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Mersin

Mersin · Turkey
City population
537,842
#20
in Turkey
#1
in Mersin
#1,047
worldwide
AnkaraMersin
36.812, 34.639 · 379 km from Ankara
City population
537,842
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Turkey
#20
of 416 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,047
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Turkey
0.6%
of the national population

About Mersin

Ringed by several substantial cities, this urban centre of 537,842 sits 25 km from Tarsus (350,732) and 64 km from Adana (1,816,750), Turkey's fifth-largest city. The city ranks 20th among Turkey's 416 listed cities and accounts for 0.6% of the national population. Located at low elevation 379 km from Ankara, it stands as the largest settlement within its province.

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
#20of 416
LargestSmallest
Position in Mersin
#1of 8
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Turkey
Region
Mersin
Rank in region
#1of 8
Distance to capital
379 km
to Ankara
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
36.812, 34.639
Record updated
2025-06-04
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.

25KMTarsus351K people37KMErdemli47K people59KMKireçocağı45K people64KMAdana1.82M people79KMSilifke133K 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. Mersin538K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Mersin 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
Mersin538K

Mersin Population FAQ

What is the population of Mersin?

Mersin has a city population of 537,842. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Mersin?

Mersin is in Mersin, Turkey, 379 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 36.812, 34.639.

How big is Mersin compared with other cities in Turkey?

It is the 20th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 0.6% of the national population.

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