Solar Energy Validation for Strategic Investment Planning via Comparative Data Mining Methods: An Expanded Example within the Cities of Turkey

Table 6

Population and population forecasting.

City	2010	2013	2018	City	2010	2013	2018
Adana	2.053.465	2.088.667	2.132.063	Manisa	1.342.281	1.379.025	1.435.691
Adıyaman	586.015	585.186	576.566	K. Maraş	1.070.647	1.131.705	1.230.314
Afyon	699.435	699.222	690.944	Mardin	761.087	775.180	792.768
Ağrı	529.263	522.044	502.477	Muğla	824.009	872.597	952.629
Amasya	321.808	317.933	308.935	Muş	386.845	358.135	303.076
Ankara	4.686.009	4.885.314	5.200.437	Nevşehir	284.083	287.204	291.079
Antalya	1.960.779	2.112.823	2.364.692	Niğde	350.013	366.502	391.436
Artvin	162.654	156.276	144.708	Ordu	721.843	723.376	720.102
Aydın	995.256	1.039.498	1.111.880	Rize	320.057	320.372	319.334
Balıkesir	1.151.826	1.182.196	1.227.914	Sakarya	874.881	908.937	962.535
Bilecik	193.516	193.554	192.431	Samsun	1.243.063	1.254.323	1.266.147
Bingöl	262.113	271.191	285.864	Siirt	317.155	344.970	395.875
Bitlis	323.902	317.820	303.224	Sinop	202.463	204.724	207.404
Bolu	268.277	266.087	259.305	Sivas	620.350	599.974	555.460
Burdur	246.624	244.404	238.345	Tekirdağ	834.868	932.255	1.097.284
Bursa	2.629.919	2.813.935	3.122.382	Tokat	619.250	619.802	613.781
Çanakkale	480.358	488.070	499.377	Trabzon	751.839	754.895	756.547
Çankırı	178.941	182.606	187.140	Tunceli	87.764	89.706	92.700
Çorum	536.874	521.868	491.257	Şanlıurfa	1.630.731	1.716.085	1.856.962
Denizli	934.733	958.709	994.970	Uşak	334.720	334.453	331.276
Diyarbakır	1.531.760	1.587.863	1.670.933	Van	1.051.872	1.125.180	1.250.414
Edirne	393.537	391.225	385.850	Yozgat	464.120	430.652	366.183
Elazığ	548.206	547.831	543.067	Zonguldak	620.069	620.198	616.773
Erzincan	210.123	208.845	205.292	Aksaray	378.316	388.990	404.248
Erzurum	744.843	694.706	597.331	Bayburt	72.809	68.106	59.193
Eskişehir	768.363	807.893	871.942	Karaman	236.899	246.889	263.218
Gaziantep	1.673.920	1.763.230	1.900.432	Kırıkkale	272.884	261.793	239.463
Giresun	425.732	430.608	436.138	Batman	506.690	539.309	595.643
Gümüşhane	133.805	137.039	141.200	Şırnak	458.158	504.989	591.400
Hakkâri	280.518	314.949	375.488	Bartın	190.357	197.658	209.303
Hatay	1.449.059	1.500.126	1.578.655	Ardahan	107.690	100.441	87.273
Isparta	412.916	419.760	427.768	Iğdır	182.881	180.291	173.562
Mersin	1.626.691	1.659.526	1.705.843	Yalova	220.737	256.136	315.925
İstanbul	13.050.933	13.571.135	14.407.233	Karabük	216.389	216.172	214.829
İzmir	3.900.770	4.055.605	4.304.649	Kilis	124.843	130.407	138.891
Kars	302.562	286.295	253.943	Osmaniye	480.250	518.737	541.319
Kastamonu	361.138	361.121	358.235	Düzce	337.201	349.642	369.165
Kayseri	1.217.110	1.264.676	1.339.823	Kütahya	556.534	539.844	505.554
Kırklareli	337.576	338.173	338.349	Malatya	739.902	748.731	761.343
Kırşehir	220.861	217.098	208.230
Kocaeli	1.573.424	1.699.004	1.908.939
Konya	2.004.743	2.050.921	2.111.845