This is a list of districts of Istanbul in Turkey (Turkish: İstanbul'un ilçeleri) as of 31 December 2024. The number of the districts increased from 32 to 39 shortly before the 2009 local elections.
| Nr.Plates (İlçe Kayıt) | Districts of Istanbul | Population 31.12.2024 | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1103 | Adalar | 16,979 | 11.05 | 1,537 |
| 2048 | Arnavutköy | 344,868 | 450.35 | 766 |
| 2049 | Ataşehir | 414,866 | 25.23 | 16,443 |
| 2003 | Avcılar | 440,934 | 42.01 | 10,496 |
| 2004 | Bağcılar | 713,594 | 22.36 | 31,914 |
| 2005 | Bahçelievler | 560,086 | 16.62 | 33,700 |
| 1166 | Bakırköy | 219,893 | 29.64 | 7,419 |
| 2050 | Başakşehir | 520,467 | 104.30 | 4,990 |
| 1886 | Bayrampaşa | 268,303 | 9.61 | 27,919 |
| 1183 | Beşiktaş | 167,264 | 18.01 | 9,287 |
| 1185 | Beykoz | 245,440 | 310.36 | 791 |
| 2051 | Beylikdüzü | 415,290 | 37.78 | 10,992 |
| 1186 | Beyoğlu | 216,688 | 8.91 | 24,320 |
| 1782 | Büyükçekmece | 280,528 | 139.17 | 2,016 |
| 1237 | Çatalca | 80,399 | 1,115.13 | 72 |
| 2052 | Çekmeköy | 306,739 | 148.09 | 2,071 |
| 2016 | Esenler | 423,625 | 18.43 | 22,986 |
| 2053 | Esenyurt | 988,369 | 43.13 | 22,916 |
| 1325 | Eyüpsultan | 420,706 | 228.42 | 1,842 |
| 1327 | Fatih | 354,472 | 15.59 | 22,737 |
| 1336 | Gaziosmanpaşa | 479,931 | 11.76 | 40,810 |
| 2010 | Güngören | 264,831 | 7.21 | 36,731 |
| 1421 | Kadıköy | 462,189 | 25.09 | 18,421 |
| 1810 | Kağıthane | 444,820 | 14.87 | 29,914 |
| 1449 | Kartal | 475,859 | 38.54 | 12,347 |
| 1823 | Küçükçekmece | 789,033 | 37.54 | 21,018 |
| 2012 | Maltepe | 524,921 | 52.97 | 9,910 |
| 1835 | Pendik | 749,356 | 179.99 | 4,163 |
| 2054 | Sancaktepe | 502,077 | 62.42 | 8,044 |
| 1604 | Sarıyer | 342,582 | 175.39 | 1,953 |
| 1622 | Silivri | 232,156 | 869.52 | 267 |
| 2014 | Sultanbeyli | 369,193 | 29.14 | 12,670 |
| 2055 | Sultangazi | 532,601 | 36.30 | 14,672 |
| 1659 | Şile | 48,936 | 781.72 | 63 |
| 1663 | Şişli | 263,063 | 10.71 | 24,562 |
| 2015 | Tuzla | 301,400 | 123.63 | 2,438 |
| 1852 | Ümraniye | 727,819 | 45.31 | 16,063 |
| 1708 | Üsküdar | 512,981 | 35.33 | 14,520 |
| 1739 | Zeytinburnu | 278,344 | 11.59 | 24,016 |
| Europe (25 districts) | 10,042,847 | 3,474.35 | 2,891 | |
| Asia (14 districts) | 5,658,755 | 1,868.87 | 3,028 | |
| Total | 15,701,602 | 5,343.22 | 2,939 | |
Population
Asian Side
European Side
| District | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1997 | 2007 | 2012 | 2017 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adalar | 15,219 | 17,600 | 13,171 | 18,232 | 14,785 | 19,413 | 16,171 | 10,460 | 14,552 | 14,907 | 16,690 | |
| Arnavutköy | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 206,299 | 261,655 | 326,452 | |
| Ataşehir | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 395,758 | 423,372 | 423,127 | |
| Avcılar | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 214,621 | 323,596 | 395,274 | 435,682 | 452,132 | |
| Bağcılar | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 487,896 | 719,267 | 749,024 | 748,483 | 740,069 | |
| Bahçelievler | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 442,877 | 571,711 | 600,162 | 598,454 | 594,350 | |
| Bakırköy | 168,694 | 341,743 | 568,799 | 882,505 | 1,238,342 | 1,328,276 | 222,336 | 214,821 | 221,336 | 222,370 | 226,685 | |
| Başakşehir | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 316,176 | 396,729 | 514,900 | |
| Bayrampaşa | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 212,570 | 240,427 | 272,196 | 269,774 | 274,197 | 275,314 | |
| Beşiktaş | 107,442 | 136,105 | 174,931 | 188,117 | 204,911 | 192,210 | 202,783 | 191,513 | 186,067 | 185,447 | 175,190 | |
| Beykoz | 67,758 | 76,385 | 92,767 | 114,812 | 136,063 | 163,786 | 193,067 | 241,833 | 246,352 | 251,087 | 247,875 | |
| Beylikdüzü | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 229,115 | 314,670 | 412,835 | |
| Beyoğlu | 218,985 | 225,850 | 230,532 | 223,360 | 245,999 | 229,000 | 231,826 | 247,256 | 246,152 | 236,606 | 225,920 | |
| Büyükçekmece | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 142,910 | 287,569 | 688,774 | 201,077 | 243,474 | 277,181 | |
| Çatalca | 62,005 | 69,523 | 71,459 | 89,057 | 117,380 | 64,241 | 73,227 | 89,158 | 63,467 | 69,057 | 77,468 | |
| Çekmeköy | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 193,182 | 248,859 | 296,066 | |
| Eminönü | 137,849 | 136,997 | 122,885 | 93,324 | 93,383 | 83,444 | 65,246 | 32,557 | no data | no data | no data | |
| Esenler | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 344,428 | 517,235 | 458,694 | 454,569 | 445,421 | |
| Esenyurt | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 553,369 | 846,492 | 983,571 | |
| Eyüpsultan | 168,417 | 238,831 | 297,218 | 331,507 | 377,187 | 211,986 | 254,028 | 325,532 | 356,512 | 381,114 | 422,913 | |
| Fatih | 344,602 | 417,662 | 504,127 | 474,578 | 497,459 | 462,464 | 432,590 | 422,941 | 428,857 | 433,873 | 368,227 | |
| Gaziosmanpaşa | 89,538 | 125,667 | 160,949 | 219,026 | 289,841 | 393,667 | 649,648 | 1,013,048 | 488,258 | 497,959 | 495,998 | |
| Güngören | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 273,915 | 318,545 | 307,573 | 296,967 | 282,692 | |
| Kadıköy | 166,425 | 241,593 | 362,578 | 468,217 | 577,863 | 648,282 | 699,379 | 744,670 | 521,005 | 451,453 | 483,064 | |
| Kağıthane | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 269,042 | 317,238 | 418,229 | 421,356 | 442,694 | 455,943 | |
| Kartal | 97,803 | 168,822 | 287,105 | 413,839 | 572,546 | 611,532 | 362,175 | 541,209 | 443,293 | 463,433 | 483,418 | |
| Küçükçekmece | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 479,419 | 460,388 | 785,392 | 721,911 | 770,393 | 808,957 | |
| Maltepe | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 335,539 | 415,117 | 460,955 | 497,586 | 528,544 | |
| Pendik | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 295,651 | 339,759 | 520,486 | 625,797 | 698,260 | 750,435 | |
| Sancaktepe | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 278,998 | 402,391 | 489,848 | |
| Sarıyer | 52,445 | 67,902 | 85,262 | 117,659 | 147,503 | 171,872 | 229,600 | 276,407 | 289,959 | 344,876 | 350,454 | |
| Şile | 18,098 | 19,427 | 18,648 | 20,424 | 19,310 | 25,372 | 27,385 | 25,169 | 30,218 | 35,131 | 43,464 | |
| Silivri | 35,380 | 37,443 | 40,106 | 53,032 | 55,625 | 77,599 | 98,873 | 125,364 | 150,183 | 180,524 | 217,163 | |
| Şişli | 268,143 | 365,621 | 440,572 | 467,685 | 526,526 | 250,478 | 257,049 | 314,684 | 318,217 | 274,196 | 276,528 | |
| Sultanbeyli | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 144,932 | 272,758 | 302,388 | 329,985 | 358,201 | |
| Sultangazi | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 492,212 | 528,514 | 542,531 | |
| Tuzla | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 93,975 | 165,239 | 197,657 | 252,923 | 288,878 | |
| Ümraniye | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | 301,257 | 498,952 | 897,260 | 645,238 | 699,901 | 732,379 | |
| Üsküdar | 135,056 | 171,267 | 254,895 | 366,186 | 490,185 | 395,623 | 472,124 | 582,666 | 535,916 | 533,570 | 524,452 | |
| Yalova | 37,090 | 42,689 | 55,036 | 75,787 | 90,228 | 113,417 | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | |
| Zeytinburnu | 102,874 | 117,905 | 123,548 | 124,543 | 147,849 | 165,679 | 228,786 | 288,743 | 292,407 | 287,378 | 292,616 | |
| Europe | 1,756,374 | 2,281,249 | 2,820,388 | 3,264,393 | 3,942,005 | 4,734,857 | 6,015,351 | 8,156,969 | 8,963,431 | 9,726,373 | 10,241,510 | |
| Asia | 537,449 | 737,783 | 1,084,200 | 1,477,497 | 1,900,980 | 2,574,333 | 3,183,458 | 4,416,867 | 4,891,309 | 5,302,858 | 5,666,441 | |
| Total | 2,293,823 | 3,019,032 | 3,904,588 | 4,741,890 | 5,842,985 | 7,309,190 | 9,198,809 | 12,573,836 | 13,854,740 | 15,029,231 | 15,907,951 |
Historical information
Pera (now Beyoğlu) and Galata in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were a part of the Municipality of the Sixth Circle (French: Municipalité du VIme Cercle), established under the laws of 11 Jumada al-Thani (Djem. II) and 24 Shawwal (Chev.) 1274, in 1858; the organisation of the central city in the city walls, "Stamboul" (Turkish: İstanbul), was not affected by these laws. All of Constantinople (all of which today is now Istanbul) was in the Prefecture of the City of Constantinople (French: Préfecture de la Ville de Constantinople).
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