12 mln Turkish people internally migrate in five years
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More than 12 million people moved from one Turkish city to another between 2009 and 2014, according to data compiled by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K), while a separate report defined Istanbul as a megacity with a population that could swell to 17 million by 2030.
Over the five year period ending in 2014, a total of 12.3 million people changed cities in Turkey, according to the data. The top three cities subjected to in-country migration were Istanbul, Ankara and the Mediterranean province of Antalya, the data showed, while the top three cities persons emigrated from were in the eastern provinces of Van, A?r? and Erzurum.
Having remained the most attractive city in migration terms, Istanbul has taken in 2,151,415 migrants from across the country, while the number of people who have moved out of the metropolis was stated as 1,815,932, according to the data.
In total, 52 Turkish cities saw their numbers grow with more people moving to the city than away, the data showed.
Meanwhile, in a separate report on megacities released recently by Allianz, an international insurance company, Istanbul was listed as the 15th largest megacity in the world with a population of some 14.16 million.
The metropolis will see a population growth of some 2.53 million people by 2030 to reach nearly 17 million, the report said, adding the Turkish megacity would be the 20th most populated city by that time.
The report also provided figures for other megacities from around the world, noting several megacities would see growth at exponential rates, reaching country-sized populations.
"By 2030, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities; many of them in megacities - conglomerations with ten million...
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