GROWTH OF POPULATION
In 1945, Istanbul had a population of 1,078,000. Because of the growth industrially in 1950 due to the fast growing industirual centers, the population sored to 1,533,000 by 1955. Since that time it continues to serge between .04.-.05 percent annually, and in 1990's the population grew to 7,309,00. In 2000, the census bureau reported the population of Istanbul to be over 10 million people.
Problems from over population
Due to the over population in Istanbul they have faced problems such as over crowding population numbers, urbanization, illegal construction due to the number of building they have to construct to support the people living and visiting there, unemployment from the amount of people looking for jobs because they are scarce with the population, and the industrialization business. Another problem they face are the natural resources, how are they going to protect the water, and agriculture from the over population and the land space used to build the new living spaces.
Facts about Istanbul Population and growth
18.5% of the total population of Turkey
Population growth rate: 1.68% yearly
35 % lives on the Asian side, 65 % on the European side
50.21 % of the population is men (in Turkey the rate is 50.2 %)
84.2 % are born outside of Istanbul (mostly in Sivas)
Population growth rate: 1.68% yearly
35 % lives on the Asian side, 65 % on the European side
50.21 % of the population is men (in Turkey the rate is 50.2 %)
84.2 % are born outside of Istanbul (mostly in Sivas)