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Provinces

The population of the provinces of Iran according to census results and latest official projections.

Name	Abbr.	Native	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Census (C) 1996-10-25	Population Census (C) 2006-10-25	Population Census (C) 2011-10-24	Population Census (C) 2016-09-24	Population Projection (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.	Population Census (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.	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 (C) 2016-09-24
Ābādān	آبادان	KHU	84,774	206,073	219,772	212,744	231,476	→
Ābādeh	آباده	FAR	44,967	48,882	55,143	55,758	59,116	→
Abarkūh	ابرکوه	YAZ	18,271	19,164	21,818	23,986	27,524	→
Abhar	ابهر	ZAN	49,908	55,266	72,360	87,396	99,285	→
Ābyek	آبیک	QAS	25,630	32,843	47,487	55,779	60,107	→
Ahar	اهر	AZS	71,633	78,076	86,760	92,608	100,641	→
Ahvāz [Ahvaz]	اهواز	KHU	724,653	804,980	985,614	1,112,021	1,184,788	→
'Ajab Shīr	عجب‌شیر	AZS	20,628	23,123	26,847	26,280	33,606	→
Aleshtar	الشتر	LOR	22,655	23,022	28,603	30,257	33,558	→
'Alī Ābād	علي اباد	GOL	36,950	41,397	46,822	49,804	52,838	→
Alīgūdarz	الیگودرز	LOR	58,648	69,447	79,972	87,967	89,268	→
Alvand	الوند	QAS	54,557	60,758	69,343	88,711	93,836	→
Amīrkolā	امیرکلا	MAZ	20,595	21,280	25,291	28,086	30,478	→
Āmol	آمل	MAZ	139,923	159,092	199,698	219,915	237,528	→
Andīmeshk	اندیمشک	KHU	73,759	106,923	120,177	126,811	135,116	→
Andīsheh	اندیشه	TEH	...	...	75,619	96,807	116,062	→
Āq Qalā	آق‌قلا	GOL	20,047	22,200	27,616	31,626	35,116	→
Arāk	اراک	MAR	331,354	388,216	481,089	526,182	520,944	→
Ārān va Bīdgol	آران و بیدگل	ESF	...	...	55,833	60,290	65,404	→
Ardabīl	اردبیل	ARD	311,022	340,386	418,262	482,632	529,374	→
Ardakān	اردکان	YAZ	40,223	44,398	52,881	56,776	75,271	→
Asad'ābād	اسدآباد	HAM	43,582	48,386	51,911	55,024	55,703	→
Āshkhāneh	آشخانه	KHS	...	12,900	18,784	22,877	25,104	→
Āstāneh-e Ashrafiyeh	آستانه اشرفیه	GIL	30,108	33,457	36,363	40,726	44,941	→
Āstārā	آستارا	GIL	27,194	30,666	41,062	48,470	51,579	→
Āzādshahr	آزادشهر	GOL	27,011	33,082	38,582	39,484	43,760	→
Āzarshahr	آذرشهر	AZS	29,256	31,651	36,801	39,918	44,887	→
Aznā	ازنا	LOR	29,857	35,401	38,153	40,145	47,489	→
Bābol	بابل	MAZ	137,348	158,346	201,335	219,467	250,217	→
Bābolsar	بابلسر	MAZ	34,320	38,644	50,032	50,477	59,966	→
Bāfq	بافق	YAZ	23,734	25,068	31,046	33,882	45,453	→
Bāft	بافت	KER	22,748	27,920	37,249	33,107	34,517	→
Bāgh-e Malek	باغ‌ملک	KHU	13,324	16,081	21,222	23,352	26,343	→
Bāghestān	باغستان	TEH	...	...	52,463	71,861	83,934	→
Bahār	بهار	HAM	24,433	25,865	27,481	27,645	28,685	→
Bahārestān	بهارستان	ESF	...	...	45,629	61,647	79,023	→
Bam	بم	KER	59,007	70,079	75,215	107,131	127,396	→
Bandar-e 'Abās [Bandar Abbas]	بندرعباس	HOR	249,504	273,578	379,301	435,751	526,648	→
Bandar-e Anzalī	بندر انزلی	GIL	94,697	98,544	110,643	116,664	118,564	→
Bandar-e Deylam	بندر دیلم	BUS	...	16,411	19,969	22,393	25,730	→
Bandar-e Emām Khomeynī	بندر امام خمینی	KHU	56,998	55,936	67,467	72,357	78,353	→
Bandar-e Ganāveh	بندر گناوه	BUS	48,604	50,252	59,583	64,110	73,472	→
Bandar-e Kangān	بندر کنگان	BUS	16,814	17,963	24,017	76,329	60,187	→
Bandar-e Lengeh [Bandar Lengeh]	بندر لنگه	HOR	20,172	21,073	26,175	30,478	30,435	→
Bandar-e Māhshahr	بندر ماهشهر	KHU	74,248	88,394	111,448	153,778	162,797	→
Bandar-e Torkaman	بندر ترکمن	GOL	34,635	38,782	45,249	48,736	53,970	→
Bāneh	بانه	KOR	40,837	55,433	70,428	85,190	110,218	→
Bāqershahr	باقرشهر	TEH	...	...	52,604	59,091	65,388	→
Bardaskan	بردسکن	KHR	...	17,365	23,142	26,107	28,233	→
Bardsīr	بردسیر	KER	21,983	26,040	33,305	31,870	25,152	→
Behbahān	بهبهان	KHU	85,846	88,213	101,178	107,412	122,604	→
Behshahr	بهشهر	MAZ	61,825	72,067	84,117	89,251	94,702	→
Bījār	بیجار	KOR	39,488	44,240	47,449	47,926	50,014	→
Bīrjand	بیرجند	KHJ	101,177	127,608	166,138	178,020	203,636	→
Bojnūrd	بجنورد	KHS	112,426	134,835	176,726	199,791	228,931	→
Bonāb	بناب	AZS	57,047	63,240	76,610	79,894	85,274	→
Borāzjān	برازجان	BUS	75,841	80,161	93,072	95,449	110,567	→
Borūjen	بروجن	CMB	38,952	42,862	49,969	52,694	57,071	→
Borūjerd	بروجرد	LOR	201,016	217,804	229,541	240,654	234,997	→
Būkān	بوکان	AZG	83,401	120,020	150,703	170,600	193,501	→
Būmahen	بومهن	TEH	...	...	43,023	53,451	79,034	→
Būshehr	بوشهر	BUS	132,824	143,641	169,966	195,222	223,504	→
Chābahār	چابهار	SBA	30,038	34,618	73,098	85,633	106,739	→
Chāhārbāgh	چهارباغ	ALB	...	...	5,618	6,772	48,828	→
Chāhārdāngeh	چهاردانگه	TEH	...	...	42,238	46,299	49,950	→
Chālūs	چالوس	MAZ	28,185	41,345	45,625	47,881	65,196	→
Chamrān	چمران	KHU	...	...	18,519	31,138	33,505	→
Chenārān	چناران	KHR	27,101	32,064	42,004	48,567	53,879	→
Damāvand	دماوند	TEH	18,932	22,337	36,708	37,315	48,380	→
Dāmghān	دامغان	SEM	40,954	49,204	59,300	58,770	59,106	→
Dārāb	داراب	FAR	41,931	48,130	56,032	61,672	70,232	→
Dargaz	درگز	KHR	27,634	31,162	35,443	37,054	36,762	→
Dehbārez (Rudan)	دهبارز	HOR	15,249	19,478	30,789	33,285	36,121	→
Dehdasht	دهدشت	KBA	26,722	37,301	51,253	56,279	57,036	→
Dehgolān	دهگلان	KOR	10,882	15,117	20,602	23,074	25,992	→
Dehlorān	دهلران	ILA	13,546	23,492	28,320	30,989	32,941	→
Delījān	دلیجان	MAR	20,905	24,861	32,272	37,470	40,902	→
Dezfūl	دزفول	KHU	181,309	202,639	235,819	248,380	264,709	→
Dīvāndareh	دیواندره	KOR	13,555	19,089	23,636	26,654	34,007	→
Dorcheh Pīāz	درچه	ESF	31,450	33,356	43,200	44,689	47,800	→
Dowlat Ābād	دولت‌آباد	ESF	25,280	26,845	33,961	37,098	40,945	→
Dūgonbadān [Dogonbadan]	دوگنبدان	KBA	62,230	70,422	83,856	91,739	96,728	→
Dūrūd [Dorud]	دورود	LOR	77,299	88,152	101,219	99,499	121,638	→
Eqbāliyeh	اقبالیه	QAS	...	31,469	49,246	55,498	55,066	→
Eqlīd	اقلید	FAR	33,026	35,983	51,329	44,552	44,341	→
Eṣfahān [Isfahan]	اصفهان	ESF	1,182,735	1,327,283	1,689,392	1,853,293	1,961,260	→
Esfarāyen	اسفراین	KHS	34,161	41,062	53,132	60,372	59,490	→
Eshtehārd	اشتهارد	ALB	...	10,284	17,144	23,010	29,993	→
Eslāmābād-e Gharb	اسلام‌آباد غرب	KMS	77,412	81,614	89,904	94,699	90,559	→
Eslāmshahr	اسلامشهر	TEH	230,183	265,450	357,389	389,102	448,129	→
Estahbān	استهبان	FAR	30,744	31,192	34,564	34,639	36,410	→
Falāvarjān	فلاورجان	ESF	30,383	36,520	38,224	38,310	37,704	→
Fardīs	فردیس	ALB	...	...	...	...	181,174	→
Farīmān	فریمان	KHR	24,985	26,966	33,254	36,550	39,515	→
Farokh Shahr	فرخ‌شهر	CMB	23,954	26,250	29,499	30,036	31,739	→
Fārsān	فارسان	CMB	18,428	20,097	26,842	28,013	30,504	→
Fasā	فسا	FAR	74,487	81,706	92,020	104,809	110,825	→
Ferdows	فردوس	KHJ	18,468	21,784	24,703	25,968	28,695	→
Ferdowsīeh	فردوسیه	TEH	...	...	19,312	24,508	34,221	→
Fereydūnkenār	فریدون‌کنار	MAZ	25,196	27,976	34,496	36,192	38,154	→
Fīrūz'ābād	فیروزآباد	FAR	43,424	50,051	59,306	64,969	65,417	→
Fūlādshahr	فولادشهر	ESF	...	39,264	55,664	66,903	88,426	→
Fūman	فومن	GIL	29,177	31,341	28,014	30,608	35,841	→
Garmsār	گرمسار	SEM	21,281	29,706	39,523	40,985	48,672	→
Gerāsh	گراش	FAR	19,989	21,851	27,767	30,593	34,469	→
Germī	گرمی	ARD	25,078	28,166	28,932	28,953	28,967	→
Golbahār	گلبهار	KOR	...	...	...	...	36,877	→
Goldasht	گل‌دشت	ESF	...	19,287	23,056	23,192	25,235	→
Golestān (Solṭānābād)	گلستان	TEH	45,892	112,554	231,905	259,480	239,556	→
Golpāyegān	گلپایگان	ESF	38,563	40,634	48,987	54,572	58,936	→
Gonābād	گناباد	KHR	24,708	30,149	36,996	36,367	40,773	→
Gonbad-e Kāvūs [Gonbad-e Qabus]	گنبد کاووس	GOL	102,768	111,253	129,167	144,546	151,910	→
Gorgān	گرگان	GOL	162,468	188,710	274,438	329,536	350,676	→
Hādīshahr	هادیشهر	AZS	26,478	25,822	28,555	30,575	34,346	→
Ḥājī Ābād [Hajjiabad]	حاجی‌آباد	HOR	12,036	16,689	21,052	23,309	28,977	→
Hamadān	همدان	HAM	349,653	401,281	479,640	525,794	554,406	→
Ḥamīdiyā	حمیدیا	YAZ	...	13,100	27,615	37,428	51,793	→
Harsīn	هرسین	KMS	52,544	55,079	51,636	49,967	44,146	→
Ḥasan Ābād	حسن‌آباد	TEH	...	...	20,471	27,859	43,922	→
Hashtgerd	هشتگرد	ALB	24,627	33,568	45,529	51,953	55,640	→
Hashtpar	هشتپر	GIL	29,221	33,640	41,658	52,344	54,178	→
Hendījān	هندیجان	KHU	22,850	22,925	25,202	26,929	29,015	→
Īlām	ایلام	ILA	116,428	126,346	160,355	172,213	194,030	→
Īrānshahr	ایرانشهر	SBA	56,581	76,959	100,642	97,012	113,750	→
Īvān	ایوان	ILA	...	23,482	27,883	29,400	31,299	→
Īzeh	ایذه	KHU	64,072	81,288	104,364	117,093	119,399	→
Jahrom	جهرم	FAR	88,693	94,185	105,285	114,108	141,634	→
Jam	جم	BUS	...	...	11,074	16,313	31,436	→
Javānrūd	جوانرود	KMS	30,050	33,317	43,492	51,483	54,354	→
Jīroft	جیرفت	KER	40,700	59,201	97,988	111,034	130,429	→
Jūybār	جویبار	MAZ	21,671	23,909	27,211	29,122	32,924	→
Kahnūj	کهنوج	KER	17,130	22,558	40,633	43,977	52,624	→
Kahrīzak	کهریزک	TEH	...	...	9,820	13,095	37,527	→
Kalāleh	کلاله	GOL	19,315	23,586	28,035	27,951	36,176	→
Kamāl Shahr	کمال‌شهر	ALB	...	...	80,435	109,943	141,669	→
Kāmyārān	کامیاران	KOR	34,149	41,945	47,092	52,907	57,077	→
Kangāvar	کنگاور	KMS	47,434	50,269	48,978	53,449	51,352	→
Karaj	کرج	ALB	442,387	940,968	1,386,030	1,614,626	1,592,492	→
Kāshān	کاشان	ESF	155,188	201,372	253,509	275,325	304,487	→
Kāshmar	کاشمر	KHR	58,522	69,177	83,667	90,200	102,282	→
Kavār	کوار	FAR	13,048	16,611	22,534	26,342	31,711	→
Kāzerūn	کازرون	FAR	74,048	81,713	87,326	89,685	96,683	→
Kelīshād va Sūdarjān	کلیشاد و سودرجان	ESF	14,232	20,006	23,215	24,355	25,635	→
Kermān	کرمان	KER	311,643	384,991	515,114	534,441	537,718	→
Kermānshāh (Bākhtarān)	کرمانشاه	KMS	624,084	692,986	794,863	851,405	946,651	→
Khalkhāl	خلخال	ARD	29,650	35,612	39,754	41,165	39,304	→
Khāsh	خاش	SBA	27,420	38,924	57,811	54,105	56,584	→
Khomeyn	خمین	MAR	47,991	56,335	64,788	70,053	72,882	→
Khomeynī Shahr (Homayunshahr)	خمینی‌شهر	ESF	118,348	165,888	223,071	244,696	247,128	→
Khoram Ābād	خرم‌آباد	LOR	249,258	272,815	333,945	348,216	373,416	→
Khoramdareh [Khorramdarreh]	خرمدره	ZAN	34,271	39,094	48,398	52,548	55,368	→
Khoramshahr (Khuninshahr)	خرمشهر	KHU	34,750	105,636	125,859	129,418	133,097	→
Khūrmūj	خورموج	BUS	22,589	25,203	32,255	34,944	40,722	→
Khūy [Khoy]	خوی	AZG	137,885	148,944	181,465	200,958	198,845	→
Khvāf	خواف	KHR	...	16,798	21,856	28,444	33,189	→
Khvorzūq	خورزوق	ESF	10,698	17,921	20,311	22,321	29,154	→
Kīsh	کیش	HOR	...	8,047	20,922	24,819	39,853	→
Konārak	کنارک	SBA	10,965	14,941	30,716	35,630	43,258	→
Kordkūy	کردکوی	GOL	24,338	26,492	29,352	38,246	39,881	→
Kūhdasht	کوهدشت	LOR	61,935	72,105	85,997	92,927	89,091	→
Kūt-e Abdāllah	کوت عبدالله	KHU	...	...	...	...	56,252	→
Lāhījān	لاهیجان	GIL	48,249	53,122	72,950	94,051	101,073	→
Lāmerd	لامرد	FAR	13,268	15,390	22,156	25,131	29,380	→
Langarūd	لنگرود	GIL	52,518	56,620	65,614	74,477	79,445	→
Lār	لار	FAR	42,226	51,690	54,688	65,451	62,045	→
Lordegān	لردگان	CMB	11,440	16,940	23,673	35,276	40,528	→
Mahābād	مهاباد	AZG	81,987	107,799	135,780	147,268	168,393	→
Maḥalāt [Mahallat]	محلات	MAR	27,821	30,022	36,036	40,582	43,245	→
Māhdasht	ماهدشت	ALB	24,844	28,976	43,108	51,518	62,910	→
Maḥmūd'ābād	محمودآباد	MAZ	15,108	20,054	27,748	31,771	31,844	→
Mākū	ماکو	AZG	29,754	33,406	42,560	42,751	46,581	→
Malārd	ملارد	TEH	32,364	88,118	228,713	290,817	281,027	→
Malāyer	ملایر	HAM	130,458	144,373	156,289	159,848	170,237	→
Malekān	ملکان	AZS	18,473	20,154	24,680	25,312	27,431	→
Marāgheh	مراغه	AZS	117,388	132,318	149,929	162,275	175,255	→
Marand	مرند	AZS	85,253	96,396	114,841	124,323	130,825	→
Marīvān	مریوان	KOR	45,205	60,459	92,993	110,464	136,654	→
Marvdasht	مرودشت	FAR	92,013	103,579	124,350	138,649	148,858	→
Mashhad [Meshed]	مشهد	KHR	1,559,155	1,887,405	2,427,316	2,766,258	3,001,184	→
Masjed-e Soleymān	مسجدسلیمان	KHU	107,539	116,883	108,682	103,369	100,497	→
Mehrīz	مهریز	YAZ	20,644	25,238	27,112	28,483	34,237	→
Meshgīn Shahr	مشگین‌شهر	ARD	41,114	49,787	63,655	66,883	74,109	→
Meshkīn Dasht	مشکین‌دشت	ALB	...	...	43,858	53,440	62,005	→
Meybod	میبد	YAZ	34,641	38,061	58,872	66,907	80,712	→
Mīāndūāb [Miandoab]	میاندوآب	AZG	71,273	90,141	114,153	123,081	134,425	→
Mīāneh	میانه	AZS	72,712	78,104	89,796	95,505	98,973	→
Mīnāb	میناب	HOR	32,943	44,817	56,009	63,229	73,170	→
Mīnūdasht	مینودشت	GOL	18,330	21,011	26,409	28,478	30,085	→
Mobārakeh	مبارکه	ESF	38,133	46,428	62,728	66,092	69,449	→
Moḥamadiyeh	محمدیه	QAS	...	27,955	41,816	48,862	90,513	→
Moḥamadshahr	محمدشهر	ALB	...	...	83,272	100,519	119,418	→
Nahāvand	نهاوند	HAM	59,307	65,164	73,141	75,445	76,162	→
Nā'īn [Naeen]	نائین	ESF	18,431	20,826	25,516	25,379	27,379	→
Najaf Ābād	نجف‌آباد	ESF	160,004	178,498	208,647	221,814	235,281	→
Naqadeh	نقده	AZG	61,286	64,807	73,438	75,550	81,598	→
Nasīm Shahr (Akbarābād)	نسیم‌شهر	TEH	49,945	85,124	135,846	157,474	200,393	→
Naṣīrshahr	نصیرشهر	TEH	...	...	23,802	26,935	28,644	→
Naẓar'ābād	نظرآباد	ALB	28,600	69,342	97,722	107,806	119,512	→
Nekā	نکا	MAZ	29,151	35,208	46,291	50,680	60,991	→
Neyrīz	نی‌ریز	FAR	34,114	37,377	46,764	50,291	49,850	→
Nīshābūr [Nishapur]	نیشابور	KHR	135,681	158,847	208,860	239,185	264,375	→
Nowshahr	نوشهر	MAZ	33,040	35,133	42,175	43,378	49,403	→
Nūr	نور	MAZ	15,178	16,688	22,491	22,978	26,947	→
Nūr'ābād	نورآباد	FAR	33,913	42,243	52,597	55,736	57,058	→
Nūr'ābād	نورآباد	LOR	40,000	49,173	56,530	61,142	65,547	→
Omīdiyeh	امیدیه	KHU	55,791	53,834	58,616	60,461	67,427	→
Orūmīyeh (Reza'iyeh) [Urmia]	ارومیه	AZG	357,399	435,200	583,255	667,499	736,224	→
Oshnavīeh	اشنویه	AZG	23,875	23,569	30,632	32,723	39,801	→
Pākdasht	پاکدشت	TEH	33,273	49,220	126,937	206,490	236,319	→
Parand	پرند	TEH	...	...	...	...	97,464	→
Pardīs	پردیس	TEH	...	...	25,374	37,257	73,363	→
Pārs Ābād	پارس‌آباد	ARD	47,966	60,485	82,256	88,924	93,387	→
Pāveh	پاوه	KMS	18,165	17,565	20,068	23,704	25,771	→
Pīrānshahr	پیرانشهر	AZG	25,454	33,805	58,177	69,049	91,515	→
Pīshvā	پیشوا	TEH	19,850	29,884	41,880	47,253	59,184	→
Pol-e Dokhtar	پلدختر	LOR	14,975	16,675	22,900	25,092	26,352	→
Qā'emiyeh	قائمیه	FAR	16,313	20,491	23,734	25,355	26,918	→
Qā'em Shahr	قائم‌شهر	MAZ	123,684	143,286	174,768	196,050	204,953	→
Qā'en	قائن	KHJ	19,462	25,170	34,465	40,226	42,323	→
Qahderījān	قهدریجان	ESF	26,581	27,109	30,016	31,679	34,226	→
Qarah Ziyā'āldīn	قره‌ضیاءالدین	AZG	15,322	20,266	22,671	23,769	26,767	→
Qarchak	قرچک	TEH	98,202	142,690	174,006	191,588	231,075	→
Qazvīn	قزوین	QAS	278,826	291,117	355,338	381,598	402,748	→
Qeshm	قشم	HOR	11,268	13,556	25,320	28,602	40,678	→
Qeydār	قیدار	ZAN	15,136	18,709	26,269	30,251	34,921	→
Qods	قدس	TEH	89,680	138,278	230,147	283,517	309,605	→
Qom	قم	QOM	681,253	777,677	959,116	1,074,036	1,201,158	→
Qorveh	قروه	KOR	51,247	61,659	66,390	71,232	78,276	→
Qūchān	قوچان	KHR	74,919	85,750	101,313	103,760	101,604	→
Rafsanjān	رفسنجان	KER	79,926	98,257	139,219	151,420	161,909	→
Rāmhormoz	رامهرمز	KHU	33,179	37,221	50,777	69,869	74,285	→
Rāmsar	رامسر	MAZ	27,194	28,954	32,085	32,294	35,997	→
Rāmshīr	رامشیر	KHU	22,704	22,633	24,808	23,008	25,009	→
Rasht	رشت	GIL	340,637	417,748	557,366	639,951	679,995	→
Robāṭ Karīm	رباط‌کریم	TEH	26,656	36,488	63,069	78,097	105,393	→
Rūdehen	رودهن	TEH	...	11,866	19,832	21,477	28,533	→
Rūdsar	رودسر	GIL	28,877	34,208	33,951	37,579	37,998	→
Ṣabāshahr (Qāsemābād)	صباشهر	TEH	...	...	18,132	47,123	53,971	→
Sabzevār	سبزوار	KHR	148,065	170,738	214,582	231,557	243,700	→
Ṣafādasht	صفادشت	TEH	...	...	15,887	19,233	32,476	→
Ṣafāshahr	صفاشهر	FAR	...	17,576	22,936	26,091	26,933	→
Sahand	سهند	AZS	...	...	...	24,704	82,494	→
Ṣaḥneh	صحنه	KMS	29,093	31,048	34,462	36,542	35,508	→
Ṣāleḥīeh [Ṣāleḥābād]	صالحیه	TEH	...	...	54,228	56,356	58,683	→
Salmās	سلماس	AZG	57,441	65,416	81,342	88,196	92,811	→
Sanandaj	سنندج	KOR	244,039	277,808	316,862	373,987	412,767	→
Saqqez	سقز	KOR	98,933	115,394	133,331	139,738	165,258	→
Sarāb	سراب	AZS	37,423	36,719	42,335	44,846	45,031	→
Sarakhs	سرخس	KHR	22,271	28,547	34,675	37,162	42,179	→
Sarāvān	سراوان	SBA	33,325	41,177	59,610	59,795	60,014	→
Sardasht	سردشت	AZG	24,474	30,904	37,699	42,167	46,412	→
Sardrūd	سردرود	AZS	15,123	16,517	24,932	26,856	29,739	→
Sārī	ساری	MAZ	167,602	195,882	261,293	296,417	309,820	→
Sarpol-e Dhahāb [Sarpol-e Zahab]	سرپل ذهاب	KMS	11,952	27,418	34,669	35,809	45,481	→
Sāveh	ساوه	MAR	87,621	111,245	180,548	200,481	220,762	→
Semīrom	سمیرم	ESF	23,511	24,504	26,795	25,122	26,942	→
Semnān	سمنان	SEM	75,131	91,045	126,780	153,680	185,129	→
Shādegān	شادگان	KHU	41,240	41,836	49,171	52,786	41,733	→
Shāhedshahr	شاهدشهر	TEH	...	...	18,855	20,865	25,544	→
Shāhīn Dezh	شاهین‌دژ	AZG	23,513	29,020	34,660	38,396	43,131	→
Shāhīn Shahr	شاهین‌شهر	ESF	62,592	84,827	127,412	143,308	173,329	→
Shahr-e Bābak	شهربابک	KER	23,980	31,604	45,751	45,256	51,620	→
Shahr-e Jadīd-e Hashtgerd	شهر جدید هشتگرد	ALB	...	...	15,736	22,724	42,147	→
Shahr-e Kord	شهرکرد	CMB	89,253	100,477	131,612	159,775	190,441	→
Shahr-e Ṣadrā	شهرصدرا	FAR	...	...	...	39,979	91,863	→
Shahrezā (Qomsheh) [Shahreza]	شهرضا	ESF	84,666	89,779	109,601	123,767	134,952	→
Shahrīār	شهریار	TEH	32,459	40,058	189,421	249,473	309,607	→
Shāhrūd (Emāmshahr)	شاهرود	SEM	92,195	104,765	132,379	140,474	150,129	→
Sheybāni	شیبان	KHU	...	...	23,211	24,968	36,374	→
Shīrāz [Shiraz]	شیراز	FAR	965,117	1,053,025	1,227,331	1,460,665	1,565,572	→
Shīrvān	شیروان	KHS	58,648	70,028	84,185	88,254	82,689	→
Showṭ	شوط	AZG	...	17,482	19,787	21,047	25,381	→
Shūsh	شوش	KHU	48,134	52,057	54,032	59,161	77,148	→
Shūshtar	شوشتر	KHU	70,294	77,900	96,732	106,815	101,878	→
Sīrjān	سیرجان	KER	107,887	135,024	170,916	185,623	199,704	→
Sonqor	سنقر	KMS	37,772	40,848	43,653	44,954	44,256	→
Ṣowme'eh Sarā	صومعه‌سرا	GIL	24,884	29,398	37,437	40,978	47,083	→
Sūsangerd	سوسنگرد	KHU	34,421	39,225	44,016	44,469	51,431	→
Ṭabas	طبس	KHJ	17,071	25,722	31,948	35,150	39,676	→
Tabrīz [Tabriz]	تبریز	AZS	1,088,985	1,191,043	1,398,060	1,494,998	1,558,693	→
Takāb	تکاب	AZG	38,510	42,569	44,043	44,040	49,677	→
Tākestān	تاکستان	QAS	47,927	54,192	74,257	77,907	80,299	→
Ṭāybād	تایباد	KHR	45,636	39,302	47,535	52,280	56,562	→
Tehrān [Tehran]	تهران	TEH	6,475,527	6,758,845	7,797,520	8,154,051	8,693,706	→
Tonekābon	تنکابن	MAZ	31,366	33,650	43,842	45,338	55,434	→
Torbat-e Ḥeydarīeh	تربت حیدریه	KHR	81,781	94,647	121,300	131,150	140,019	→
Torbat-e Jām	تربت جام	KHR	82,790	68,483	86,240	94,758	100,449	→
Tūyserkān	تویسرکان	HAM	32,725	37,886	43,360	44,516	50,455	→
Vaḥīdīeh	وحیدیه	TEH	...	...	24,904	28,405	33,249	→
Varāmīn	ورامین	TEH	77,624	107,233	208,996	218,991	225,628	→
Yāsūj	یاسوج	KBA	48,957	69,133	100,544	108,505	134,532	→
Yazd	یزد	YAZ	275,298	326,776	432,194	486,152	529,673	→
Zābol	زابل	SBA	91,041	100,887	136,956	137,722	134,950	→
Zāhedān	زاهدان	SBA	361,623	419,518	567,449	560,725	587,730	→
Zanjān	زنجان	ZAN	254,100	286,295	349,713	386,851	430,871	→
Zarand	زرند	KER	34,416	41,344	56,139	57,749	60,370	→
Zarīn Shahr	زرین‌شهر	ESF	48,096	50,837	56,375	60,118	55,817	→
Zarqān	زرقان	FAR	15,451	18,872	20,166	28,958	32,261	→

(1991) (1996) Statistical Centre of Iran (web) plus data provided by Clive Thornton.
(2006) (2011) (2016) Statistical Centre of Iran (web).