What is the population of Ankara?
Ankara has a city population of 3,517,182. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
39.920, 32.854
About Ankara
With a metropolitan population of 5,663,000, Ankara ranks among Turkey's largest urban centers. The city proper spans a dense 2,251 people per km² at an elevation of 850 meters. Annual growth of 0.9% indicates moderate demographic expansion, suggesting a stabilizing population trajectory after periods of more rapid increase.
Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) serves the city's air transport needs. Under the leadership of Mayor Mansur Yavaş, Ankara continues to develop as a major Turkish metropolis.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
5,663,000
0.068% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+0.85%
Archive estimateDensity
2,251/km²
2,516 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 12
Leadership
Mansur Yavaş
Coordinates
39.920, 32.854
Record updated
24 March 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 416 in TurkeyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Ankara | 3.52M |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Esenboğa International AirportESB
26 km from the city centre
Source: OurAirports, matched by distance.
Population Trend in Turkey
No free source publishes city population back to 1950, so the parent country's series is shown instead.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 21,021,140 |
| 1960 | 28,329,898 |
| 1970 | 36,638,465 |
| 1980 | 45,408,815 |
| 1990 | 56,015,628 |
| 2000 | 65,425,961 |
| 2010 | 73,346,769 |
| 2020 | 86,091,692 |
| 2030 | 89,027,542 |
| 2040 | 91,009,681 |
| 2050 | 91,258,061 |
| 2060 | 88,863,276 |
| 2070 | 84,358,564 |
| 2080 | 78,555,666 |
| 2090 | 72,021,272 |
| 2100 | 65,338,459 |
Ankara Population FAQ
Where is Ankara?
Ankara is in Ankara, Turkey. Its coordinates are 39.920, 32.854.
How big is Ankara compared with other cities in Turkey?
It is the 2nd largest of the 416 cities listed in Turkey, holding 4.1% of the national population.