West Black Sea region (statistical)

Region in Turkey

West Black Sea Region

Batı Karadeniz Bölgesi

Region

Country| Turkey
Area

• Region

| 73,946 km2 (28,551 sq mi)
Population

(2024)

• Region

| 4,711,687[1]
• Rank| 7th
• Urban

| 3,631,178
• Rural

| 1,080,509
HDI (2022)| 0.827[2]
very high · 9th

The West Black Sea Region (Turkish: Batı Karadeniz Bölgesi) (TR8) is a statistical region in Turkey.

## Subregions and provinces

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* Zonguldak Subregion (TR81)
* Zonguldak Province (TR811)
* Karabük Province (TR812)
* Bartın Province (TR813)
* Kastamonu Subregion (TR82)
* Kastamonu Province (TR821)
* Çankırı Province (TR822)
* Sinop Province (TR823)
* Samsun Subregion (TR83)
* Samsun Province (TR831)
* Tokat Province (TR832)
* Çorum Province (TR833)
* Amasya Province (TR834)

## Population

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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2007 | 4,477,457| —
2008 | 4,478,029| +0.01%
2009 | 4,512,288| +0.77%
2010 | 4,518,786| +0.14%
2011 | 4,477,107| −0.92%
2012 | 4,483,603| +0.15%
2013 | 4,499,102| +0.35%
2014 | 4,493,559| −0.12%
2015 | 4,502,525| +0.20%
2016 | 4,551,366| +1.08%
2017 | 4,574,182| +0.50%
2018 | 4,688,532| +2.50%
2019 | 4,666,150| −0.48%
2020 | 4,638,622| −0.59%
2021 | 4,666,651| +0.60%
2022 | 4,665,938| −0.02%
2023 | 4,730,539| +1.38%
2024 | 4,711,687| −0.40%

## Age groups

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As of December 31, 2024[3] Age groups  | Total  | Male  | Female

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0 – 4  | 211,999  | 108,858  | 103,141
5 – 9  | 274,355  | 140,893  | 133,462
10 – 14  | 294,834  | 151,684  | 143,150
15 – 19  | 316,765  | 161,703  | 155,062
20 – 24  | 330,255  | 166,199  | 164,056
25 – 29  | 309,042  | 161,280  | 147,762
30 – 34  | 294,726  | 150,257  | 144,469
35 – 39  | 313,132  | 159,187  | 153,945
40 – 44  | 339,974  | 171,736  | 168,238
45 – 49  | 325,792  | 164,707  | 161,085
50 – 54  | 322,722  | 158,894  | 163,828
55 – 59  | 304,838  | 151,902  | 152,936
60 – 64  | 315,884  | 153,104  | 162,780
65 – 69  | 265,727  | 129,106  | 136,621
70 – 74  | 204,459  | 95,706  | 108,753
75 – 79  | 145,617  | 63,111  | 82,506
80 – 84  | 82,948  | 33,293  | 49,655
85 – 89  | 38,065  | 13,794  | 24,271
90+  | 20,553  | 6,578  | 13,975
Total  | 4,711,687  | 2,341,992  | 2,369,695

## Internal immigration

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Between December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014[4] Region  | Population  | Immigrants  | Emigrants  | Net immigrants  | Net immigration rate

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West Black Sea  | 4,493,559  | 160,815  | 195,633  | -34,818  | -7.72

### State register location of West Black Sea residents

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As of December 31, 2014[5] Region  | Population  | Percentage

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Istanbul  | 11,976  | 0.3
West Marmara  | 10,238  | 0.2
Aegean  | 22,252  | 0.5
East Marmara  | 33,371  | 0.7
West Anatolia  | 29,545  | 0.7
Mediterranean  | 32,461  | 0.7
Central Anatolia  | 70,729  | 1.6
West Black Sea  | 3,982,185 | 89.0
East Black Sea  | 198,869  | 4.4
Northeast Anatolia  | 34,656  | 0.8
Central East Anatolia  | 22,064  | 0.5
Southeast Anatolia  | 23,666  | 0.5
Total  | 4,472,012  | 100

## Marital status of 15+ population by gender

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As of December 31, 2014[6] Gender  | Never married  | %  | Married  | %  | Divorced  | %  | Spouse died  | %  | Total

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Male  | 481,858  | 27.4  | 1,180,223  | 67.2  | 44,991  | 2.6  | 48,569  | 2.8  | 1,755,641
Female  | 369,581  | 20.3  | 1,175,557  | 64.7  | 51,169  | 2.8  | 221,768  | 12.2  | 1,818,075
Total  | 851,439  | 23.8  | 2,355,780  | 65.9  | 96,160  | 2.7  | 270,337  | 7.6  | 3,573,716

## Education status of 15+ population by gender

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As of December 31, 2014[7] Gender  | Illiterate  | %  | Literate with no diploma  | %  | Primary school  | %  | Primary education  | %  | Middle school  | %  | High school  | %  | College or university  | %  | Master's degree  | %  | Doctorate  | %  | Unknown  | %  | Total

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Male  | 33,746  | 1.9  | 85,418  | 4.9  | 468,247  | 26.7  | 345,157  | 19.7  | 165,776  | 9.4  | 402,268  | 22.9  | 221,253  | 12.6  | 13,322  | 0.8  | 3,932  | 0.2  | 16,522  | 0.9  | 1,755,641
Female  | 155,072  | 8.5  | 196,008  | 10.8  | 609,633  | 33.5  | 284,302  | 15.6  | 107,369  | 5.9  | 274,442  | 15.1  | 160,123  | 8.8  | 8,217  | 0.5  | 2,351  | 0.1  | 20,558  | 1.1  | 1,818,075
All genders  | 188,818  | 5.3  | 281,426  | 7.9  | 1,077,880  | 30.2  | 629,459  | 17.6  | 273,145  | 7.6  | 676,710  | 18.9  | 381,376  | 10.7  | 21,539  | 0.6  | 6,283  | 0.2  | 37,080  | 1.0  | 3,573,716

## See also

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* NUTS of Turkey

## References

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1. ^ "medas".
2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
3. ^ TurkStat
4. ^ TurkStat
5. ^ TurkStat
6. ^ TurkStat
7. ^ TurkStat

## External links

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* TURKSTAT (in English)

## Sources

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* ESPON Database

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Statistical regions of Turkey

* Istanbul
* West Marmara
* Aegean
* East Marmara
* West Anatolia
* Mediterranean
* Central Anatolia
* West Black Sea
* East Black Sea
* Northeast Anatolia
* Central East Anatolia
* Southeast Anatolia

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