General info

Entity:
Iran
Capital:
Tehran
Population (2009-07-01):
66,429,284 (CIA)
Area:
1,648,000 sq.km.
Country code:
ir
Region:
South-central Asia

Iran

Administrative units

ostan capital area (sq.km.) population
1996-10-21
census		 population
2006-10-28
census
source: Statistical Centre of Iran.
note: the year 1996 translates to the year 1375 according to the Iranian Hijri calendar (which runs 621 years behind the Gregorian calendar). 1385 in Iran thus is 2006.
note: area refers to 'land area'.
Ardebil Ostan Ardebil 17,800 1,168,011 1,225,348
Bushehr Ostan Bushehr 22,743 743,675 886,267
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Ostan Shahr-e-Kord 16,332 761,168 857,910
East Azarbayejan Ostan Tabriz 45,650 3,325,540 3,603,456
Esfahan Ostan Esfahan 107,029 3,923,255 4,559,256
Fars Ostan Shiraz 122,608 3,817,036 4,336,878
Gilan Ostan Rasht 14,042 2,241,896 2,404,861
Golestan Ostan Gorgan 20,367 1,426,288 1,617,087
Hamedan Ostan Hamedan 19,368 1,677,957 1,703,267
Hormozgan Ostan Bandar Abbas 70,697 1,062,155 1,403,674
Ilam Ostan Ilam 20,133 487,886 545,787
Kerman Ostan Kerman 180,726 2,004,328 2,652,413
Kermanshah Ostan Kermanshah 24,998 1,778,596 1,879,385
Khorasan-e-Razavi Ostan Mashhad 118,854 4,907,970 5,593,079
Khuzestan Ostan Ahvaz 64,055 3,746,772 4,274,979
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Ostan Yasuj 15,504 544,356 634,299
Kordestan Ostan Sanandaj 29,137 1,346,383 1,438,543
Lorestan Ostan Khorramabad 28,294 1,584,434 1,716,527
Markazi Ostan Arak 29,127 1,228,812 1,349,590
Mazandaran Ostan Sari 23,842 2,602,008 2,920,657
North Khorasan Ostan Bojnord 28,434 675,752 811,572
Qazvin Ostan Qazvin 15,567 968,257 1,143,200
Qom Ostan Qom 11,526 853,044 1,040,681
Semnan Ostan Semnan 97,491 501,447 589,742
Sistan and Baluchestan Ostan Zahedan 181,785 1,722,579 2,405,742
South Khorasan Ostan Birjand 95,385 345,017 636,420
Tehran Ostan Tehran 18,814 10,343,965 13,413,348
West Azarbayejan Ostan Orumiyeh 37,411 2,496,320 2,873,459
Yazd Ostan Yazd 129,285 750,769 990,818
Zanjan Ostan Zanjan 21,773 900,890 964,601
total   1,628,750 60,055,488 70,472,846

Main cities

name population
1986-09-22
census		 population
1996-10-21
census		 population
2006-10-28
census
Tehran 6,042,584 6,758,845 7,088,287
Mashhad 1,463,508 1,887,405 2,427,316
Esfahan 986,753 1,266,072 1,602,110
Tabriz 971,482 1,191,043 1,398,060
Karaj 611,510 940,968 1,386,030
Shiraz 848,289 1,053,025 1,227,331
Ahvaz 579,826 804,980 985,614
Qom 543,139 777,677 964,706
Kermanshah 560,514 692,986 794,863
Orumiyeh 300,746 435,200 583,255
Zahedan 281,923 419,518 567,449
Rasht 290,897 417,748 557,366
Kerman 257,284 384,991 515,114
Hamedan 272,499 401,281 479,640
Arak 265,349 380,755 446,760
Yazd 230,483 326,776 432,194
Ardebil 281,973 340,386 418,262
Bandar Abbas 201,642 273,578 379,301
Eslamshahr 215,129 265,450 357,389
Qazvin 248,591 291,117 355,338
Zanjan 215,261 286,295 349,713
Khorramabad 208,592 272,815 333,945
Sanandaj 204,537 277,808 316,862
Gorgan 139,430 188,710 274,438
Sari 141,020 195,882 261,293
Kashan 138,599 201,372 253,509
Dezful 151,420 202,639 235,819
Golestan (Soltanabad) 9,927 112,554 231,905
Qods .. 138,278 230,147
Borujerd 183,879 217,804 229,541
Malard 9,160 88,118 228,713
Khomeinishahr 104,647 165,888 223,071
Abadan 6 206,073 219,772
Sabzevar 129,103 170,738 214,582
Varamin 58,311 107,233 208,996
Neyshabur 109,258 158,847 208,860
Najafabad 129,058 178,498 208,647
Babol 115,320 158,346 201,335
Amol 118,242 159,092 199,698
Shahriyar 22,439 40,058 189,421
Khoy 115,343 148,944 181,465
Saveh 64,081 111,245 180,548
Bojnurd 93,392 134,835 176,726
Qaemshahr 109,288 143,286 174,768
Qarchak 77,957 142,690 174,006
Sirjan 90,072 135,024 170,916
Bushehr 120,787 143,641 169,966
Birjand 81,798 127,608 166,138
Ilam 89,035 126,346 160,355
Malayer 103,640 144,373 156,289
Bukan 67,938 120,020 150,703
Maragheh 100,679 132,318 149,929
Rafsanjan 66,498 98,257 139,219
Zabol 75,105 100,887 136,956
Nasimshahr (Akbarabad) 13,750 85,124 135,846
Mahabad 75,238 107,799 135,780
Saqqez 81,351 115,394 133,331
Shahrud 78,950 104,765 132,379
Shahr-e-Kord 75,080 100,477 131,612
Gonbad-e-kavus 87,100 111,253 129,167
Shahinshahr 49,312 84,827 127,412
Pakdasht 18,308 49,220 126,937
Semnan 64,891 91,045 126,780
Khorramshahr 0 105,636 125,859
Marvdasht 79,132 103,579 124,350
Torbat-e-heydariyeh 72,068 94,647 121,300
Andimeshk 56,288 106,923 120,177
Marand 71,394 96,396 114,841
Miyandoap 59,551 90,141 114,153
Bandar-e-Mahshahr 71,808 88,394 111,448
Bandar Anzali 87,063 98,544 110,643
Shahreza 73,367 89,779 109,601
Masjed Soleyman 104,787 116,883 108,682
Jahrom 77,174 94,185 105,285
Izeh 46,042 81,288 104,364
Quchan 66,531 85,750 101,313
Dorud 62,517 88,152 101,219
Behbahan 78,694 88,213 101,178
Iranshahr 40,027 76,959 100,642
Yasuj 29,991 69,133 100,544
source: Statistical Centre of Iran.