Health in İstanbul, Türkiye: official figures
İstanbul (figures for the whole province) had 49,819 doctors in 2024, 317 per 100,000 people, 3rd highest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 25,791 of them were specialists.
How many hospitals are in İstanbul?
There were 230 hospitals across the province that contains the city of İstanbul in 2024 (53 run by the Ministry of Health, 160 private, 17 university) with 47,062 beds, 300 per 100,000 people, 16th lowest of 33 big-city provinces.
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyWhat is the life expectancy in İstanbul?
Life expectancy at birth across the province that contains the city of İstanbul was 78.6 years in TÜİK’s 2023 estimate (men 75.8, women 81.3), down from 78.7 in the 2014 estimate; it ranked 6th 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 İstanbul rose from 189 per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 317 in 2024. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The province of İstanbul counted 45,229 nurses (288 per 100,000, national 309) and 7,252 midwives in 2024, with 78 dentists and 53 pharmacists per 100,000 residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 1,035 infants died before their first birthday across the province that contains the city of İstanbul in 2024, compared with 2,149 in 2014. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The crude suicide rate across the province that contains the city of İstanbul was 4.02 per 100,000 people in 2024 (Turkey 5.22), and road traffic accidents killed 20 people per million residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- In the EU's 2023 survey of quality of life in European cities, 61% of residents of İstanbul were satisfied with health care services, doctors and hospitals. Source: Eurostat · saved copy
How İstanbul compares with other cities in Türkiye
Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
İstanbul ranks 3 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankara | 457 |
| 2 | İzmir | 350 |
| 3 | İstanbul | 317 |
| 4 | Elazığ | 308 |
| 5 | Trabzon | 305 |
| 6 | Erzurum | 295 |
| 7 | Eskişehir | 292 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
İstanbul ranks 18 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Adana | 316 |
| 16 | Denizli | 310 |
| 17 | Aydın | 310 |
| 18 | İstanbul | 300 |
| 19 | Ordu | 293 |
| 20 | Batman | 277 |
| 21 | Van | 275 |
Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
İstanbul ranks 20 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Ordu | 303 |
| 18 | Kahramanmaraş | 303 |
| 19 | Van | 293 |
| 20 | İstanbul | 288 |
| 21 | Diyarbakir | 285 |
| 22 | Manisa | 283 |
| 23 | Denizli | 281 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) (2023)
İstanbul ranks 6 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ankara | 79.2 |
| 4 | Trabzon | 79.0 |
| 5 | Malatya | 78.8 |
| 6 | İstanbul | 78.6 |
| 7 | Batman | 78.6 |
| 8 | Antalya | 78.4 |
| 9 | Elazığ | 78.4 |
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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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