What is the population of Çankaya?
Çankaya has a city population of 792,189. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Çankaya
At 850 m elevation, Çankaya holds a population of 792,189 and ranks second among the 12 cities of Ankara province. It sits 1 km from Ankara, the national capital, which has a population of 3,517,182. Gölbaşı, the next-nearest listed city, lies 15 km away with 165,201 residents.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 12
Elevation
850 m
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
39.918, 32.863
Record updated
2025-05-11
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 |
| Çankaya | 792K |
Çankaya Population FAQ
Where is Çankaya?
Çankaya is in Ankara, Turkey, 1 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 39.918, 32.863.
How big is Çankaya compared with other cities in Turkey?
It is the 13th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 0.9% of the national population.