Istanbul's population is larger than many countries

Istanbul's official population is 13.854.740 as of today, which is more than 122 countries around the world!!!

Senegal (13,6 Million), Zambia (13,1 Million), Zimbabwe (13 Million), Chad (12,8 Million), Southern Sudan (11,3 Million), Cuba (11,2 Million), Belgium (11, 1 Million), Guinea (10,8 Million), Greece (10,8 Million), Tunis (10,8 Million), Portugal (10,6 Million), Rwanda (10,5 Million), Czech Republic (10,5 Million), Somalia (10,5 Million), Haiti (10,4 Million), Benin (10,3 Million), Burundi (10,1 Million), Bolivia (10 Million), Hungary (9,9 Million), Sweden (9,6 Million), Belarus (9,5 Million), Dominican Republic (9,5 Million), Azerbaijan (9,2 Million), Austria (8,5 Million), Honduras (8,4 Million), UAE (8,3 Million), Switzerland (8,1 Million), Israel (8 Million), Tajikistan (8 Million), Bulgaria (7,3 Million), Serbia (7,2 Million), Hong Kong (7,2 Million), Papua New Guinea, (7,1 Million), Paraguay (6,7 Million), Laos (6,6 Million), Jordan (6,5 Million), Eritrea (6,3 Million), Libya (6,2 Million), Togo (6,2 Million), Sierra Leone (6,2 Million), El Salvador (6,2 Million), Nicaragua (6,1 Million), Denmark (5,6 Million), Kyrgyzstan (5,6 Million), Finland (5,4 Million), Slovakia (5,4 Million), Singapore (5,3 Million), Turkmenistan (5,2 Million), Norway (5,1 Million), Lebanon (4,8 Million), Costa Rika (4,7 Million), Central African Republic (4,6 Million), Ireland (4,6 Million), Georgia (4,5 Million), New Zealand (4,5 Million), Congo Republic (4,4 Million), Palestine (4,4 Million), Liberia (4,3 Million), Croatia (4,3 Million), Bosnia (3,8 Million), Oman (3,8 Million), Puerto Rico (3,7 Million), Kuwait (3,6 Million), Moldova (3,6 Million), Mauritania (3,5 Million), Panama (3,4 Million), Uruguay (3,3 Million), Armenia (3 Million), Lithuania (3 Million), Albania (2,8 Million), Mongolia (2,8 Million), Jamaica (2,7 Million), Namibia (2,1 Million), Lesotho (2,1 Million), Slovenia (2,1 Million), Macedonia (2,1 Million), Botswana (2 Million), Latonia (2 Million), Qatar (1,9 Million), Gambia (1,8 Million), Guinea Bissau (1,7 Million), Gabon (1,7 Million), Equator Guinea (1,6 Million), Togo (1,3 Million), Estonia (1,9 Million), Mauritius (1,3 Million), Swaziland (1,2 Million), Bahrain (1,2 Million), East Timor (1,1 Million), Djibouti (865 thousand), Cyprus (862 thousand), Fiji (858 thousand), Reunion (821 thousand), Guyana (785 thousand), Bhutan (737 thousand), Comoros (724 thousand), Montenegro (620 thousand), Macau (582 thousand), West Sahara (567 thousand), Solomon Islands (561 thousand), Luxemburg (537 thousand), Surinam (534 thousand), Cape Verde Republic (492 thousand), Malta (416 thousand), Guadeloupe (403 thousand), Martinique (394 thousand), Brunei (393 thousand), Bahamas (351 thousand), Iceland (324 thousand), Maldives (317 thousand), Belize (313 thousand), Barbados (274 thousand), French Polynesia (268 thousand), Vanuatu (265 thousand), New Caledonia (259 thousand), French Guyana (229 thousand), Mayotte (213 thousand), Samoa (188 thousand), Sao Tome and Principe (187 thousand), Saint Lucia (167 thousand), Guam (159 thousand), Curacao (151 thousand)

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