Istanbul in Numbers

ISTANBUL IN NUMBERS

Geography

Coordinates: 41.09 north, 29.42 east Area: 5.461 square km

• 17% is good for agriculture
• 47% is forested area
• 36% open for housing
• 1,1 m2 green for 1.000 people

Demography

Population: 14,657,434 as of 1st of January 2016 (10.041.477 in 2000), that is 18.6% of the total population of Turkey (78,741,053 as of January 2016). Density: 2,821 person/km2 (27 times of Turkey, which is 102 person per square km) Population growth rate: 1.5 % yearly

• Around 5 million (35 %) lives on the Asian side (Anatolia), around 9 million (65 %) on the European side (Thrace)
• 50.21 % of the population is men (in Turkey the rate is 50.2 %)
• 84.2 % are born outside of Istanbul (mostly in Sivas)

Climate

Average temperature: 13,6 degrees Celsius Average relative humidity: 79 % Average sea temperature: 15-16 Celsius

Building

Housing: 869.444 buildings or 4,135,106 single units (approximate in 2012) Islamic Mosques: 3.269 (as of January 2015) Christian Churches: 143 Jewish Synagogues: 16

Traffic

Plate number: 34 Motor vehicles: 3.482.803 (1 car for each 5 person) as of May 2015

• 1/5 of the cars in Turkey (approximately 19.328.083 as of May 2015) are in Istanbul
• about 30.000 new cars join in every month !!!

Education

Literacy rate: 97.3 % (over 6 years of age), it’s over the country’s average (95,8 % in Turkey) Elementary schools: 2.981 (as of 2015) Middle schools: 1.190 (2015) High schools: 914 Students: 2.666.700 (2015) Teachers: 127.734 (2015) Universities: 47 (30% of total universities of Turkey are in Istanbul)

• 70% of students are in State universities
• 30% in Private universities

Health

Hospitals: 232 (in 2014), 71% of them are private hospitals Hospital beds: 31,866 (in 2013) Doctors: 25,661 (1.617 patients for each doctor) Pharmacies: 4,921 (2014) Blood centers: 31 Dialysis centers: 70 X-ray labs: 350 Cemetaries: 555 muslim + 65 non-muslim, around 4 million tombs (2015) Elderly homes: 61 (33 of them are private), with 5.535 beds (in 2004) Homeless children: 236

Culture

Libraries: 72 Cultural centers: 62 Fair/Congress centers: 8 Concerts halls: 28 Movie theaters: 70 Theaters: 23 Art galleries: 68 Newspapers: 337 local and 28 national papers Media: 15 TV stations and 130 radio stations

Sports

Licensed sportsmen: 105.009 (61.708 active) Stadiums: 16 with grass (139.729 capacity) and 11 with firm ground Olympic shooting range: 1 Bowling saloons: 9 Golf courses: 2 Football (Soccer) teams: 5 teams in Super League, 1 team in 1st League, 10 teams in League C (as of 2014-2015 Season) Sports clubs: 470 football clubs, 190 basketball, 92 volleyball, 16 handicapped, 251 karate/judo/tekwandoo, 68 boxing

Tourism

Tourists: 11.842.983 (in 2014), which is about 30% of total arrivals in Turkey (41.415.070 tourists in 2014) Hotels: 471 (80+ five star, 100+ four star, 90+ three star, 110+ two star, 10+ one star, 125+ special category) Beds: 150,000 (as of Jan 2015) Travel agents: 2,441 (in 2014) Sites: 63 museums, 64 historic mosques, 66 historic medresse, 49 historic churches, 1 historic synagogue, 17 palaces Tourist entertainment installations: 349

Utilities

Fixed phones: 4.385.401 Electricity consumption: 29 billion 720 million Kw/h per year Natural gas consumption: 3.757.000.000 m3 Natural gas subscribers: 5.931.345 (as of 2015) (It was 5,120 in 1990) Water consumption: 2.906.169 m3 per day (July 2014), 174 liters per person per day

Economy

Municipality budget: 12,2 billion TL (2015) Contribution to national budget: 6.454.947 x million TL GNP per capita: 3.063 USD (7th in Turkey, first being Kocaeli province with 6,165 USD) Share in national GNP: 23 % Share in national bank deposits: 35% Share in national tax collected: 40% Bank branches: 1.730 (approximately 29% of total banks in Turkey) Free Trade Zones: 4 (Thrace, Ataturk airport, Leather and Industrial, Stock Exchange) Import/Export: 57% of national export and 60% of national import was made from Istanbul (in 2005), major export is textile Commercial firms: 267.248 (63.31 % are Limited), 29,5 % of total firms of Turkey are in Istanbul

• 99% of workers are in private sector
• 1% are in State offices (30,5 % of total workers of Turkey are in Istanbul)
• 53.3 % of the population work in services
• 32.2 % in industry
• 8.1 % in agriculture
• 6.2 % in construction (in 2000)

• 75% are insured with SGK
• 14% with Bagkur
• 11% with Emekli Sandigi
• 3% holds Green card (324.980 people)

Hope to see you soon in Istanbul.