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Mediterranean Region (statistical)

Mediterranean region (statistical)

Mediterranean Region Akdeniz Bölgesi
Region

Country	Turkey
Area
• Region	89,983 km² (34,743 sq mi)
Population (2024)
• Region	10,936,452^[1]
• Rank	3rd
• Density	121.54/km² (314.78/sq mi)
• Urban	10,618,960
• Rural	317,492
HDI (2022)	0.844^[2] very high · 6th

The Mediterranean Region (Turkish: Akdeniz Bölgesi) (TR6) is a statistical region in Turkey.

Structure of the population (31.12.2024):

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
Total	5,500,965	5,435,487	10,936,452	100
0–4	334,580	317,606	652,186	5.96
5–9	434,245	411,540	845,785	7.74
10–14	450,701	425,491	876,192	8.01
15–19	438,017	408,554	846,571	7.74
20–24	393,451	366,124	759,575	6.94
25–29	403,577	385,591	789,168	7.22
30–34	380,519	376,979	757,498	6.93
35–39	397,878	394,691	792,569	7.25
40–44	423,621	415,661	839,282	7.67
45–49	390,265	381,330	771,595	7.06
50–54	359,550	360,304	719,854	6.58
55–59	302,830	297,494	600,324	5.49
60–64	272,376	279,166	551,542	5.04
65–69	207,585	218,346	425,931	3.89
70–74	145,234	164,498	309,732	2.83
75–79	90,328	115,046	205,374	1.88
80–84	45,452	64,389	109,841	1.00
85–89	21,235	34,329	55,564	0.51
90+	9,521	18,348	27,869	0.26

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	1,219,526	1,154,637	2,374,163	21.71
15–64	3,762,084	3,665,894	7,427,978	67.92
65+	519,355	614,956	1,134,311	10.37

Between December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2024^[3]
Region	Population	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net immigrants	Net immigration rate
Mediterranean	10,936,452	261,828	226,608	35,220	3.23

As of December 31, 2024^[5]
Gender	Never married	%	Married	%	Divorced	%	Spouse died	%	Total
Male	1,381,744	32.3	2,617,804	61.1	213,832	5.0	68,059	1.6	4,281,439
Female	1,026,989	24.0	2,599,812	60.7	265,310	6.2	388,739	9.1	4,280,850
Total	2,408,733	28.1	5,217,616	60.9	479,142	5.6	456,798	5.3	8,562,289

As of December 31, 2024^[6]
Gender	Illiterate	%	Literate with no diploma	%	Primary school	%	Primary education	%	Middle school	%	High school	%	College or university	%	Master's degree	%	Doctorate	%	Unknown	%	Total
Male	25,115	0.6	62,911	1.5	612,376	14.6	367,999	8.8	893,874	21.3	1,292,292	30.8	803,621	19.2	93,206	2.2	14,162	0.3	30,753	0.7	4,196,309
Female	152,558	3.6	228,134	5.4	907,834	21.7	274,222	6.6	713,661	17.1	1,023,078	24.4	762,199	18.2	80,120	1.9	10,158	0.2	33,494	0.8	4,185,458
All genders	177,673	2.1	291,045	3.5	1,520,210	18.1	642,221	7.7	1,607,535	19.2	2,315,370	27.6	1,565,820	18.7	173,326	2.1	24,320	0.3	64,247	0.8	8,381,767

↑ "medas".
↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
↑ "TurkStat". Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
↑ TurkStat
↑ TurkStat "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ TurkStat "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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