What is the population of Esenler?
Esenler has a city population of 520,235. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Esenler
Turkey's 24th-largest city by population, Esenler holds 520,235 residents and accounts for 0.6% of the national total. Located 359 km from Ankara, it ranks eighth among Istanbul's 30 listed cities. The nearest city, Bağcılar, lies 2 km away with a population of 740,069; three other cities exceed 280,000 residents within 6 km.
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
#8of 30
Elevation
72 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
41.044, 28.876
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. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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 |
| Esenler | 520K |
Esenler Population FAQ
Where is Esenler?
Esenler is in Istanbul, Turkey, 359 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 41.044, 28.876.
How big is Esenler compared with other cities in Turkey?
It is the 24th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 0.6% of the national population.