12,573,836 residents according to the latest count as of 2007.
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