{"id":118504,"date":"2025-02-09T14:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=118504"},"modified":"2025-02-09T14:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T11:39:13","slug":"turkeys-2024-population-data-reveals-nearly-140000-afghan-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/118504-turkeys-2024-population-data-reveals-nearly-140000-afghan-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s 2024 population data reveals nearly 140,000 Afghan residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Turkish Statistical Institute released its 2024 Address-Based Population Registration System data on Friday, February 7, detailing the country\u2019s current population figures. According to the report, Turkey\u2019s total population has reached 85,664,944\u2014a rise of about 292,000 people compared to 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The data shows that 1,480,547 foreign citizens with legal residency are living in Turkey, a decrease of roughly 89,996 individuals from the previous year. Among these, 139,251 are Afghan citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statistics, which also include figures for other nationalities such as German, Turkmen, and Iranian citizens, are based solely on legal residency registrations and do not account for undocumented refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report comes as migration trends continue, with a notable number of Afghan citizens arriving in Turkey over the past three years due to ongoing economic challenges and political instability in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Turkish Statistical Institute released its 2024 Address-Based Population Registration System data on Friday, February 7, detailing the country\u2019s current population figures. According to the report, Turkey\u2019s total population has reached 85,664,944\u2014a rise of about 292,000 people compared to 2023. The data shows that 1,480,547 foreign citizens with legal residency are living in Turkey, a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":118505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,2],"tags":[3362],"class_list":["post-118504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-afghan-refugees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Turkey\u2019s 2024 population data reveals nearly 140,000 Afghan residents - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/118504-turkeys-2024-population-data-reveals-nearly-140000-afghan-residents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turkey\u2019s 2024 population data reveals nearly 140,000 Afghan residents - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Turkish Statistical Institute released its 2024 Address-Based Population Registration System data on Friday, February 7, detailing the country\u2019s current population figures. 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