Demographic and Health Surveys provide accurate and detailed demographic information and some basic health information. However, this information is limited to nation totals, urban/rural levels and at most to regions due to the nature of sample surveys. Recently, the use of survey data in developing reliable small area statistics, possibly in relation to the census and survey data, has received attention. In this study “Synthetic estimation techniques” were used as an example of traditional small area methods. The aim of this study is to describe and to present the results of synthetic estimates for eighty provinces of Turkey for 1998. The 1990 population census and 1998 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey were used as data sources. When the results are considered, it can be seen that provincial estimates did not change dramatically from the direct regional estimates.