Health in Diyarbakir, Türkiye: official figures
Diyarbakir (figures for the whole province) had 3,681 doctors in 2024, 201 per 100,000 people, 9th lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 1,648 of them were specialists.
How many hospitals are in Diyarbakir?
There were 28 hospitals across the province that contains the city of Diyarbakir in 2024 (18 run by the Ministry of Health, 9 private, 1 university) with 4,991 beds, 272 per 100,000 people, 11th lowest of 33 big-city provinces.
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyWhat is the life expectancy in Diyarbakir?
Life expectancy at birth across the province that contains the city of Diyarbakir was 78.1 years in TÜİK’s 2023 estimate (men 75.5, women 80.7), down from 78.2 in the 2014 estimate; it ranked 13th highest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey 77.3).
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyMore figures
- The doctor ratio across the province that contains the city of Diyarbakir rose from 151 per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 201 in 2024. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The province of Diyarbakir counted 5,218 nurses (285 per 100,000, national 309) and 1,156 midwives in 2024, with 37 dentists and 41 pharmacists per 100,000 residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 330 infants died before their first birthday across the province that contains the city of Diyarbakir in 2024, compared with 618 in 2014. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The crude suicide rate across the province that contains the city of Diyarbakir was 4.55 per 100,000 people in 2024 (Turkey 5.22), and road traffic accidents killed 55 people per million residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 60% of people in Diyarbakir were satisfied with health care services, doctors and hospitals (EU quality of life in European cities survey, 2023). Source: Eurostat · saved copy
How Diyarbakir compares with other cities in Türkiye
Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Diyarbakir ranks 25 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Sakarya | 205 |
| 23 | Manisa | 205 |
| 24 | Gaziantep | 202 |
| 25 | Diyarbakir | 201 |
| 26 | Ordu | 192 |
| 27 | Van | 185 |
| 28 | Kahramanmaraş | 181 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Diyarbakir ranks 23 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Batman | 277 |
| 21 | Van | 275 |
| 22 | Tekirdağ | 272 |
| 23 | Diyarbakir | 272 |
| 24 | Mersin | 272 |
| 25 | Balıkesir | 267 |
| 26 | Kocaeli | 266 |
Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Diyarbakir ranks 21 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Kahramanmaraş | 303 |
| 19 | Van | 293 |
| 20 | İstanbul | 288 |
| 21 | Diyarbakir | 285 |
| 22 | Manisa | 283 |
| 23 | Denizli | 281 |
| 24 | Hatay | 280 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) (2023)
Diyarbakir ranks 13 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kahramanmaraş | 78.3 |
| 11 | Ordu | 78.2 |
| 12 | İzmir | 78.1 |
| 13 | Diyarbakir | 78.1 |
| 14 | Aydın | 78.1 |
| 15 | Denizli | 78.1 |
| 16 | Sivas | 78.1 |
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Sources
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_percep: Quality of life in European cities survey 2023: perception (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 81bd3e277f3e…)
- 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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