Batman: population and official figures

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Batman: GDP per person across the province that contains the city of Batman was $7,202 (236,422 lira) in 2024, 53% below the national figure of $15,325; it ranked 3rd lowest of 33 big-city provinces.
• Health in Batman: Batman (figures for the whole province) had 945 doctors in 2024, 144 per 100,000 people, 3rd lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 498 of them were specialists.
• Education in Batman: 15.1% of residents aged 15 and over across the province that contains the city of Batman held a university or college degree in 2024, 5th lowest of 33 big-city provinces (national 19.6%); the share was 13.7% for women and 16.5% for men.
• Poverty and living standards in Batman: 10,350 homes were sold across the province that contains the city of Batman in 2024 (15.8 per 1,000 residents, +209% on 2014); 6.1% of the sales were mortgaged.
• Government budget and revenue in Batman: Central government units across the province that contains the city of Batman collected 11.7 billion lira of budget revenue in 2025, 17,852 lira per resident (3rd lowest of 33 big-city provinces), and spent 38.0 billion lira.
• Government and politics in Batman: The province of Batman’s 5 district mayoralties outside the provincial centre were split in March 2024 as follows: the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) 3, Yeniden Refah 1, CHP 1.

Who runs Batman?

In Türkiye, cities and towns are run by metropolitan municipalities: Metropolitan mayor and council elected for five years; in other provinces a directly elected provincial council, with the appointed governor heading the executive. Transport, water, major roads, planning and services across a whole province.

How local power works in Türkiye

Cities of a similar size in Türkiye

• Van 1,141,015
• Aydın 1,134,031
• Tekirdağ 1,113,400
• Sakarya 1,060,876
• Denizli 1,051,056
• Muğla 1,021,141
• Eskişehir 898,369
• Mardin 862,757
• Trabzon 816,684
• Malatya 808,692
• Ordu 760,872
• Erzurum 756,893
• Elazığ 381,158
• Sivas 362,002

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Sources

• United Nations Statistics Division: Demographic Yearbook 2024, Table 8: Population of capital cities and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants, latest available year, 2005-2024, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0c6784df022e…)
• Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı, Muhasebat Genel Müdürlüğü (Ministry of Treasury and Finance): 2025 central government budget revenue and expenditure by province (cumulative to December 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 ee14ab6763f0…)
• Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı, Muhasebat Genel Müdürlüğü (Ministry of Treasury and Finance): 2025 local government budget expenditure by institution type and province (municipalities, provincial special administrations, local unions), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 a64619ab0792…)
• Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı, Muhasebat Genel Müdürlüğü (Ministry of Treasury and Finance): 2025 general budget tax revenue assessed and collected by province (cumulative to December 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 adf424e2695d…)
• Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (YSK, Supreme Election Council), Seçmen Kütüğü Genel Müdürlüğü: Seçim İstatistikleri 2020-2024 (election statistics: 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections, 31 March 2024 local elections), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 cb8acf717c1a…)
• Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute): Bölgesel İstatistikler (Regional Statistics database): 114 indicators for the 81 provinces, 2014-2024 (CSV export), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 54a60ac62f7a…)

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