1935 Turkish census
Turkish census
On 20 October 1935, a census was made in 57 provinces, 356 districts, 34.876 villages. Turkey's population was defined as 16,188,767. It was determined that 7,936,770 of the population was male (48.1%) and 8,221,248 (50.9%) were female.[ 1]
Census in Turkey Year 1927 13,649,945 — 1935 16,188,767 +18.6% 1940 17,820,950 +10.1% 1945 18,790,174 +5.4% 1950 20,947,188 +11.5% 1955 24,064,763 +14.9% 1960 27,754,820 +15.3% 1965 31,391,421 +13.1% 1970 35,605,176 +13.4% 1975 40,347,719 +13.3% 1980 44,736,957 +10.9% 1985 50,664,458 +13.2% 1990 56,473,035 +11.5% 2000 67,803,927 +20.1% 2007 70,586,256 +4.1% 2008 71,517,100 +1.3% 2009 72,561,312 +1.5% 2010 73,722,988 +1.6% 2011 74,724,269 +1.4% 2012 75,627,384 +1.2% 2013 76,667,864 +1.4% 2014 77,695,904 +1.3% 2015 78,741,053 +1.3% 2016 79,814,871 +1.4% 2017 80,810,525 +1.2% 2018 82,003,882 +1.5% 2019 83,154,997 +1.4% 2020 83,614,362 +0.6% 2021 84,680,273 +1.3% 2022 85,279,553 +0.7%
Populations of the provinces
Religious affiliation
Religious group
Population
Number
%
Total
16 158 018
100.00
Muslim
15 838 673
98.02
Greek Orthodox
125 046[ 2]
0.77
Armenian Orthodox
44 526[ 2]
0.35
Armenian Catholics
11 229[ 2]
Roman Catholics
32 155[ 2]
0.20
Protestants
8 486[ 3]
0.05
Jewish
78 730[ 4]
0.49
Other religions
12 965
Irreligious
559
Language
The census questioned the language spoken at home.[ 5]
Language
Population
Number
%
Turkish
13 899 073
86,02
Kurdish
1 480 246
9,16
Arabic
153 687
0,95
Greek
108 725
0,67
Circassian
91 972
0,57
Laz
63 253
0,39
Armenian
57 599
0,36
Georgian
57 325
0,36
Ladino
42 607
0,27
Pomak
32 661
0,20
Bosnian
24 613
0,15
Albanian
22 754
0,14
Bulgarian
18 245
0,11
Tatar
15 615
0,10
Spanish
14 242
0,09
Abaza
10 099
0,06
Romani
7 855
0,05
French
5 381
0,03
German
5 047
0,03
Russian
4 810
0,03
Italian
4 633
0,03
Serbian
4 369
0,03
Persian
2 053
0,01
English
1 482
0,01
Hungarian
885
0,01
Romanian
699
Polish
494
Czechoslovak
200
Flemish
130
Swedish
114
Croatian
83
Others
12 466
0,08
Unknown
14 033
0,09
Total
16 157 450
100
Maps of provinces in Turkey by percentage of spoken first language
Source:[ 6]
References
^ Erdem, Ufuk (2016). "The Second Census of Turkey of Republican Period (20 October 1935)" (PDF) . Black Sea . 8 (30). ISSN 1308-6200 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-14 .
^ a b c d Yust, Walter, ed. (1950). "Turkey". Britannica Book of the Year . London, UK: Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd. p. 632.
^ Yust, Walter, ed. (1950). "Turkey". Britannica Book of the Year . London, UK: Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd. pp. 632–633.
^ Yust, Walter, ed. (1950). "Turkey". Britannica Book of the Year . London, UK: Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd. p. 633.
^ http://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015557.pdf
^ Dündar, Fuat (1999). Türkiye Nüfus Sayımlarında Azınlıklar [Minorities in Turkish Censuses ]. Istanbul: Çiviyazıları. ISBN 975-8086-77-4 .