General info

Entity:
Iran
Capital:
Tehran
Population (2008-07-01):
65,875,224 (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 20,195 1,426,288 1,617,087
Hamedan Ostan Hamedan 19,368 1,677,957 1,703,267
Hormozgan Ostan Bandar Abbas 70,669 1,062,155 1,403,674
Ilam Ostan Ilam 20,133 487,886 545,787
Kerman Ostan Kerman 180,836 2,004,328 2,652,413
Kermanshah Ostan Kermanshah 24,998 1,778,596 1,879,385
Khorasan-e-Razavi Ostan Mashhad 144,681 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 29,130 1,228,812 1,349,590
Mazandaran Ostan Sari 23,701 2,602,008 2,920,657
North Khorasan Ostan Bojnord 28,434 675,752 811,572
Qazvin Ostan Qazvin 15,549 968,257 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 69,555 345,017 636,420
Tehran Ostan Tehran 18,814 10,343,965 13,413,348
West Azarbayejan Ostan Orumiyeh 37,437 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   1,628,554 60,055,488 70,472,846

Main cities

name population
1996-10-21
census		 population
2006-10-28
census
Tehran 6,758,845 7,711,230
Mashhad 1,887,405 2,410,800
Esfahan 1,266,072 1,583,609
Tabriz 1,191,043 1,378,935
Karaj 940,968 1,377,450
Shiraz 1,053,025 1,204,882
Ahvaz 804,980 969,843
Qom 777,677 957,496
Kermanshah 692,986 784,602
Orumiyeh 435,200 577,307
Zahedan 419,518 552,706
Rasht 417,748 551,161
Kerman 384,991 496,684
Hamedan 401,281 473,149
Arak 380,755 438,338
Yazd 326,776 423,006
Ardebil (Ardabil) 340,386 412,669
Bandar-e-abbas 273,578 367,508
Eslamshahr 265,450 357,171
Qazvin 291,117 349,821
Zanjan 286,295 341,801
Khoram abad 272,815 328,544
Sanandaj 277,808 311,446
Gorgan 188,710 269,226
Sari 195,882 259,084
Kashan 201,372 248,789
Golestan .. 231,882
Qods 138,278 229,354
Malard 88,118 228,673
Dezful 202,639 228,507
Borujerd 217,804 227,547
Khomeinishahr 165,888 218,737
Abaddan 206,073 217,988
Varamin 107,233 208,569
Sabzevar 170,738 208,172
Najafabad 178,498 206,114
Neyshabur 158,847 205,972
Babol 158,346 198,636
Amol 159,092 197,470
Shahriar 40,058 189,120
Saveh 111,245 179,009
Khoy 148,944 178,708
Qaemshahr 143,286 174,246
Qarchak 142,690 173,832
Bojnord 134,835 172,772
Sirjan 135,024 167,014
Bushehr 143,641 161,674
Birjand 127,608 157,848
Ilam 126,346 155,289
Malayer 144,373 153,748
Bukan 120,020 149,340
Maragheh 132,318 146,405
Rafsanjan 98,257 136,388
Nasimshahr .. 135,824
Mahabad 107,799 133,324
Saqez 115,394 131,349
Zabol 100,887 130,642
Gonbad-e-kavus 111,253 127,167
Shahrud 104,765 126,916
Shahr-e-Kord 100,477 126,746
Pakdasht 49,220 126,281
Shahinshahr 84,827 126,070
Semnan 91,045 124,999
Khorramshahr 105,636 123,866
Marvdasht 103,579 123,858
Andimeshk 106,923 119,422
Torbat e Heydariyeh 94,647 119,360
Marand 96,396 114,165
Bandar e Mashahr 88,394 109,927
Shahreza 89,779 108,299
Masjed Soleyman 116,883 106,121
Izeh 81,288 103,695
Jahrom 94,185 103,023
Dorud 88,152 100,528
Iranshahr 76,959 99,496
Behbahan 88,213 99,204
Yasouj 69,133 96,786
source: Statistical Centre of Iran.