Istanbul in numbers
Geography
Coordinates: 41.09 north, 29.42 east
Area: 5.196 square km
- 17% is good for agriculture
- 47% is forested area
- 36% open for housing
- 1,1 m2 green for 1.000 people
Villages: 151
Neighborhoods: 817
Districts: 39
Demography
Population: 12.573.836 as of 1st of January 2008 (10.041.477 in 2000), that is 17.8% of the total population of Turkey (70.586.256 as of January 2008)
Density: 2.420 person/km2 (26 times of Turkey, which is 92 person per square km)
Population growth rate: 3.3 % yearly
- 35 % lives on the Asian side (Anatolia), 65 % on the European side (Thrace)
- 51 % of the population is men (in Turkey the rate is 49%)
- 62.24 % 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 3.393.077 single units (approximate in 2000)
Islamic Mosques: 2.562
Christian Churches: 50
Jewish Synagogues: 16
Traffic
Plate number: 34
Motor vehicles: 2.200.580 (1 car for each 5 person) (2.5million estimated in 2006)
- 1/3 of the cars in Turkey (6.500.000) are in Istanbul
- about 500 cars join in everyday !!!
Traffic police: 2.293
Taxis: 17.500
Public buses: 3.838
Suspension Bridges: 2 over the Bosphorus, making 537.000 YTL daily income total from both bridges, around 381,091 vehicles daily
Airports: 2 international, 1 private, several military.
Fishing boats: 2,058
Education
Literacy rate: 93.39 % (over 6 years of age), it's on top in country's average (87,32 % in Turkey)
Elementary schools: 1.488
High schools: 612
Universities: 23 (29 % of total universities of Turkey are in Istanbul)
- 70% of students are in State universities
- 30% in Private universities
Health
Hospitals: 194 (in 2005), 71% of them (140) are private hospitals
Hospital beds: 33,721 (in 2004)
Doctors: 12.827 (1.617 patients for each doctor)
Pharmacies: 4,494
Blood centers: 31
Dialysis centers: 70
X-ray labs: 350
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: 3
Football (Soccer) teams: 5 teams in League A, 11 teams in League B, 10 teams in League C
Sports clubs: 470 football clubs, 190 basketball, 92 volleyball, 16 handicapped, 251 karate/judo/tekwandoo, 68 boxing
Tourism
Tourists: 4.849.712 (in 2005), which is 23% of total arrivals in Turkey (21.122.798 tourists)
Hotels/Motels: 969 (28 five star, 57 four star, 80 three star, 75 two star, 18 one star, 38 special category)
Beds: 86.000
Travel agents: 1.511
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: 22.983.837 x million Kw/h per year
Natural gas consumption: 3.757.000.000 m3
Natural gas subscribers: 3.005.000 (It was only 172,000 in 1993)
Water consumption: 2.000.000 m3 per day, 174 liters per person per day
Economy
Contribution to national budget: 6.454.947 x million YTL
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)
Social security: 4.057.090 people, that makes around 90% of the population insured considering parenthood such as husband-wife or parents-children etc.
- 75% are insured with SSK
- 14% with Bagkur
- 11% with Emekli Sandigi
- 3% holds Green card (324.980 people)
Hope to see you soon in Istanbul.
Source: Metropolitan Municipality, Governor, State Statistics Office