Iran: Provinces, Major Cities & Towns (original) (raw)
Provinces
The population of the provinces of Iran according to census results and latest official projections.
| Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | AreaA-L (km²) | PopulationCensus (C)1996-10-25 | PopulationCensus (C)2006-10-25 | PopulationCensus (C)2011-10-24 | PopulationCensus (C)2016-09-24 | PopulationProjection (P)2023-09-21 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | IRN | ایران | Tehrān | 1,628,771 | 60,055,488 | 70,495,782 | 75,149,669 | 79,926,270 | 86,736,000 | → | |
| Alborz | ALB | البرز | Karaj | 5,122 | Tehrān | 2,076,991 | 2,412,513 | 2,712,400 | 3,050,000 | 512200 | → |
| Ardabīl | ARD | اردبیل | Ardabīl | 17,800 | 1,168,011 | 1,228,155 | 1,248,488 | 1,270,420 | 1,328,000 | 1780000 | → |
| Āzārbāyjān-e Gharbī [West Azerbaijan] | AZG | آذربایجان غربی | Orūmīyeh | 37,411 | 2,496,320 | 2,873,459 | 3,080,576 | 3,265,219 | 3,553,000 | 3741100 | → |
| Āzārbāyjān-e Sharqī [East Azerbaijan] | AZS | آذربایجان شرقی | Tabrīz | 45,651 | 3,325,540 | 3,603,456 | 3,724,620 | 3,909,652 | 4,140,000 | 4565100 | → |
| Būshehr | BUS | بوشهر | Būshehr | 22,743 | 743,675 | 886,267 | 1,032,949 | 1,163,400 | 1,310,000 | 2274300 | → |
| Chahārmahāl va Bakhtīārī | CMB | چهارمحال و بختیاری | Shahr-e Kord | 16,328 | 761,168 | 857,910 | 895,263 | 947,763 | 1,014,000 | 1632800 | → |
| Eṣfahān [Isfahan] | ESF | اصفهان | Eṣfahān | 107,018 | 3,923,255 | 4,559,256 | 4,879,312 | 5,120,850 | 5,480,000 | 10701800 | → |
| Fārs | FAR | فارس | Shīrāz | 122,608 | 3,817,036 | 4,336,878 | 4,596,658 | 4,851,274 | 5,171,000 | 12260800 | → |
| Gīlān | GIL | گیلان | Rasht | 14,042 | 2,241,896 | 2,404,861 | 2,480,874 | 2,530,696 | 2,594,000 | 1404200 | → |
| Golestān (Gorgān) | GOL | گلستان | Gorgān | 20,367 | 1,426,288 | 1,617,087 | 1,777,014 | 1,868,819 | 2,043,000 | 2036700 | → |
| Hamadān | HAM | همدان | Hamadān | 19,368 | 1,677,957 | 1,703,267 | 1,758,268 | 1,738,234 | 1,801,000 | 1936800 | → |
| Hormozgān | HOR | هرمزگان | Bandar-e 'Abās | 70,697 | 1,062,155 | 1,403,674 | 1,578,183 | 1,776,415 | 2,060,000 | 7069700 | → |
| Īlām | ILA | ایلام | Īlām | 20,133 | 487,886 | 545,787 | 557,599 | 580,158 | 614,000 | 2013300 | → |
| Kermān | KER | کرمان | Kermān | 180,726 | 2,004,328 | 2,652,413 | 2,938,988 | 3,164,718 | 3,462,000 | 18072600 | → |
| Kermānshāh (Bākhtarān) | KMS | کرمانشاه | Kermānshāh | 25,009 | 1,778,596 | 1,879,385 | 1,945,227 | 1,952,434 | 2,026,000 | 2500900 | → |
| Khorāsān-e Junoubi [South Khorasan] | KHJ | خراسان جنوبی | Bīrjand | 151,193 | 595,113 | 702,852 | 732,192 | 768,898 | 859,000 | 15119300 | → |
| Khorāsān-e Razavi [Razavi Khorasan] | KHR | خراسان رضوی | Mashhad | 118,851 | 4,719,902 | 5,593,079 | 5,994,402 | 6,434,501 | 7,167,000 | 11885100 | → |
| Khorāsān-e Shomali [North Khorasan] | KHS | خراسان شمالی | Bojnūrd | 28,434 | 732,646 | 811,572 | 867,727 | 863,092 | 917,000 | 2843400 | → |
| Khūzestān [Khoozestan] | KHU | خوزستان | Ahvāz | 64,055 | 3,746,772 | 4,274,979 | 4,531,720 | 4,710,509 | 5,074,000 | 6405500 | → |
| Kohkīlūyeh va Boyer Ahmadī [Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad] | KBA | کهگیلویه و بویراحمد | Yāsūj | 15,504 | 544,356 | 634,299 | 658,629 | 713,052 | 781,000 | 1550400 | → |
| Kordestān [Kurdistan] | KOR | کردستان | Sanandaj | 29,137 | 1,346,383 | 1,440,156 | 1,493,645 | 1,603,011 | 1,723,000 | 2913700 | → |
| Lorestān | LOR | لرستان | Khoram Ābād | 28,294 | 1,584,434 | 1,716,527 | 1,754,243 | 1,760,649 | 1,823,000 | 2829400 | → |
| Markazī | MAR | مرکزی | Arāk | 29,127 | 1,228,812 | 1,351,257 | 1,413,959 | 1,429,475 | 1,507,000 | 2912700 | → |
| Māzandarān | MAZ | مازندران | Sārī | 23,842 | 2,602,008 | 2,922,432 | 3,073,943 | 3,283,582 | 3,462,000 | 2384200 | → |
| Qazvīn | QAS | قزوین | Qazvīn | 15,567 | 968,257 | 1,143,200 | 1,201,565 | 1,273,761 | 1,377,000 | 1556700 | → |
| Qom | QOM | قم | Qom | 11,526 | 853,044 | 1,046,737 | 1,151,672 | 1,292,283 | 1,471,000 | 1152600 | → |
| Semnān | SEM | سمنان | Semnān | 97,491 | 501,447 | 589,742 | 631,218 | 702,360 | 809,000 | 9749100 | → |
| Sīstān va Balūchestān [Sistan & Baluchestan] | SBA | سیستان و بلوچستان | Zāhedān | 181,785 | 1,722,579 | 2,405,742 | 2,534,327 | 2,775,014 | 3,246,000 | 18178500 | → |
| Tehrān | TEH | تهران | Tehrān | 13,692 | 10,343,965 | 11,345,375 | 12,183,391 | 13,267,637 | 14,437,000 | 1369200 | → |
| Yazd | YAZ | یزد | Yazd | 73,477 | 750,769 | 924,386 | 1,004,770 | 1,138,533 | 1,302,000 | 7347700 | → |
| Zanjān | ZAN | زنجان | Zanjān | 21,773 | 900,890 | 964,601 | 1,015,734 | 1,057,461 | 1,137,000 | 2177300 | → |
- Statistical Centre of Iran (web).
Major Cities
| | Name | Adm. | PopulationCensus (C)2016-09-24 | | | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | --------- | | 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 & Towns
The population of all Iranian cities and towns with more than 25,000 inhabitants according to census results.
| Name | Native | Adm. | PopulationCensus (C)1991-09-11 | PopulationCensus (C)1996-10-25 | PopulationCensus (C)2006-10-25 | PopulationCensus (C)2011-10-24 | PopulationCensus (C)2016-09-24 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ābādān | آبادان | KHU | 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 | → |
| Abarkūh | ابرکوه | YAZ | 18,271 | 19,164 | 21,818 | 23,986 | 27,524 | 0 | → |
| Abhar | ابهر | ZAN | 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 | 71,633 | 78,076 | 86,760 | 92,608 | 100,641 | 0 | → |
| Ahvāz [Ahvaz] | اهواز | KHU | 724,653 | 804,980 | 985,614 | 1,112,021 | 1,184,788 | 0 | → |
| 'Ajab Shīr | عجب‌شیر | AZS | 20,628 | 23,123 | 26,847 | 26,280 | 33,606 | 0 | → |
| Aleshtar | الشتر | LOR | 22,655 | 23,022 | 28,603 | 30,257 | 33,558 | 0 | → |
| 'Alī Ābād | علي اباد | GOL | 36,950 | 41,397 | 46,822 | 49,804 | 52,838 | 0 | → |
| Alīgūdarz | الیگودرز | LOR | 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 | → |
| Amīrkolā | امیرکلا | MAZ | 20,595 | 21,280 | 25,291 | 28,086 | 30,478 | 0 | → |
| Āmol | آمل | MAZ | 139,923 | 159,092 | 199,698 | 219,915 | 237,528 | 0 | → |
| Andīmeshk | اندیمشک | KHU | 73,759 | 106,923 | 120,177 | 126,811 | 135,116 | 0 | → |
| Andīsheh | اندیشه | TEH | ... | ... | 75,619 | 96,807 | 116,062 | 0 | → |
| Āq Qalā | آق‌قلا | GOL | 20,047 | 22,200 | 27,616 | 31,626 | 35,116 | 0 | → |
| Arāk | اراک | MAR | 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 | 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 | → |
| Āshkhāneh | آشخانه | KHS | ... | 12,900 | 18,784 | 22,877 | 25,104 | 0 | → |
| Āstāneh-e Ashrafiyeh | آستانه اشرفیه | GIL | 30,108 | 33,457 | 36,363 | 40,726 | 44,941 | 0 | → |
| Āstārā | آستارا | GIL | 27,194 | 30,666 | 41,062 | 48,470 | 51,579 | 0 | → |
| Āzādshahr | آزادشهر | GOL | 27,011 | 33,082 | 38,582 | 39,484 | 43,760 | 0 | → |
| Āzarshahr | آذرشهر | AZS | 29,256 | 31,651 | 36,801 | 39,918 | 44,887 | 0 | → |
| Aznā | ازنا | LOR | 29,857 | 35,401 | 38,153 | 40,145 | 47,489 | 0 | → |
| Bābol | بابل | MAZ | 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 | → |
| Bāfq | بافق | YAZ | 23,734 | 25,068 | 31,046 | 33,882 | 45,453 | 0 | → |
| Bāft | بافت | KER | 22,748 | 27,920 | 37,249 | 33,107 | 34,517 | 0 | → |
| Bāgh-e Malek | باغ‌ملک | KHU | 13,324 | 16,081 | 21,222 | 23,352 | 26,343 | 0 | → |
| Bāghestān | باغستان | TEH | ... | ... | 52,463 | 71,861 | 83,934 | 0 | → |
| Bahār | بهار | HAM | 24,433 | 25,865 | 27,481 | 27,645 | 28,685 | 0 | → |
| Bahārestān | بهارستان | ESF | ... | ... | 45,629 | 61,647 | 79,023 | 0 | → |
| Bam | بم | KER | 59,007 | 70,079 | 75,215 | 107,131 | 127,396 | 0 | → |
| Bandar-e 'Abās [Bandar Abbas] | بندرعباس | HOR | 249,504 | 273,578 | 379,301 | 435,751 | 526,648 | 0 | → |
| Bandar-e Anzalī | بندر انزلی | GIL | 94,697 | 98,544 | 110,643 | 116,664 | 118,564 | 0 | → |
| Bandar-e Deylam | بندر دیلم | BUS | ... | 16,411 | 19,969 | 22,393 | 25,730 | 0 | → |
| Bandar-e Emām Khomeynī | بندر امام خمینی | KHU | 56,998 | 55,936 | 67,467 | 72,357 | 78,353 | 0 | → |
| Bandar-e Ganāveh | بندر گناوه | BUS | 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 Lengeh [Bandar Lengeh] | بندر لنگه | HOR | 20,172 | 21,073 | 26,175 | 30,478 | 30,435 | 0 | → |
| Bandar-e Māhshahr | بندر ماهشهر | KHU | 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 | 40,837 | 55,433 | 70,428 | 85,190 | 110,218 | 0 | → |
| Bāqershahr | باقرشهر | TEH | ... | ... | 52,604 | 59,091 | 65,388 | 0 | → |
| Bardaskan | بردسکن | KHR | ... | 17,365 | 23,142 | 26,107 | 28,233 | 0 | → |
| Bardsīr | بردسیر | KER | 21,983 | 26,040 | 33,305 | 31,870 | 25,152 | 0 | → |
| Behbahān | بهبهان | KHU | 85,846 | 88,213 | 101,178 | 107,412 | 122,604 | 0 | → |
| Behshahr | بهشهر | MAZ | 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 | 101,177 | 127,608 | 166,138 | 178,020 | 203,636 | 0 | → |
| Bojnūrd | بجنورد | KHS | 112,426 | 134,835 | 176,726 | 199,791 | 228,931 | 0 | → |
| Bonāb | بناب | AZS | 57,047 | 63,240 | 76,610 | 79,894 | 85,274 | 0 | → |
| Borāzjān | برازجان | BUS | 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 | 201,016 | 217,804 | 229,541 | 240,654 | 234,997 | 0 | → |
| Būkān | بوکان | AZG | 83,401 | 120,020 | 150,703 | 170,600 | 193,501 | 0 | → |
| Būmahen | بومهن | TEH | ... | ... | 43,023 | 53,451 | 79,034 | 0 | → |
| Būshehr | بوشهر | BUS | 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 | → |
| Chāhārbāgh | چهارباغ | ALB | ... | ... | 5,618 | 6,772 | 48,828 | 0 | → |
| Chāhārdāngeh | چهاردانگه | TEH | ... | ... | 42,238 | 46,299 | 49,950 | 0 | → |
| Chālūs | چالوس | MAZ | 28,185 | 41,345 | 45,625 | 47,881 | 65,196 | 0 | → |
| Chamrān | چمران | KHU | ... | ... | 18,519 | 31,138 | 33,505 | 0 | → |
| Chenārān | چناران | KHR | 27,101 | 32,064 | 42,004 | 48,567 | 53,879 | 0 | → |
| Damāvand | دماوند | TEH | 18,932 | 22,337 | 36,708 | 37,315 | 48,380 | 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 | → |
| Dargaz | درگز | KHR | 27,634 | 31,162 | 35,443 | 37,054 | 36,762 | 0 | → |
| Dehbārez (Rudan) | دهبارز | HOR | 15,249 | 19,478 | 30,789 | 33,285 | 36,121 | 0 | → |
| Dehdasht | دهدشت | KBA | 26,722 | 37,301 | 51,253 | 56,279 | 57,036 | 0 | → |
| Dehgolān | دهگلان | KOR | 10,882 | 15,117 | 20,602 | 23,074 | 25,992 | 0 | → |
| Dehlorān | دهلران | ILA | 13,546 | 23,492 | 28,320 | 30,989 | 32,941 | 0 | → |
| Delījān | دلیجان | MAR | 20,905 | 24,861 | 32,272 | 37,470 | 40,902 | 0 | → |
| Dezfūl | دزفول | KHU | 181,309 | 202,639 | 235,819 | 248,380 | 264,709 | 0 | → |
| Dīvāndareh | دیواندره | KOR | 13,555 | 19,089 | 23,636 | 26,654 | 34,007 | 0 | → |
| Dorcheh Pīāz | درچه | ESF | 31,450 | 33,356 | 43,200 | 44,689 | 47,800 | 0 | → |
| Dowlat Ābād | دولت‌آباد | ESF | 25,280 | 26,845 | 33,961 | 37,098 | 40,945 | 0 | → |
| Dūgonbadān [Dogonbadan] | دوگنبدان | KBA | 62,230 | 70,422 | 83,856 | 91,739 | 96,728 | 0 | → |
| Dūrūd [Dorud] | دورود | LOR | 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 | 1,182,735 | 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 | → |
| Eshtehārd | اشتهارد | ALB | ... | 10,284 | 17,144 | 23,010 | 29,993 | 0 | → |
| Eslāmābād-e Gharb | اسلام‌آباد غرب | KMS | 77,412 | 81,614 | 89,904 | 94,699 | 90,559 | 0 | → |
| Eslāmshahr | اسلامشهر | TEH | 230,183 | 265,450 | 357,389 | 389,102 | 448,129 | 0 | → |
| Estahbān | استهبان | FAR | 30,744 | 31,192 | 34,564 | 34,639 | 36,410 | 0 | → |
| Falāvarjān | فلاورجان | ESF | 30,383 | 36,520 | 38,224 | 38,310 | 37,704 | 0 | → |
| Fardīs | فردیس | ALB | ... | ... | ... | ... | 181,174 | 0 | → |
| Farīmān | فریمان | KHR | 24,985 | 26,966 | 33,254 | 36,550 | 39,515 | 0 | → |
| Farokh Shahr | فرخ‌شهر | CMB | 23,954 | 26,250 | 29,499 | 30,036 | 31,739 | 0 | → |
| Fārsān | فارسان | CMB | 18,428 | 20,097 | 26,842 | 28,013 | 30,504 | 0 | → |
| Fasā | فسا | FAR | 74,487 | 81,706 | 92,020 | 104,809 | 110,825 | 0 | → |
| Ferdows | فردوس | KHJ | 18,468 | 21,784 | 24,703 | 25,968 | 28,695 | 0 | → |
| Ferdowsīeh | فردوسیه | TEH | ... | ... | 19,312 | 24,508 | 34,221 | 0 | → |
| Fereydūnkenār | فریدون‌کنار | MAZ | 25,196 | 27,976 | 34,496 | 36,192 | 38,154 | 0 | → |
| Fīrūz'ābād | فیروزآباد | FAR | 43,424 | 50,051 | 59,306 | 64,969 | 65,417 | 0 | → |
| Fūlādshahr | فولادشهر | ESF | ... | 39,264 | 55,664 | 66,903 | 88,426 | 0 | → |
| Fūman | فومن | GIL | 29,177 | 31,341 | 28,014 | 30,608 | 35,841 | 0 | → |
| Garmsār | گرمسار | SEM | 21,281 | 29,706 | 39,523 | 40,985 | 48,672 | 0 | → |
| Gerāsh | گراش | FAR | 19,989 | 21,851 | 27,767 | 30,593 | 34,469 | 0 | → |
| Germī | گرمی | ARD | 25,078 | 28,166 | 28,932 | 28,953 | 28,967 | 0 | → |
| Golbahār | گلبهار | KOR | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36,877 | 0 | → |
| Goldasht | گل‌دشت | ESF | ... | 19,287 | 23,056 | 23,192 | 25,235 | 0 | → |
| Golestān (Solṭānābād) | گلستان | TEH | 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 | → |
| Gonābād | گناباد | KHR | 24,708 | 30,149 | 36,996 | 36,367 | 40,773 | 0 | → |
| Gonbad-e Kāvūs [Gonbad-e Qabus] | گنبد کاووس | GOL | 102,768 | 111,253 | 129,167 | 144,546 | 151,910 | 0 | → |
| Gorgān | گرگان | GOL | 162,468 | 188,710 | 274,438 | 329,536 | 350,676 | 0 | → |
| Hādīshahr | هادیشهر | AZS | 26,478 | 25,822 | 28,555 | 30,575 | 34,346 | 0 | → |
| Ḥājī Ābād [Hajjiabad] | حاجی‌آباد | HOR | 12,036 | 16,689 | 21,052 | 23,309 | 28,977 | 0 | → |
| Hamadān | همدان | HAM | 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 | 52,544 | 55,079 | 51,636 | 49,967 | 44,146 | 0 | → |
| Ḥasan Ābād | حسن‌آباد | TEH | ... | ... | 20,471 | 27,859 | 43,922 | 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 | → |
| Hendījān | هندیجان | KHU | 22,850 | 22,925 | 25,202 | 26,929 | 29,015 | 0 | → |
| Īlām | ایلام | ILA | 116,428 | 126,346 | 160,355 | 172,213 | 194,030 | 0 | → |
| Īrānshahr | ایرانشهر | SBA | 56,581 | 76,959 | 100,642 | 97,012 | 113,750 | 0 | → |
| Īvān | ایوان | ILA | ... | 23,482 | 27,883 | 29,400 | 31,299 | 0 | → |
| Īzeh | ایذه | KHU | 64,072 | 81,288 | 104,364 | 117,093 | 119,399 | 0 | → |
| Jahrom | جهرم | FAR | 88,693 | 94,185 | 105,285 | 114,108 | 141,634 | 0 | → |
| Jam | جم | BUS | ... | ... | 11,074 | 16,313 | 31,436 | 0 | → |
| Javānrūd | جوانرود | KMS | 30,050 | 33,317 | 43,492 | 51,483 | 54,354 | 0 | → |
| Jīroft | جیرفت | KER | 40,700 | 59,201 | 97,988 | 111,034 | 130,429 | 0 | → |
| Jūybār | جویبار | MAZ | 21,671 | 23,909 | 27,211 | 29,122 | 32,924 | 0 | → |
| Kahnūj | کهنوج | KER | 17,130 | 22,558 | 40,633 | 43,977 | 52,624 | 0 | → |
| Kahrīzak | کهریزک | TEH | ... | ... | 9,820 | 13,095 | 37,527 | 0 | → |
| Kalāleh | کلاله | GOL | 19,315 | 23,586 | 28,035 | 27,951 | 36,176 | 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 | 47,434 | 50,269 | 48,978 | 53,449 | 51,352 | 0 | → |
| Karaj | کرج | ALB | 442,387 | 940,968 | 1,386,030 | 1,614,626 | 1,592,492 | 0 | → |
| Kāshān | کاشان | ESF | 155,188 | 201,372 | 253,509 | 275,325 | 304,487 | 0 | → |
| Kāshmar | کاشمر | KHR | 58,522 | 69,177 | 83,667 | 90,200 | 102,282 | 0 | → |
| Kavār | کوار | FAR | 13,048 | 16,611 | 22,534 | 26,342 | 31,711 | 0 | → |
| Kāzerūn | کازرون | FAR | 74,048 | 81,713 | 87,326 | 89,685 | 96,683 | 0 | → |
| Kelīshād va Sūdarjān | کلیشاد و سودرجان | ESF | 14,232 | 20,006 | 23,215 | 24,355 | 25,635 | 0 | → |
| Kermān | کرمان | KER | 311,643 | 384,991 | 515,114 | 534,441 | 537,718 | 0 | → |
| Kermānshāh (Bākhtarān) | کرمانشاه | KMS | 624,084 | 692,986 | 794,863 | 851,405 | 946,651 | 0 | → |
| Khalkhāl | خلخال | ARD | 29,650 | 35,612 | 39,754 | 41,165 | 39,304 | 0 | → |
| Khāsh | خاش | SBA | 27,420 | 38,924 | 57,811 | 54,105 | 56,584 | 0 | → |
| Khomeyn | خمین | MAR | 47,991 | 56,335 | 64,788 | 70,053 | 72,882 | 0 | → |
| Khomeynī Shahr (Homayunshahr) | خمینی‌شهر | ESF | 118,348 | 165,888 | 223,071 | 244,696 | 247,128 | 0 | → |
| Khoram Ābād | خرم‌آباد | LOR | 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 | 34,750 | 105,636 | 125,859 | 129,418 | 133,097 | 0 | → |
| Khūrmūj | خورموج | BUS | 22,589 | 25,203 | 32,255 | 34,944 | 40,722 | 0 | → |
| Khūy [Khoy] | خوی | AZG | 137,885 | 148,944 | 181,465 | 200,958 | 198,845 | 0 | → |
| Khvāf | خواف | KHR | ... | 16,798 | 21,856 | 28,444 | 33,189 | 0 | → |
| Khvorzūq | خورزوق | ESF | 10,698 | 17,921 | 20,311 | 22,321 | 29,154 | 0 | → |
| Kīsh | کیش | HOR | ... | 8,047 | 20,922 | 24,819 | 39,853 | 0 | → |
| Konārak | کنارک | SBA | 10,965 | 14,941 | 30,716 | 35,630 | 43,258 | 0 | → |
| Kordkūy | کردکوی | GOL | 24,338 | 26,492 | 29,352 | 38,246 | 39,881 | 0 | → |
| Kūhdasht | کوهدشت | LOR | 61,935 | 72,105 | 85,997 | 92,927 | 89,091 | 0 | → |
| Kūt-e Abdāllah | کوت عبدالله | KHU | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56,252 | 0 | → |
| Lāhījān | لاهیجان | GIL | 48,249 | 53,122 | 72,950 | 94,051 | 101,073 | 0 | → |
| Lāmerd | لامرد | FAR | 13,268 | 15,390 | 22,156 | 25,131 | 29,380 | 0 | → |
| Langarūd | لنگرود | GIL | 52,518 | 56,620 | 65,614 | 74,477 | 79,445 | 0 | → |
| Lār | لار | FAR | 42,226 | 51,690 | 54,688 | 65,451 | 62,045 | 0 | → |
| Lordegān | لردگان | CMB | 11,440 | 16,940 | 23,673 | 35,276 | 40,528 | 0 | → |
| Mahābād | مهاباد | AZG | 81,987 | 107,799 | 135,780 | 147,268 | 168,393 | 0 | → |
| Maḥalāt [Mahallat] | محلات | MAR | 27,821 | 30,022 | 36,036 | 40,582 | 43,245 | 0 | → |
| Māhdasht | ماهدشت | ALB | 24,844 | 28,976 | 43,108 | 51,518 | 62,910 | 0 | → |
| Maḥmūd'ābād | محمودآباد | MAZ | 15,108 | 20,054 | 27,748 | 31,771 | 31,844 | 0 | → |
| Mākū | ماکو | AZG | 29,754 | 33,406 | 42,560 | 42,751 | 46,581 | 0 | → |
| Malārd | ملارد | TEH | 32,364 | 88,118 | 228,713 | 290,817 | 281,027 | 0 | → |
| Malāyer | ملایر | HAM | 130,458 | 144,373 | 156,289 | 159,848 | 170,237 | 0 | → |
| Malekān | ملکان | AZS | 18,473 | 20,154 | 24,680 | 25,312 | 27,431 | 0 | → |
| Marāgheh | مراغه | AZS | 117,388 | 132,318 | 149,929 | 162,275 | 175,255 | 0 | → |
| Marand | مرند | AZS | 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 | 92,013 | 103,579 | 124,350 | 138,649 | 148,858 | 0 | → |
| Mashhad [Meshed] | مشهد | KHR | 1,559,155 | 1,887,405 | 2,427,316 | 2,766,258 | 3,001,184 | 0 | → |
| Masjed-e Soleymān | مسجدسلیمان | KHU | 107,539 | 116,883 | 108,682 | 103,369 | 100,497 | 0 | → |
| Mehrīz | مهریز | YAZ | 20,644 | 25,238 | 27,112 | 28,483 | 34,237 | 0 | → |
| Meshgīn Shahr | مشگین‌شهر | ARD | 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 | 71,273 | 90,141 | 114,153 | 123,081 | 134,425 | 0 | → |
| Mīāneh | میانه | AZS | 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 | → |
| Mīnūdasht | مینودشت | GOL | 18,330 | 21,011 | 26,409 | 28,478 | 30,085 | 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 | 59,307 | 65,164 | 73,141 | 75,445 | 76,162 | 0 | → |
| Nā'īn [Naeen] | نائین | ESF | 18,431 | 20,826 | 25,516 | 25,379 | 27,379 | 0 | → |
| Najaf Ābād | نجف‌آباد | ESF | 160,004 | 178,498 | 208,647 | 221,814 | 235,281 | 0 | → |
| Naqadeh | نقده | AZG | 61,286 | 64,807 | 73,438 | 75,550 | 81,598 | 0 | → |
| Nasīm Shahr (Akbarābād) | نسیم‌شهر | TEH | 49,945 | 85,124 | 135,846 | 157,474 | 200,393 | 0 | → |
| Naṣīrshahr | نصیرشهر | TEH | ... | ... | 23,802 | 26,935 | 28,644 | 0 | → |
| Naẓar'ābād | نظرآباد | ALB | 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 | 135,681 | 158,847 | 208,860 | 239,185 | 264,375 | 0 | → |
| Nowshahr | نوشهر | MAZ | 33,040 | 35,133 | 42,175 | 43,378 | 49,403 | 0 | → |
| Nūr | نور | MAZ | 15,178 | 16,688 | 22,491 | 22,978 | 26,947 | 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 | 357,399 | 435,200 | 583,255 | 667,499 | 736,224 | 0 | → |
| Oshnavīeh | اشنویه | AZG | 23,875 | 23,569 | 30,632 | 32,723 | 39,801 | 0 | → |
| Pākdasht | پاکدشت | TEH | 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 | 47,966 | 60,485 | 82,256 | 88,924 | 93,387 | 0 | → |
| Pāveh | پاوه | KMS | 18,165 | 17,565 | 20,068 | 23,704 | 25,771 | 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 | → |
| Pol-e Dokhtar | پلدختر | LOR | 14,975 | 16,675 | 22,900 | 25,092 | 26,352 | 0 | → |
| Qā'emiyeh | قائمیه | FAR | 16,313 | 20,491 | 23,734 | 25,355 | 26,918 | 0 | → |
| Qā'em Shahr | قائم‌شهر | MAZ | 123,684 | 143,286 | 174,768 | 196,050 | 204,953 | 0 | → |
| Qā'en | قائن | KHJ | 19,462 | 25,170 | 34,465 | 40,226 | 42,323 | 0 | → |
| Qahderījān | قهدریجان | ESF | 26,581 | 27,109 | 30,016 | 31,679 | 34,226 | 0 | → |
| Qarah Ziyā'āldīn | قره‌ضیاءالدین | AZG | 15,322 | 20,266 | 22,671 | 23,769 | 26,767 | 0 | → |
| Qarchak | قرچک | TEH | 98,202 | 142,690 | 174,006 | 191,588 | 231,075 | 0 | → |
| Qazvīn | قزوین | QAS | 278,826 | 291,117 | 355,338 | 381,598 | 402,748 | 0 | → |
| Qeshm | قشم | HOR | 11,268 | 13,556 | 25,320 | 28,602 | 40,678 | 0 | → |
| Qeydār | قیدار | ZAN | 15,136 | 18,709 | 26,269 | 30,251 | 34,921 | 0 | → |
| Qods | قدس | TEH | 89,680 | 138,278 | 230,147 | 283,517 | 309,605 | 0 | → |
| Qom | قم | QOM | 681,253 | 777,677 | 959,116 | 1,074,036 | 1,201,158 | 0 | → |
| Qorveh | قروه | KOR | 51,247 | 61,659 | 66,390 | 71,232 | 78,276 | 0 | → |
| Qūchān | قوچان | KHR | 74,919 | 85,750 | 101,313 | 103,760 | 101,604 | 0 | → |
| Rafsanjān | رفسنجان | KER | 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 | → |
| Rāmsar | رامسر | MAZ | 27,194 | 28,954 | 32,085 | 32,294 | 35,997 | 0 | → |
| Rāmshīr | رامشیر | KHU | 22,704 | 22,633 | 24,808 | 23,008 | 25,009 | 0 | → |
| Rasht | رشت | GIL | 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 | → |
| Rūdehen | رودهن | TEH | ... | 11,866 | 19,832 | 21,477 | 28,533 | 0 | → |
| Rūdsar | رودسر | GIL | 28,877 | 34,208 | 33,951 | 37,579 | 37,998 | 0 | → |
| Ṣabāshahr (Qāsemābād) | صباشهر | TEH | ... | ... | 18,132 | 47,123 | 53,971 | 0 | → |
| Sabzevār | سبزوار | KHR | 148,065 | 170,738 | 214,582 | 231,557 | 243,700 | 0 | → |
| Ṣafādasht | صفادشت | TEH | ... | ... | 15,887 | 19,233 | 32,476 | 0 | → |
| Ṣafāshahr | صفاشهر | FAR | ... | 17,576 | 22,936 | 26,091 | 26,933 | 0 | → |
| Sahand | سهند | AZS | ... | ... | ... | 24,704 | 82,494 | 0 | → |
| Ṣaḥneh | صحنه | KMS | 29,093 | 31,048 | 34,462 | 36,542 | 35,508 | 0 | → |
| Ṣāleḥīeh [Ṣāleḥābād] | صالحیه | TEH | ... | ... | 54,228 | 56,356 | 58,683 | 0 | → |
| Salmās | سلماس | AZG | 57,441 | 65,416 | 81,342 | 88,196 | 92,811 | 0 | → |
| Sanandaj | سنندج | KOR | 244,039 | 277,808 | 316,862 | 373,987 | 412,767 | 0 | → |
| Saqqez | سقز | KOR | 98,933 | 115,394 | 133,331 | 139,738 | 165,258 | 0 | → |
| Sarāb | سراب | AZS | 37,423 | 36,719 | 42,335 | 44,846 | 45,031 | 0 | → |
| Sarakhs | سرخس | KHR | 22,271 | 28,547 | 34,675 | 37,162 | 42,179 | 0 | → |
| Sarāvān | سراوان | SBA | 33,325 | 41,177 | 59,610 | 59,795 | 60,014 | 0 | → |
| Sardasht | سردشت | AZG | 24,474 | 30,904 | 37,699 | 42,167 | 46,412 | 0 | → |
| Sardrūd | سردرود | AZS | 15,123 | 16,517 | 24,932 | 26,856 | 29,739 | 0 | → |
| Sārī | ساری | MAZ | 167,602 | 195,882 | 261,293 | 296,417 | 309,820 | 0 | → |
| Sarpol-e Dhahāb [Sarpol-e Zahab] | سرپل ذهاب | KMS | 11,952 | 27,418 | 34,669 | 35,809 | 45,481 | 0 | → |
| Sāveh | ساوه | MAR | 87,621 | 111,245 | 180,548 | 200,481 | 220,762 | 0 | → |
| Semīrom | سمیرم | ESF | 23,511 | 24,504 | 26,795 | 25,122 | 26,942 | 0 | → |
| Semnān | سمنان | SEM | 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 | → |
| Shāhedshahr | شاهدشهر | TEH | ... | ... | 18,855 | 20,865 | 25,544 | 0 | → |
| Shāhīn Dezh | شاهین‌دژ | AZG | 23,513 | 29,020 | 34,660 | 38,396 | 43,131 | 0 | → |
| Shāhīn Shahr | شاهین‌شهر | ESF | 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 Jadīd-e Hashtgerd | شهر جدید هشتگرد | ALB | ... | ... | 15,736 | 22,724 | 42,147 | 0 | → |
| Shahr-e Kord | شهرکرد | CMB | 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 | 84,666 | 89,779 | 109,601 | 123,767 | 134,952 | 0 | → |
| Shahrīār | شهریار | TEH | 32,459 | 40,058 | 189,421 | 249,473 | 309,607 | 0 | → |
| Shāhrūd (Emāmshahr) | شاهرود | SEM | 92,195 | 104,765 | 132,379 | 140,474 | 150,129 | 0 | → |
| Sheybāni | شیبان | KHU | ... | ... | 23,211 | 24,968 | 36,374 | 0 | → |
| Shīrāz [Shiraz] | شیراز | FAR | 965,117 | 1,053,025 | 1,227,331 | 1,460,665 | 1,565,572 | 0 | → |
| Shīrvān | شیروان | KHS | 58,648 | 70,028 | 84,185 | 88,254 | 82,689 | 0 | → |
| Showṭ | شوط | AZG | ... | 17,482 | 19,787 | 21,047 | 25,381 | 0 | → |
| Shūsh | شوش | KHU | 48,134 | 52,057 | 54,032 | 59,161 | 77,148 | 0 | → |
| Shūshtar | شوشتر | KHU | 70,294 | 77,900 | 96,732 | 106,815 | 101,878 | 0 | → |
| Sīrjān | سیرجان | KER | 107,887 | 135,024 | 170,916 | 185,623 | 199,704 | 0 | → |
| Sonqor | سنقر | KMS | 37,772 | 40,848 | 43,653 | 44,954 | 44,256 | 0 | → |
| Ṣowme'eh Sarā | صومعه‌سرا | GIL | 24,884 | 29,398 | 37,437 | 40,978 | 47,083 | 0 | → |
| Sūsangerd | سوسنگرد | KHU | 34,421 | 39,225 | 44,016 | 44,469 | 51,431 | 0 | → |
| Ṭabas | طبس | KHJ | 17,071 | 25,722 | 31,948 | 35,150 | 39,676 | 0 | → |
| Tabrīz [Tabriz] | تبریز | AZS | 1,088,985 | 1,191,043 | 1,398,060 | 1,494,998 | 1,558,693 | 0 | → |
| Takāb | تکاب | AZG | 38,510 | 42,569 | 44,043 | 44,040 | 49,677 | 0 | → |
| Tākestān | تاکستان | QAS | 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 | 6,475,527 | 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 | 81,781 | 94,647 | 121,300 | 131,150 | 140,019 | 0 | → |
| Torbat-e Jām | تربت جام | KHR | 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 | → |
| Vaḥīdīeh | وحیدیه | TEH | ... | ... | 24,904 | 28,405 | 33,249 | 0 | → |
| Varāmīn | ورامین | TEH | 77,624 | 107,233 | 208,996 | 218,991 | 225,628 | 0 | → |
| Yāsūj | یاسوج | KBA | 48,957 | 69,133 | 100,544 | 108,505 | 134,532 | 0 | → |
| Yazd | یزد | YAZ | 275,298 | 326,776 | 432,194 | 486,152 | 529,673 | 0 | → |
| Zābol | زابل | SBA | 91,041 | 100,887 | 136,956 | 137,722 | 134,950 | 0 | → |
| Zāhedān | زاهدان | SBA | 361,623 | 419,518 | 567,449 | 560,725 | 587,730 | 0 | → |
| Zanjān | زنجان | ZAN | 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 | 48,096 | 50,837 | 56,375 | 60,118 | 55,817 | 0 | → |
| Zarqān | زرقان | FAR | 15,451 | 18,872 | 20,166 | 28,958 | 32,261 | 0 | → |
- (1991) (1996) Statistical Centre of Iran (web) plus data provided by Clive Thornton.
(2006) (2011) (2016) Statistical Centre of Iran (web).