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City profile · Turkey · Asia

Diyarbakır

Diyarbakir Province · Turkey
City population
1,833,684
#6
in Turkey
#1
in Diyarbakir Province
#235
worldwide
AnkaraDiyarbakır
37.914, 40.217 · 675 km from Ankara
City population
1,833,684
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Turkey
#6
of 416 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#235
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Turkey
2.1%
of the national population

About Diyarbakır

Ranked 235th in the world, this city holds 1,833,684 people and accounts for 2.1% of Turkey's national population. It sits 675 km from Ankara and is the largest of seven cities in its province. Bismil, with 74,493 residents, lies 40 km away; Ergani (52,684) is 57 km distant.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Turkey
#6of 416
LargestSmallest
Position in Diyarbakir Province
#1of 7
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Turkey
Region
Diyarbakir Province
Rank in region
#1of 7
Distance to capital
675 km
to Ankara
Elevation
674 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
37.914, 40.217
Record updated
2026-04-14
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. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 416 in Turkey

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

40KMBismil74K people57KMErgani53K people71KMLice16K people72KMÇermik21K people74KMSilvan66K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Diyarbakır1.83M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Diyarbakır compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Diyarbakır1.83M

Diyarbakır Population FAQ

What is the population of Diyarbakır?

Diyarbakır has a city population of 1,833,684. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Diyarbakır?

Diyarbakır is in Diyarbakir Province, Turkey, 675 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 37.914, 40.217.

How big is Diyarbakır compared with other cities in Turkey?

It is the 6th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 2.1% of the national population.

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