Provinces
The population of the provinces of Iran according to census results.
Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | Area A-L (km²) | Population Census (C) 1986-09-22 | Population Census (C) 1996-10-25 | Population Census (C) 2006-10-25 | Population Census (C) 2011-10-24 | Population Census (Cp) 2016-09-24 | |||
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Iran | IRN | ایران | Tehrān | 1,628,771 | 49,445,010 | 60,055,488 | 70,495,782 | 75,149,669 | 79,926,270 | |||
Alborz | ALB | البرز | Karaj | 5,122 | Tehrān | Tehrān | 2,076,991 | 2,412,513 | 2,712,400 | 512200 | → | |
Ardabīl | ARD | اردبیل | Ardabīl | 17,800 | 1,036,202 | 1,168,011 | 1,228,155 | 1,248,488 | 1,270,420 | 1780000 | → | |
Āzārbāyjān-e Gharbī [West Azerbaijan] | AZG | آذربایجان غربی | Orūmīyeh | 37,411 | 1,971,677 | 2,496,320 | 2,873,459 | 3,080,576 | 3,265,219 | 3741100 | → | |
Āzārbāyjān-e Sharqī [East Azerbaijan] | AZS | آذربایجان شرقی | Tabrīz | 45,651 | 3,077,882 | 3,325,540 | 3,603,456 | 3,724,620 | 3,909,652 | 4565100 | → | |
Būshehr | BUS | بوشهر | Būshehr | 22,743 | 612,183 | 743,675 | 886,267 | 1,032,949 | 1,163,400 | 2274300 | → | |
Chahārmahāl va Bakhtīārī | CMB | چهارمحال و بختیاری | Shahr-e Kord | 16,328 | 631,179 | 761,168 | 857,910 | 895,263 | 947,763 | 1632800 | → | |
Eṣfahān [Isfahan] | ESF | اصفهان | Eṣfahān | 107,018 | 3,294,916 | 3,923,255 | 4,559,256 | 4,879,312 | 5,120,850 | 10701800 | → | |
Fārs | FAR | فارس | Shīrāz | 122,608 | 3,193,769 | 3,817,036 | 4,336,878 | 4,596,658 | 4,851,274 | 12260800 | → | |
Gīlān | GIL | گیلان | Rasht | 14,042 | 2,081,037 | 2,241,896 | 2,404,861 | 2,480,874 | 2,530,696 | 1404200 | → | |
Golestān (Gorgān) | GOL | گلستان | Gorgān | 20,367 | 1,145,033 | 1,426,288 | 1,617,087 | 1,777,014 | 1,868,819 | 2036700 | → | |
Hamadān | HAM | همدان | Hamadān | 19,368 | 1,505,826 | 1,677,957 | 1,703,267 | 1,758,268 | 1,738,234 | 1936800 | → | |
Hormozgān | HOR | هرمزگان | Bandar-e 'Abās | 70,697 | 762,206 | 1,062,155 | 1,403,674 | 1,578,183 | 1,776,415 | 7069700 | → | |
Īlām | ILA | ایلام | Īlām | 20,133 | 382,091 | 487,886 | 545,787 | 557,599 | 580,158 | 2013300 | → | |
Kermān | KER | کرمان | Kermān | 180,726 | 1,622,958 | 2,004,328 | 2,652,413 | 2,938,988 | 3,164,718 | 18072600 | → | |
Kermānshāh (Bākhtarān) | KMS | کرمانشاه | Kermānshāh | 25,009 | 1,462,965 | 1,778,596 | 1,879,385 | 1,945,227 | 1,952,434 | 2500900 | → | |
Khorāsān-e Junoubi [South Khorasan] | KHJ | خراسان جنوبی | Bīrjand | 151,193 | 558,866 | 595,113 | 702,852 | 732,192 | 768,898 | 15119300 | → | |
Khorāsān-e Razavi [Razavi Khorasan] | KHR | خراسان رضوی | Mashhad | 118,851 | 4,086,182 | 4,719,902 | 5,593,079 | 5,994,402 | 6,434,501 | 11885100 | → | |
Khorāsān-e Shomali [North Khorasan] | KHS | خراسان شمالی | Bojnūrd | 28,434 | 587,328 | 732,646 | 811,572 | 867,727 | 863,092 | 2843400 | → | |
Khūzestān [Khoozestan] | KHU | خوزستان | Ahvāz | 64,055 | 2,681,978 | 3,746,772 | 4,274,979 | 4,531,720 | 4,710,509 | 6405500 | → | |
Kohkīlūyeh va Boyer Ahmadī [Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad] | KBA | کهگیلویه و بویراحمد | Yāsūj | 15,504 | 411,828 | 544,356 | 634,299 | 658,629 | 713,052 | 1550400 | → | |
Kordestān [Kurdistan] | KOR | کردستان | Sanandaj | 29,137 | 1,078,415 | 1,346,383 | 1,440,156 | 1,493,645 | 1,603,011 | 2913700 | → | |
Lorestān | LOR | لرستان | Khoram Ābād | 28,294 | 1,367,029 | 1,584,434 | 1,716,527 | 1,754,243 | 1,760,649 | 2829400 | → | |
Markazī | MAR | مرکزی | Arāk | 29,127 | 1,082,109 | 1,228,812 | 1,351,257 | 1,413,959 | 1,429,475 | 2912700 | → | |
Māzandarān | MAZ | مازندران | Sārī | 23,842 | 2,274,313 | 2,602,008 | 2,922,432 | 3,073,943 | 3,283,582 | 2384200 | → | |
Qazvīn | QAS | قزوین | Qazvīn | 15,567 | 805,562 | 968,257 | 1,143,200 | 1,201,565 | 1,273,761 | 1556700 | → | |
Qom | QOM | قم | Qom | 11,526 | 616,963 | 853,044 | 1,046,737 | 1,151,672 | 1,292,283 | 1152600 | → | |
Semnān | SEM | سمنان | Semnān | 97,491 | 417,035 | 501,447 | 589,742 | 631,218 | 702,360 | 9749100 | → | |
Sīstān va Balūchestān [Sistan & Baluchestan] | SBA | سیستان و بلوچستان | Zāhedān | 181,785 | 1,197,059 | 1,722,579 | 2,405,742 | 2,534,327 | 2,775,014 | 18178500 | → | |
Tehrān | TEH | تهران | Tehrān | 13,692 | 8,095,174 | 10,343,965 | 11,345,375 | 12,183,391 | 13,267,637 | 1369200 | → | |
Yazd | YAZ | یزد | Yazd | 73,477 | 622,257 | 750,769 | 924,386 | 1,004,770 | 1,138,533 | 7347700 | → | |
Zanjān | ZAN | زنجان | Zanjān | 21,773 | 782,988 | 900,890 | 964,601 | 1,015,734 | 1,057,461 | 2177300 | → |
- Statistical Centre of Iran (web).
Major Cities
Name | Adm. | Population Census (Cp) 2016-09-24 | |
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1 | Tehrān | TEH | 8,693,706 |
2 | Mashhad | KHR | 3,001,184 |
3 | Eṣfahān | ESF | 1,961,260 |
4 | Karaj | ALB | 1,592,492 |
5 | Shīrāz | FAR | 1,565,572 |
6 | Tabrīz | AZS | 1,558,693 |
7 | Qom | QOM | 1,201,158 |
8 | Ahvāz | KHU | 1,184,788 |
Contents: Cities
The population of all Iranian cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants according to census results.
Name | Native | Adm. | Population Census (C) 1986-09-22 | Population Census (C) 1991-09-11 | Population Census (C) 1996-10-25 | Population Census (C) 2006-10-25 | Population Census (C) 2011-10-24 | Population Census (Cp) 2016-09-24 | Area | ||
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Ābādān | آبادان | KHU | 6 | 84,774 | 206,073 | 219,772 | 212,744 | 231,476 | 0 | → | |
Ābādeh | آباده | FAR | ... | 44,967 | 48,882 | 55,143 | 55,758 | 59,116 | 0 | → | |
Abhar | ابهر | ZAN | 41,628 | 49,908 | 55,266 | 72,360 | 87,396 | 99,285 | 0 | → | |
Ābyek | آبیک | QAS | ... | 25,630 | 32,843 | 47,487 | 55,779 | 60,107 | 0 | → | |
Ahar | اهر | AZS | 62,145 | 71,633 | 78,076 | 86,760 | 92,608 | 100,641 | 0 | → | |
Ahvāz [Ahvaz] | اهواز | KHU | 579,826 | 724,653 | 804,980 | 985,614 | 1,112,021 | 1,184,788 | 0 | → | |
'Alī Ābād | علي اباد | GOL | ... | 36,950 | 41,397 | 46,822 | 49,804 | 52,838 | 0 | → | |
Alīgūdarz | الیگودرز | LOR | 53,843 | 58,648 | 69,447 | 79,972 | 87,967 | 89,268 | 0 | → | |
Alvand | الوند | QAS | ... | 54,557 | 60,758 | 69,343 | 88,711 | 93,836 | 0 | → | |
Āmol | آمل | MAZ | 118,242 | 139,923 | 159,092 | 199,698 | 219,915 | 237,528 | 0 | → | |
Andīmeshk | اندیمشک | KHU | 56,288 | 73,759 | 106,923 | 120,177 | 126,811 | 135,116 | 0 | → | |
Andīsheh | اندیشه | TEH | ... | ... | ... | 75,619 | 96,807 | 116,062 | 0 | → | |
Arāk | اراک | MAR | 265,349 | 331,354 | 388,216 | 481,089 | 526,182 | 520,944 | 0 | → | |
Ārān va Bīdgol | آران و بیدگل | ESF | ... | ... | ... | 55,833 | 60,290 | 65,404 | 0 | → | |
Ardabīl | اردبیل | ARD | 281,973 | 311,022 | 340,386 | 418,262 | 482,632 | 529,374 | 0 | → | |
Ardakān | اردکان | YAZ | ... | 40,223 | 44,398 | 52,881 | 56,776 | 75,271 | 0 | → | |
Asad'ābād | اسدآباد | HAM | ... | 43,582 | 48,386 | 51,911 | 55,024 | 55,703 | 0 | → | |
Āstārā | آستارا | GIL | ... | 27,194 | 30,666 | 41,062 | 48,470 | 51,579 | 0 | → | |
Bābol | بابل | MAZ | 115,320 | 137,348 | 158,346 | 201,335 | 219,467 | 250,217 | 0 | → | |
Bābolsar | بابلسر | MAZ | ... | 34,320 | 38,644 | 50,032 | 50,477 | 59,966 | 0 | → | |
Bāghestān | باغستان | TEH | ... | ... | ... | 52,463 | 71,861 | 83,934 | 0 | → | |
Bahārestān | بهارستان | ESF | ... | ... | ... | 45,629 | 61,647 | 79,023 | 0 | → | |
Bam | بم | KER | 50,709 | 59,007 | 70,079 | 75,215 | 107,131 | 127,396 | 0 | → | |
Bandar-e 'Abās [Bandar Abbas] | بندرعباس | HOR | 201,642 | 249,504 | 273,578 | 379,301 | 435,751 | 526,648 | 0 | → | |
Bandar-e Anzalī | بندر انزلی | GIL | 87,063 | 94,697 | 98,544 | 110,643 | 116,664 | 118,564 | 0 | → | |
Bandar-e Emām Khomeynī | بندر امام خمینی | KHU | 49,355 | 56,998 | 55,936 | 67,467 | 72,357 | 78,353 | 0 | → | |
Bandar-e Ganāveh | بندر گناوه | BUS | 41,883 | 48,604 | 50,252 | 59,583 | 64,110 | 73,472 | 0 | → | |
Bandar-e Kangān | بندر کنگان | BUS | ... | 16,814 | 17,963 | 24,017 | 76,329 | 60,187 | 0 | → | |
Bandar-e Māhshahr | بندر ماهشهر | KHU | 71,808 | 74,248 | 88,394 | 111,448 | 153,778 | 162,797 | 0 | → | |
Bandar-e Torkaman | بندر ترکمن | GOL | ... | 34,635 | 38,782 | 45,249 | 48,736 | 53,970 | 0 | → | |
Bāneh | بانه | KOR | 16,933 | 40,837 | 55,433 | 70,428 | 85,190 | 110,218 | 0 | → | |
Bāqershahr | باقرشهر | TEH | ... | ... | ... | 52,604 | 59,091 | 65,388 | 0 | → | |
Behbahān | بهبهان | KHU | 78,694 | 85,846 | 88,213 | 101,178 | 107,412 | 122,604 | 0 | → | |
Behshahr | بهشهر | MAZ | 52,461 | 61,825 | 72,067 | 84,117 | 89,251 | 94,702 | 0 | → | |
Bījār | بیجار | KOR | ... | 39,488 | 44,240 | 47,449 | 47,926 | 50,014 | 0 | → | |
Bīrjand | بیرجند | KHJ | 81,798 | 101,177 | 127,608 | 166,138 | 178,020 | 203,636 | 0 | → | |
Bojnūrd | بجنورد | KHS | 93,392 | 112,426 | 134,835 | 176,726 | 199,791 | 228,931 | 0 | → | |
Bonāb | بناب | AZS | 45,885 | 57,047 | 63,240 | 76,610 | 79,894 | 85,274 | 0 | → | |
Borāzjān | برازجان | BUS | 67,061 | 75,841 | 80,161 | 93,072 | 95,449 | 110,567 | 0 | → | |
Borūjen | بروجن | CMB | ... | 38,952 | 42,862 | 49,969 | 52,694 | 57,071 | 0 | → | |
Borūjerd | بروجرد | LOR | 183,879 | 201,016 | 217,804 | 229,541 | 240,654 | 234,997 | 0 | → | |
Būkān | بوکان | AZG | 67,938 | 83,401 | 120,020 | 150,703 | 170,600 | 193,501 | 0 | → | |
Būmahen | بومهن | TEH | ... | ... | ... | 43,023 | 53,451 | 79,034 | 0 | → | |
Būshehr | بوشهر | BUS | 120,787 | 132,824 | 143,641 | 169,966 | 195,222 | 223,504 | 0 | → | |
Chābahār | چابهار | SBA | ... | 30,038 | 34,618 | 73,098 | 85,633 | 106,739 | 0 | → | |
Chālūs | چالوس | MAZ | ... | 28,185 | 41,345 | 45,625 | 47,881 | 65,196 | 0 | → | |
Chenārān | چناران | KHR | ... | 27,101 | 32,064 | 42,004 | 48,567 | 53,879 | 0 | → | |
Dāmghān | دامغان | SEM | ... | 40,954 | 49,204 | 59,300 | 58,770 | 59,106 | 0 | → | |
Dārāb | داراب | FAR | ... | 41,931 | 48,130 | 56,032 | 61,672 | 70,232 | 0 | → | |
Dehdasht | دهدشت | KBA | ... | 26,722 | 37,301 | 51,253 | 56,279 | 57,036 | 0 | → | |
Dezfūl | دزفول | KHU | 151,420 | 181,309 | 202,639 | 235,819 | 248,380 | 264,709 | 0 | → | |
Dūgonbadān [Dogonbadan] | دوگنبدان | KBA | 51,107 | 62,230 | 70,422 | 83,856 | 91,739 | 96,728 | 0 | → | |
Dūrūd [Dorud] | دورود | LOR | 62,517 | 77,299 | 88,152 | 101,219 | 99,499 | 121,638 | 0 | → | |
Eqbāliyeh | اقبالیه | QAS | ... | ... | 31,469 | 49,246 | 55,498 | 55,066 | 0 | → | |
Eqlīd | اقلید | FAR | ... | 33,026 | 35,983 | 51,329 | 44,552 | 44,341 | 0 | → | |
Eṣfahān [Isfahan] | اصفهان | ESF | 1,037,908 | 1,182,735 | 1,327,283 | 1,689,392 | 1,853,293 | 1,961,260 | 0 | → | |
Esfarāyen | اسفراین | KHS | ... | 34,161 | 41,062 | 53,132 | 60,372 | 59,490 | 0 | → | |
Eslāmābād-e Gharb | اسلامآباد غرب | KMS | 73,362 | 77,412 | 81,614 | 89,904 | 94,699 | 90,559 | 0 | → | |
Eslāmshahr | اسلامشهر | TEH | 215,129 | 230,183 | 265,450 | 357,389 | 389,102 | 448,129 | 0 | → | |
Fardīs | فردیس | ALB | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 181,174 | 0 | → | |
Fasā | فسا | FAR | 64,771 | 74,487 | 81,706 | 92,020 | 104,809 | 110,825 | 0 | → | |
Fīrūz'ābād | فیروزآباد | FAR | 34,433 | 43,424 | 50,051 | 59,306 | 64,969 | 65,417 | 0 | → | |
Fūlādshahr | فولادشهر | ESF | ... | ... | 39,264 | 55,664 | 66,903 | 88,426 | 0 | → | |
Golestān (Solṭānābād) | گلستان | TEH | 9,927 | 45,892 | 112,554 | 231,905 | 259,480 | 239,556 | 0 | → | |
Golpāyegān | گلپایگان | ESF | ... | 38,563 | 40,634 | 48,987 | 54,572 | 58,936 | 0 | → | |
Gonbad-e Kāvūs [Gonbad-e Qabus] | گنبد کاووس | GOL | 87,100 | 102,768 | 111,253 | 129,167 | 144,546 | 151,910 | 0 | → | |
Gorgān | گرگان | GOL | 139,430 | 162,468 | 188,710 | 274,438 | 329,536 | 350,676 | 0 | → | |
Hamadān | همدان | HAM | 272,499 | 349,653 | 401,281 | 479,640 | 525,794 | 554,406 | 0 | → | |
Ḥamīdiyā | حمیدیا | YAZ | ... | ... | 13,100 | 27,615 | 37,428 | 51,793 | 0 | → | |
Harsīn | هرسین | KMS | 42,535 | 52,544 | 55,079 | 51,636 | 49,967 | 44,146 | 0 | → | |
Hashtgerd | هشتگرد | ALB | ... | 24,627 | 33,568 | 45,529 | 51,953 | 55,640 | 0 | → | |
Hashtpar | هشتپر | GIL | ... | 29,221 | 33,640 | 41,658 | 52,344 | 54,178 | 0 | → | |
Īlām | ایلام | ILA | 89,035 | 116,428 | 126,346 | 160,355 | 172,213 | 194,030 | 0 | → | |
Īrānshahr | ایرانشهر | SBA | 40,027 | 56,581 | 76,959 | 100,642 | 97,012 | 113,750 | 0 | → | |
Īzeh | ایذه | KHU | 46,042 | 64,072 | 81,288 | 104,364 | 117,093 | 119,399 | 0 | → | |
Jahrom | جهرم | FAR | 77,174 | 88,693 | 94,185 | 105,285 | 114,108 | 141,634 | 0 | → | |
Javānrūd | جوانرود | KMS | ... | 30,050 | 33,317 | 43,492 | 51,483 | 54,354 | 0 | → | |
Jīroft | جیرفت | KER | 35,033 | 40,700 | 59,201 | 97,988 | 111,034 | 130,429 | 0 | → | |
Kahnūj | کهنوج | KER | ... | 17,130 | 22,558 | 40,633 | 43,977 | 52,624 | 0 | → | |
Kamāl Shahr | کمالشهر | ALB | ... | ... | ... | 80,435 | 109,943 | 141,669 | 0 | → | |
Kāmyārān | کامیاران | KOR | ... | 34,149 | 41,945 | 47,092 | 52,907 | 57,077 | 0 | → | |
Kangāvar | کنگاور | KMS | 38,453 | 47,434 | 50,269 | 48,978 | 53,449 | 51,352 | 0 | → | |
Karaj | کرج | ALB | 275,100 | 442,387 | 940,968 | 1,386,030 | 1,614,626 | 1,592,492 | 0 | → | |
Kāshān | کاشان | ESF | 138,599 | 155,188 | 201,372 | 253,509 | 275,325 | 304,487 | 0 | → | |
Kāshmar | کاشمر | KHR | 49,259 | 58,522 | 69,177 | 83,667 | 90,200 | 102,282 | 0 | → | |
Kāzerūn | کازرون | FAR | 73,444 | 74,048 | 81,713 | 87,326 | 89,685 | 96,683 | 0 | → | |
Kermān | کرمان | KER | 257,284 | 311,643 | 384,991 | 515,114 | 534,441 | 537,718 | 0 | → | |
Kermānshāh (Bākhtarān) | کرمانشاه | KMS | 560,514 | 624,084 | 692,986 | 794,863 | 851,405 | 946,651 | 0 | → | |
Khāsh | خاش | SBA | ... | 27,420 | 38,924 | 57,811 | 54,105 | 56,584 | 0 | → | |
Khomeyn | خمین | MAR | 38,920 | 47,991 | 56,335 | 64,788 | 70,053 | 72,882 | 0 | → | |
Khomeynī Shahr (Homayunshahr) | خمینیشهر | ESF | 104,647 | 118,348 | 165,888 | 223,071 | 244,696 | 247,128 | 0 | → | |
Khoram Ābād | خرمآباد | LOR | 208,592 | 249,258 | 272,815 | 333,945 | 348,216 | 373,416 | 0 | → | |
Khoramdareh [Khorramdarreh] | خرمدره | ZAN | ... | 34,271 | 39,094 | 48,398 | 52,548 | 55,368 | 0 | → | |
Khoramshahr (Khuninshahr) | خرمشهر | KHU | 0 | 34,750 | 105,636 | 125,859 | 129,418 | 133,097 | 0 | → | |
Khūy [Khoy] | خوی | AZG | 115,343 | 137,885 | 148,944 | 181,465 | 200,958 | 198,845 | 0 | → | |
Kūhdasht | کوهدشت | LOR | 44,653 | 61,935 | 72,105 | 85,997 | 92,927 | 89,091 | 0 | → | |
Kūt-e Abdāllah | کوت عبدالله | KHU | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56,252 | 0 | → | |
Lāhījān | لاهیجان | GIL | 43,941 | 48,249 | 53,122 | 72,950 | 94,051 | 101,073 | 0 | → | |
Langarūd | لنگرود | GIL | 45,910 | 52,518 | 56,620 | 65,614 | 74,477 | 79,445 | 0 | → | |
Lār | لار | FAR | 37,923 | 42,226 | 51,690 | 54,688 | 65,451 | 62,045 | 0 | → | |
Mahābād | مهاباد | AZG | 75,238 | 81,987 | 107,799 | 135,780 | 147,268 | 168,393 | 0 | → | |
Māhdasht | ماهدشت | ALB | ... | 24,844 | 28,976 | 43,108 | 51,518 | 62,910 | 0 | → | |
Malārd | ملارد | TEH | 9,610 | 32,364 | 88,118 | 228,713 | 290,817 | 281,027 | 0 | → | |
Malāyer | ملایر | HAM | 103,640 | 130,458 | 144,373 | 156,289 | 159,848 | 170,237 | 0 | → | |
Marāgheh | مراغه | AZS | 100,679 | 117,388 | 132,318 | 149,929 | 162,275 | 175,255 | 0 | → | |
Marand | مرند | AZS | 71,394 | 85,253 | 96,396 | 114,841 | 124,323 | 130,825 | 0 | → | |
Marīvān | مریوان | KOR | ... | 45,205 | 60,459 | 92,993 | 110,464 | 136,654 | 0 | → | |
Marvdasht | مرودشت | FAR | 79,132 | 92,013 | 103,579 | 124,350 | 138,649 | 148,858 | 0 | → | |
Mashhad [Meshed] | مشهد | KHR | 1,463,508 | 1,559,155 | 1,887,405 | 2,427,316 | 2,766,258 | 3,001,184 | 0 | → | |
Masjed-e Soleymān | مسجدسلیمان | KHU | 104,787 | 107,539 | 116,883 | 108,682 | 103,369 | 100,497 | 0 | → | |
Meshgīn Shahr | مشگینشهر | ARD | 32,459 | 41,114 | 49,787 | 63,655 | 66,883 | 74,109 | 0 | → | |
Meshkīn Dasht | مشکیندشت | ALB | ... | ... | ... | 43,858 | 53,440 | 62,005 | 0 | → | |
Meybod | میبد | YAZ | ... | 34,641 | 38,061 | 58,872 | 66,907 | 80,712 | 0 | → | |
Mīāndūāb [Miandoab] | میاندوآب | AZG | 59,551 | 71,273 | 90,141 | 114,153 | 123,081 | 134,425 | 0 | → | |
Mīāneh | میانه | AZS | 65,959 | 72,712 | 78,104 | 89,796 | 95,505 | 98,973 | 0 | → | |
Mīnāb | میناب | HOR | ... | 32,943 | 44,817 | 56,009 | 63,229 | 73,170 | 0 | → | |
Mobārakeh | مبارکه | ESF | ... | 38,133 | 46,428 | 62,728 | 66,092 | 69,449 | 0 | → | |
Moḥamadiyeh | محمدیه | QAS | ... | ... | 27,955 | 41,816 | 48,862 | 90,513 | 0 | → | |
Moḥamadshahr | محمدشهر | ALB | ... | ... | ... | 83,272 | 100,519 | 119,418 | 0 | → | |
Nahāvand | نهاوند | HAM | 52,265 | 59,307 | 65,164 | 73,141 | 75,445 | 76,162 | 0 | → | |
Najaf Ābād | نجفآباد | ESF | 129,058 | 160,004 | 178,498 | 208,647 | 221,814 | 235,281 | 0 | → | |
Naqadeh | نقده | AZG | 52,275 | 61,286 | 64,807 | 73,438 | 75,550 | 81,598 | 0 | → | |
Nasīm Shahr (Akbarābād) | نسیمشهر | TEH | 13,750 | 49,945 | 85,124 | 135,846 | 157,474 | 200,393 | 0 | → | |
Naẓar'ābād | نظرآباد | ALB | 21,660 | 28,600 | 69,342 | 97,722 | 107,806 | 119,512 | 0 | → | |
Nekā | نکا | MAZ | ... | 29,151 | 35,208 | 46,291 | 50,680 | 60,991 | 0 | → | |
Neyrīz | نیریز | FAR | ... | 34,114 | 37,377 | 46,764 | 50,291 | 49,850 | 0 | → | |
Nīshābūr [Nishapur] | نیشابور | KHR | 109,258 | 135,681 | 158,847 | 208,860 | 239,185 | 264,375 | 0 | → | |
Nūr'ābād | نورآباد | FAR | ... | 33,913 | 42,243 | 52,597 | 55,736 | 57,058 | 0 | → | |
Nūr'ābād | نورآباد | LOR | ... | 40,000 | 49,173 | 56,530 | 61,142 | 65,547 | 0 | → | |
Omīdiyeh | امیدیه | KHU | ... | 55,791 | 53,834 | 58,616 | 60,461 | 67,427 | 0 | → | |
Orūmīyeh (Reza'iyeh) [Urmia] | ارومیه | AZG | 300,746 | 357,399 | 435,200 | 583,255 | 667,499 | 736,224 | 0 | → | |
Pākdasht | پاکدشت | TEH | 18,308 | 33,273 | 49,220 | 126,937 | 206,490 | 236,319 | 0 | → | |
Parand | پرند | TEH | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 97,464 | 0 | → | |
Pardīs | پردیس | TEH | ... | ... | ... | 25,374 | 37,257 | 73,363 | 0 | → | |
Pārs Ābād | پارسآباد | ARD | 29,438 | 47,966 | 60,485 | 82,256 | 88,924 | 93,387 | 0 | → | |
Pīrānshahr | پیرانشهر | AZG | ... | 25,454 | 33,805 | 58,177 | 69,049 | 91,515 | 0 | → | |
Pīshvā | پیشوا | TEH | ... | 19,850 | 29,884 | 41,880 | 47,253 | 59,184 | 0 | → | |
Qā'em Shahr | قائمشهر | MAZ | 109,288 | 123,684 | 143,286 | 174,768 | 196,050 | 204,953 | 0 | → | |
Qarchak | قرچک | TEH | 77,957 | 98,202 | 142,690 | 174,006 | 191,588 | 231,075 | 0 | → | |
Qazvīn | قزوین | QAS | 248,591 | 278,826 | 291,117 | 355,338 | 381,598 | 402,748 | 0 | → | |
Qods | قدس | TEH | ... | 89,680 | 138,278 | 230,147 | 283,517 | 309,605 | 0 | → | |
Qom | قم | QOM | 543,139 | 681,253 | 777,677 | 959,116 | 1,074,036 | 1,201,158 | 0 | → | |
Qorveh | قروه | KOR | 37,456 | 51,247 | 61,659 | 66,390 | 71,232 | 78,276 | 0 | → | |
Qūchān | قوچان | KHR | 66,531 | 74,919 | 85,750 | 101,313 | 103,760 | 101,604 | 0 | → | |
Rafsanjān | رفسنجان | KER | 66,498 | 79,926 | 98,257 | 139,219 | 151,420 | 161,909 | 0 | → | |
Rāmhormoz | رامهرمز | KHU | ... | 33,179 | 37,221 | 50,777 | 69,869 | 74,285 | 0 | → | |
Rasht | رشت | GIL | 290,897 | 340,637 | 417,748 | 557,366 | 639,951 | 679,995 | 0 | → | |
Robāṭ Karīm | رباطکریم | TEH | ... | 26,656 | 36,488 | 63,069 | 78,097 | 105,393 | 0 | → | |
Ṣabāshahr (Qāsemābād) | صباشهر | TEH | ... | ... | ... | 18,132 | 47,123 | 53,971 | 0 | → | |
Sabzevār | سبزوار | KHR | 129,103 | 148,065 | 170,738 | 214,582 | 231,557 | 243,700 | 0 | → | |
Sahand | سهند | AZS | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24,704 | 82,494 | 0 | → | |
Ṣāleḥīeh [Ṣāleḥābād] | صالحیه | TEH | ... | ... | ... | 54,228 | 56,356 | 58,683 | 0 | → | |
Salmās | سلماس | AZG | 50,573 | 57,441 | 65,416 | 81,342 | 88,196 | 92,811 | 0 | → | |
Sanandaj | سنندج | KOR | 204,537 | 244,039 | 277,808 | 316,862 | 373,987 | 412,767 | 0 | → | |
Saqqez | سقز | KOR | 81,351 | 98,933 | 115,394 | 133,331 | 139,738 | 165,258 | 0 | → | |
Sarāvān | سراوان | SBA | ... | 33,325 | 41,177 | 59,610 | 59,795 | 60,014 | 0 | → | |
Sārī | ساری | MAZ | 141,020 | 167,602 | 195,882 | 261,293 | 296,417 | 309,820 | 0 | → | |
Sāveh | ساوه | MAR | 64,081 | 87,621 | 111,245 | 180,548 | 200,481 | 220,762 | 0 | → | |
Semnān | سمنان | SEM | 64,891 | 75,131 | 91,045 | 126,780 | 153,680 | 185,129 | 0 | → | |
Shādegān | شادگان | KHU | ... | 41,240 | 41,836 | 49,171 | 52,786 | 41,733 | 0 | → | |
Shāhīn Shahr | شاهینشهر | ESF | 49,312 | 62,592 | 84,827 | 127,412 | 143,308 | 173,329 | 0 | → | |
Shahr-e Bābak | شهربابک | KER | ... | 23,980 | 31,604 | 45,751 | 45,256 | 51,620 | 0 | → | |
Shahr-e Kord | شهرکرد | CMB | 75,080 | 89,253 | 100,477 | 131,612 | 159,775 | 190,441 | 0 | → | |
Shahr-e Ṣadrā | شهرصدرا | FAR | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39,979 | 91,863 | 0 | → | |
Shahrezā (Qomsheh) [Shahreza] | شهرضا | ESF | 73,367 | 84,666 | 89,779 | 109,601 | 123,767 | 134,952 | 0 | → | |
Shahrīār | شهریار | TEH | 22,439 | 32,459 | 40,058 | 189,421 | 249,473 | 309,607 | 0 | → | |
Shāhrūd (Emāmshahr) | شاهرود | SEM | 78,950 | 92,195 | 104,765 | 132,379 | 140,474 | 150,129 | 0 | → | |
Shīrāz [Shiraz] | شیراز | FAR | 848,289 | 965,117 | 1,053,025 | 1,227,331 | 1,460,665 | 1,565,572 | 0 | → | |
Shīrvān | شیروان | KHS | 48,688 | 58,648 | 70,028 | 84,185 | 88,254 | 82,689 | 0 | → | |
Shūsh | شوش | KHU | 39,716 | 48,134 | 52,057 | 54,032 | 59,161 | 77,148 | 0 | → | |
Shūshtar | شوشتر | KHU | 65,840 | 70,294 | 77,900 | 96,732 | 106,815 | 101,878 | 0 | → | |
Sīrjān | سیرجان | KER | 90,072 | 107,887 | 135,024 | 170,916 | 185,623 | 199,704 | 0 | → | |
Sūsangerd | سوسنگرد | KHU | ... | 34,421 | 39,225 | 44,016 | 44,469 | 51,431 | 0 | → | |
Tabrīz [Tabriz] | تبریز | AZS | 971,482 | 1,088,985 | 1,191,043 | 1,398,060 | 1,494,998 | 1,558,693 | 0 | → | |
Tākestān | تاکستان | QAS | 38,517 | 47,927 | 54,192 | 74,257 | 77,907 | 80,299 | 0 | → | |
Ṭāybād | تایباد | KHR | ... | 45,636 | 39,302 | 47,535 | 52,280 | 56,562 | 0 | → | |
Tehrān [Tehran] | تهران | TEH | 6,042,584 | 6,475,527 | 6,758,845 | 7,797,520 | 8,154,051 | 8,693,706 | 0 | → | |
Tonekābon | تنکابن | MAZ | ... | 31,366 | 33,650 | 43,842 | 45,338 | 55,434 | 0 | → | |
Torbat-e Ḥeydarīeh | تربت حیدریه | KHR | 72,068 | 81,781 | 94,647 | 121,300 | 131,150 | 140,019 | 0 | → | |
Torbat-e Jām | تربت جام | KHR | 61,010 | 82,790 | 68,483 | 86,240 | 94,758 | 100,449 | 0 | → | |
Tūyserkān | تویسرکان | HAM | ... | 32,725 | 37,886 | 43,360 | 44,516 | 50,455 | 0 | → | |
Varāmīn | ورامین | TEH | 58,311 | 77,624 | 107,233 | 208,996 | 218,991 | 225,628 | 0 | → | |
Yāsūj | یاسوج | KBA | 29,991 | 48,957 | 69,133 | 100,544 | 108,505 | 134,532 | 0 | → | |
Yazd | یزد | YAZ | 230,483 | 275,298 | 326,776 | 432,194 | 486,152 | 529,673 | 0 | → | |
Zābol | زابل | SBA | 75,015 | 91,041 | 100,887 | 136,956 | 137,722 | 134,950 | 0 | → | |
Zāhedān | زاهدان | SBA | 281,923 | 361,623 | 419,518 | 567,449 | 560,725 | 587,730 | 0 | → | |
Zanjān | زنجان | ZAN | 215,261 | 254,100 | 286,295 | 349,713 | 386,851 | 430,871 | 0 | → | |
Zarand | زرند | KER | ... | 34,416 | 41,344 | 56,139 | 57,749 | 60,370 | 0 | → | |
Zarīn Shahr | زرینشهر | ESF | 42,356 | 48,096 | 50,837 | 56,375 | 60,118 | 55,817 | 0 | → |
- (1991) (1996) Statistical Centre of Iran (web) plus data provided by Clive Thornton.
(2006) (2011) (2016) Statistical Centre of Iran (web).