Iran - Major Cities: Provinces & Cities - Statistics & Maps on City Population

Provinces

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Original	Capital	C 1986-09-22	C 1996-10-25	C 2006-10-25
<	Ardabīl {Ardabil}	ARD	Prov	اردبیل	Ardabīl	1,036,202	1,168,011	1,228,155
<	Āzārbāyjān-e Gharbī [West Azerbaijan] {Azarbayjan-e Gharbi}	AZG	Prov	آذربایجان غربی	Orūmīyeh	1,971,677	2,496,320	2,873,459
<	Āzārbāyjān-e Sharqī [East Azerbaijan] {Azarbayjan-e Sharqi}	AZS	Prov	آذربایجان شرقی	Tabrīz	3,077,882	3,325,540	3,603,456
<	Bākhtarān (Kermānshāh) {Bakhtaran}	BAK	Prov	کرمانشاه	Kermānshāh	1,462,965	1,778,596	1,879,385
<	Boyer Ahmadī va Kohkīlūyeh {Boyer Ahmadi va Kohkiluyeh}	BOK	Prov	کهکیلویه و بویراحمد	Yāsūj	411,828	544,356	634,299
<	Būshehr {Bushehr}	BUS	Prov	بوشهر	Būshehr	612,183	743,675	886,267
<	Chahār Mahāl va Bakhtīārī {Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari}	CMB	Prov	چهارمحال و بختیاری	Shahr-e Kord	631,179	761,168	857,910
<	Eṣfahān {Esfahan}	ESF	Prov	اصفهان	Eṣfahān	3,294,916	3,923,255	4,559,256
<	Fārs {Fars}	FAR	Prov	فارس	Shīrāz	3,193,769	3,817,036	4,336,878
<	Gīlān {Gilan}	GIL	Prov	گيلان	Rasht	2,081,037	2,241,896	2,404,861
<	Gorgān (Golestan) {Gorgan}	GOR	Prov	گرگان	Gorgān	1,145,033	1,426,288	1,617,087
<	Hamadān {Hamadan}	HAM	Prov	همدان	Hamadān	1,505,826	1,677,957	1,703,267
<	Hormozgān {Hormozgan}	HOR	Prov	هرمزگان	Bandar-e 'Abbās	762,206	1,062,155	1,403,674
<	Īlām {Ilam}	ILA	Prov	ایلام	Īlām	382,091	487,886	545,787
<	Kermān {Kerman}	KER	Prov	کرمان	Kermān	1,622,958	2,004,328	2,652,413
<	Khorāsān-e Junoubi [South Khorasan] {Khorasan-e Junoubi}	KHJ	Prov	خراسان جنوبی	Bīrjand	558,866	535,481	636,420
<	Khorāsān-e Razavi {Khorasan-e Razavi}	KHR	Prov	خراسان رضوی	Mashhad	4,086,182	4,719,902	5,593,079
<	Khorāsān-e Shomali [North Khorasan] {Khorasan-e Shomali}	KHS	Prov	خراسان شمالی	Bojnūrd	587,328	732,646	811,572
<	Khūzestān {Khuzestan}	KHU	Prov	خوزستان	Ahvāz	2,681,978	3,746,772	4,274,979
<	Kordestān {Kordestan}	KOR	Prov	کردستان	Sanandaj	1,078,415	1,346,383	1,440,156
<	Lorestān {Lorestan}	LOR	Prov	لرستان	Khorramābād	1,367,029	1,584,434	1,716,527
<	Markazī {Markazi}	MAR	Prov	مرکزی	Arāk	1,082,109	1,228,812	1,351,257
<	Māzandarān {Mazandaran}	MAZ	Prov	مازندران	Sārī	2,274,313	2,602,008	2,922,432
<	Qazvīn {Qazvin}	QAS	Prov	قزوین	Qazvīn	805,562	968,257	1,143,200
<	Qom	QOM	Prov	قم	Qom	616,963	853,044	1,046,737
<	Semnān {Semnan}	SEM	Prov	سمنان	Semnān	417,035	501,447	589,742
<	Sīstān va Balūchestān {Sistan va Baluchestan}	SBA	Prov	سیستان و بلوچستان	Zāhedān	1,197,059	1,722,579	2,405,742
<	Tehrān {Tehran}	TEH	Prov	تهران	Tehrān	8,095,174	10,343,965	13,422,366
<	Yazd	YAZ	Prov	یزد	Yazd	622,257	810,401	990,818
<	Zanjān {Zanjan}	ZAN	Prov	زنجان	Zanjān	782,988	900,890	964,601
	Iran	IRN		ایران	Tehrān	49,445,010	60,055,488	70,495,782

Statistical Centre of Iran (web).
The 2006 census results of this table are slighty revised compared to the results given for the cities.

	Name	Adm.	C C 2006-10-25
1	Tehrān	TEH	7,797,520
2	Mashhad	KHR	2,427,316
3	Eṣfahān	ESF	1,602,110
4	Tabrīz	AZS	1,398,060
5	Karaj	TEH	1,386,030
6	Shīrāz	FAR	1,227,331
7	Ahvāz	KHU	985,614
8	Qom	QOM	959,116
9	Kermānshāh	BAK	794,863
10	Orūmīyeh	AZG	583,255
11	Zāhedān	SBA	567,449
12	Rasht	GIL	557,366
13	Kermān	KER	515,114

Table of Cities

	Name	Original	Adm.	C C 1986-09-22	C C 1991-09-11	C C 1996-10-25	C C 2006-10-25
<	Ābādān {Abadan}	آبادان	KHU	6	84,774	206,073	219,772
<	Ābādeh {Abadeh}	آباده	FAR	...	44,967	48,882	55,143
<	Abhar	ابهر	ZAN	41,628	49,908	55,266	72,360
<	Ahar	اهر	AZS	62,145	71,633	78,076	86,760
<	Ahvāz [Ahvaz] {Ahvaz}	اهواز	KHU	579,826	724,653	804,980	985,614
<	Alīgūdarz {Aligudarz}	اليگودرز	LOR	53,843	58,648	69,447	79,972
<	Alvand	الوند	QAS	...	54,557	60,758	69,343
<	Āmol {Amol}	آمل	MAZ	118,242	139,923	159,092	199,698
<	Andīmeshk {Andimeshk}	انديمشك	KHU	56,288	73,759	106,923	120,177
<	Andīsheh {Andisheh}	انديشه	TEH	...	...	...	75,619
<	Arāk {Arak}	اراك	MAR	265,349	331,354	380,755	446,760
<	Ārān va Bidgol {Aran va Bidgol}	آران وبيدگل	ESF	...	...	...	55,833
<	Ardabīl {Ardabil}	اردبيل	ARD	281,973	311,022	340,386	418,262
<	Ardakān {Ardakan}	اردكان	YAZ	...	40,223	44,398	52,881
<	Asadābād {Asadabad}	اسدآباد	HAM	...	43,582	48,386	51,911
<	Bābol {Babol}	بابل	MAZ	115,320	137,348	158,346	201,335
<	Bābolsar {Babolsar}	بابلسر	MAZ	...	34,320	38,644	50,032
<	Bāgh-e Shahr {Bagh-e Shahr}	باقرشهر	TEH	...	...	...	52,604
<	Bāghestān {Baghestan}	باغستان	TEH	...	...	...	52,463
<	Bam	بم	KER	50,709	59,007	70,079	75,215
<	Bandar-e 'Abbās {Bandar-e Abbas}	بندرعباس	HOR	201,642	249,504	273,578	379,301
<	Bandar-e Anzalī {Bandar-e Anzali}	بندرانزلى	GIL	87,063	94,697	98,544	110,643
<	Bandar-e Emām Khomeynī {Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni}	بندرامام خمينى	KHU	49,355	56,998	55,936	67,467
<	Bandar-e Ganāveh {Bandar-e Ganaveh}	بندرگناوه	BUS	41,883	48,604	50,252	59,583
<	Bandar-e Māhshahr {Bandar-e Mahshahr}	بندرماهشهر	KHU	71,808	74,248	88,394	111,448
<	Bāneh {Baneh}	بانه	KOR	16,933	40,837	55,433	70,428
<	Behbahān {Behbahan}	بهبهان	KHU	78,694	85,846	88,213	101,178
<	Behshahr	بهشهر	MAZ	52,461	61,825	72,067	84,117
<	Benāb {Benab}	بناب	AZS	45,885	57,047	63,240	76,610
<	Bīrjand {Birjand}	بيرجند	KHJ	81,798	101,177	127,608	166,138
<	Bojnūrd {Bojnurd}	بجنورد	KHS	93,392	112,426	134,835	176,726
<	Borāzjān {Borazjan}	برازجان	BUS	67,061	75,841	80,161	93,072
<	Borūjerd {Borujerd}	بروجرد	LOR	183,879	201,016	217,804	229,541
<	Būkān {Bukan}	بوكان	AZG	67,938	83,401	120,020	150,703
<	Būshehr {Bushehr}	بوشهر	BUS	120,787	132,824	143,641	169,966
<	Chābahār {Chabahar}	چاه بهار	SBA	...	30,038	34,618	73,098
<	Dāmghān {Damghan}	دامغان	SEM	...	40,954	49,204	59,300
<	Dārāb {Darab}	داراب	FAR	...	41,931	48,130	56,032
<	Deh Dasht	دهدشت	BOK	...	26,722	37,301	51,253
<	Dezfūl {Dezful}	دزفول	KHU	151,420	181,309	202,639	235,819
<	Do Gonbadān {Do Gonbadan}	دوگنبدان	BOK	51,107	62,230	70,422	83,856
<	Do Rūd {Do Rud}	دورود	LOR	62,517	77,299	88,152	101,219
<	Eqlīd {Eqlid}	اقليد	FAR	...	33,026	35,983	51,329
<	Eṣfahān [Isfahan] {Esfahan}	اصفهان	ESF	986,753	1,127,030	1,266,072	1,602,110
<	Esfarāyen {Esfarayen}	اسفراين	KHS	...	34,161	41,062	53,132
<	Eslāmābād {Eslamabad}	اسلام آبادغرب	BAK	73,362	77,412	81,614	89,904
<	Eslāmshahr {Eslamshahr}	اسلامشهر	TEH	215,129	230,183	265,450	357,389
<	Fasā {Fasa}	فسا	FAR	64,771	74,487	81,706	92,020
<	Fīrūzābād {Firuzabad}	فيروزآباد	FAR	34,433	43,424	50,051	59,306
<	Fūlādshahr {Fuladshahr}	فولادشهر	ESF	...	...	39,264	55,664
<	Golestan (Solṭānābād)	گلستان	TEH	9,927	45,892	112,554	231,905
<	Gonbad-e Qābūs {Gonbad-e Qabus}	گنبدكاووس	GOR	87,100	102,768	111,253	129,167
<	Gorgān {Gorgan}	گرگان	GOR	139,430	162,468	188,710	274,438
<	Hamadān {Hamadan}	همدان	HAM	272,499	349,653	401,281	479,640
<	Harsīn {Harsin}	هرسين	BAK	42,535	52,544	55,079	51,636
<	Īlām {Ilam}	ايلام	ILA	89,035	116,428	126,346	160,355
<	Īrānshahr {Iranshahr}	ايرانشهر	SBA	40,027	56,581	76,959	100,642
<	Īzeh {Izeh}	ايذه	KHU	46,042	64,072	81,288	104,364
<	Jahrom	جهرم	FAR	77,174	88,693	94,185	105,285
<	Jīroft {Jiroft}	جيرفت	KER	35,033	40,700	59,201	97,988
<	Kamalshahr	كمال شهر	TEH	...	...	...	80,435
<	Kangāvar {Kangavar}	كنگاور	BAK	38,453	47,434	50,269	48,978
<	Karaj	كرج	TEH	275,100	442,387	940,968	1,386,030
<	Kāshān {Kashan}	كاشان	ESF	138,599	155,188	201,372	253,509
<	Kāshmar {Kashmar}	كاشمر	KHS	49,259	58,522	69,177	83,667
<	Kāzerūn {Kazerun}	كازرون	FAR	73,444	74,048	81,713	87,326
<	Kermān {Kerman}	كرمان	KER	257,284	311,643	384,991	515,114
<	Kermānshāh (Bākhtarān) {Kermanshah}	كرمانشاه	BAK	560,514	624,084	692,986	794,863
<	Khāsh {Khash}	خاش	SBA	...	27,420	38,924	57,811
<	Khomeyn	خمين	MAR	38,920	47,991	56,335	64,788
<	Khomeynīshahr (Homayunshahr) {Khomeynishahr}	خمينى شهر	ESF	104,647	118,348	165,888	223,071
<	Khorramābād {Khorramabad}	خرم آباد	LOR	208,592	249,258	272,815	333,945
<	Khorramshahr (Khuninshahr)	خرمشهر	KHU	0	34,750	105,636	125,859
<	Khvorāsgān {Khvorasgan}	خوراسگان	ESF	51,155	55,705	61,211	87,282
<	Khvoy	خوى	AZG	115,343	137,885	148,944	181,465
<	Kūhdasht {Kuhdasht}	كوهدشت	LOR	44,653	61,935	72,105	85,997
<	Lāhījān {Lahijan}	لاهيجان	GIL	43,941	48,249	53,122	72,950
<	Langarūd {Langarud}	لنگرود	GIL	45,910	52,518	56,620	65,614
<	Lār {Lar}	لار	FAR	37,923	42,226	51,690	54,688
<	Mahābād {Mahabad}	مهاباد	AZG	75,238	81,987	107,799	135,780
<	Malārd {Malard}	ملارد	TEH	9,610	32,364	88,118	228,713
<	Malāyer {Malayer}	ملاير	HAM	103,640	130,458	144,373	156,289
<	Marāgheh {Maragheh}	مراغه	AZS	100,679	117,388	132,318	149,929
<	Marand	مرند	AZS	71,394	85,253	96,396	114,841
<	Marīvān {Marivan}	مريوان	KOR	...	45,205	60,459	92,993
<	Marv Dasht	مرودشت	FAR	79,132	92,013	103,579	124,350
<	Mashhad [Meshed]	مشهد	KHR	1,463,508	1,559,155	1,887,405	2,427,316
<	Masjed-e Soleymān {Masjed-e Soleyman}	مسجدسليمان	KHU	104,787	107,539	116,883	108,682
<	Meshkīnshahr {Meshkinshahr}	مشگين شهر	ARD	32,459	41,114	49,787	63,655
<	Meybod	ميبد	YAZ	...	34,641	38,061	58,872
<	Mīāndoāb {Miandoab}	مياندوآب	AZG	59,551	71,273	90,141	114,153
<	Mīāneh {Mianeh}	ميانه	AZS	65,959	72,712	78,104	89,796
<	Mīnāb {Minab}	ميناب	HOR	...	32,943	44,817	56,009
<	Mobārakeh {Mobarakeh}	مباركه	ESF	...	38,133	46,428	62,728
<	Moḥammadshahr {Mohammadshahr}	محمدشهر	TEH	...	...	...	83,272
<	Nahāvand {Nahavand}	نهاوند	HAM	52,265	59,307	65,164	73,141
<	Najafābād {Najafabad}	نجف آباد	ESF	129,058	160,004	178,498	208,647
<	Naqadeh	نقده	AZG	52,275	61,286	64,807	73,438
<	Nasimshahr (Akbarābād)	نسيم شهر	TEH	13,750	49,945	85,124	135,846
<	Naẓarābād {Nazarabad}	نظرآباد	TEH	21,660	28,600	69,342	97,722
<	Neyshābūr {Neyshabur}	نيشابور	KHR	109,258	135,681	158,847	208,860
<	Nūrābād {Nurabad}	نورآباد	LOR	...	40,000	49,173	56,530
<	Nūrābād {Nurabad}	نورآباد	FAR	...	33,913	42,243	52,597
<	Omīdīyeh {Omidiyeh}	اميديه	KHU	...	55,791	53,834	58,616
<	Orūmīyeh (Reza'iyeh) [Urumieh] {Orumiyeh}	اروميه	AZG	300,746	357,399	435,200	583,255
<	Pākdasht {Pakdasht}	پاكدشت	TEH	18,308	33,273	49,220	126,937
<	Pārsābād {Parsabad}	پارس آباد	ARD	29,438	47,966	60,485	82,256
<	Pīrānshahr {Piranshahr}	پيرانشهر	AZG	...	25,454	33,805	58,177
<	Qā'emshahr {Qaemshahr}	قائم شهر	MAZ	109,288	123,684	143,286	174,768
<	Qarchak	قرچك	TEH	77,957	98,202	142,690	174,006
<	Qazvīn {Qazvin}	قزوين	QAS	248,591	278,826	291,117	355,338
<	Qods	قدس	TEH	...	89,680	138,278	230,147
<	Qom	قم	QOM	543,139	681,253	777,677	959,116
<	Qorveh	قروه	KOR	37,456	51,247	61,659	66,390
<	Qūchān {Quchan}	قوچان	KHR	66,531	74,919	85,750	101,313
<	Rafsanjān {Rafsanjan}	رفسنجان	KER	66,498	79,926	98,257	139,219
<	Rāmhormoz {Ramhormoz}	رامهرمز	KHU	...	33,179	37,221	50,777
<	Rasht	رشت	GIL	290,897	340,637	417,748	557,366
<	Robāṭkarīm {Robatkarim}	رباطكريم	TEH	...	26,656	36,488	63,069
<	Sabzevār {Sabzevar}	سبزوار	KHR	129,103	148,065	170,738	214,582
<	Ṣāleḥābād {Salehabad}	صالح آباد	TEH	...	...	...	54,228
<	Salmās {Salmas}	سلماس	AZG	50,573	57,441	65,416	81,342
<	Sanandaj	سنندج	KOR	204,537	244,039	277,808	316,862
<	Saqqez	سقز	KOR	81,351	98,933	115,394	133,331
<	Sarāvān {Saravan}	سراوان	SBA	...	33,325	41,177	59,610
<	Sārī {Sari}	سارى	MAZ	141,020	167,602	195,882	261,293
<	Sāveh {Saveh}	ساوه	MAR	64,081	87,621	111,245	180,548
<	Semnān {Semnan}	سمنان	SEM	64,891	75,131	91,045	126,780
<	Shāhīnshahr {Shahinshahr}	شاهين شهر	ESF	49,312	62,592	84,827	127,412
<	Shahr-e Kord	شهركرد	CMB	75,080	89,253	100,477	131,612
<	Shahreza (Qomsheh)	شهرضا	ESF	73,367	84,666	89,779	109,601
<	Shahriyar	شهريار	TEH	22,439	32,459	40,058	189,421
<	Shāhrūd (Emāmshahr) {Shahrud}	شاهرود	SEM	78,950	92,195	104,765	132,379
<	Shīrāz [Shiraz] {Shiraz}	شيراز	FAR	848,289	965,117	1,053,025	1,227,331
<	Shīrvān {Shirvan}	شيروان	KHS	48,688	58,648	70,028	84,185
<	Shūsh {Shush}	شوش	KHU	39,716	48,134	52,057	54,032
<	Shūshtar {Shushtar}	شوشتر	KHU	65,840	70,294	77,900	96,732
<	Sīrjān {Sirjan}	سيرجان	KER	90,072	107,887	135,024	170,916
<	Tabrīz [Tabriz] {Tabriz}	تبريز	AZS	971,482	1,088,985	1,191,043	1,398,060
<	Tākestān {Takestan}	تاكستان	QAS	38,517	47,927	54,192	74,257
<	Tehrān [Tehran] {Tehran}	تهران	TEH	6,042,584	6,475,527	6,758,845	7,797,520
<	Torbat-e Ḥeydarīyeh {Torbat-e Heydariyeh}	تربت حيدريه	KHR	72,068	81,781	94,647	121,300
<	Torbat-e Jām {Torbat-e Jam}	تربت جام	KHR	61,010	82,790	68,483	86,240
<	Vāramīn {Varamin}	ورامين	TEH	58,311	77,624	107,233	208,996
<	Yāsūj {Yasuj}	ياسوج	BOK	29,991	48,957	69,133	100,544
<	Yazd	يزد	YAZ	230,483	275,298	326,776	432,194
<	Zābol {Zabol}	زابل	SBA	75,015	91,041	100,887	136,956
<	Zāhedān {Zahedan}	زاهدان	SBA	281,923	361,623	419,518	567,449
<	Zanjān {Zanjan}	زنجان	ZAN	215,261	254,100	286,295	349,713
<	Zarand	زرند	KER	...	34,416	41,344	56,139
<	Zarrīnshahr {Zarrinshahr}	زرين شهر	ESF	42,356	48,096	50,837	56,375

(1991) (1996) Statistical Centre of Iran (web) plus data provided by Clive Thornton.
(2006) Statistical Centre of Iran (web).

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