Largest cities in Iran

The largest cities in Iran, ranked by population.

The total population of Iran is 82,482,600 as of 27-May-19 , which represents 1.07% of global population and ranks Iran # 18 worldwide.

Numbers generally reflect the city population, rather than the urban areas, municipality, or urban agglomeration. Note that double listings may reflect different spellings or definitions of urban agglomerations.

List: the biggest cities in Iran

CityCountryPopulationLast updateTime zone
  • Tehran
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 7,153,309 10/3/15Asia/Tehran
  • Mashhad
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,307,177 9/5/12Asia/Tehran
  • Isfahan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,547,164 8/19/14Asia/Tehran
  • Karaj
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,448,075 6/15/13Asia/Tehran
  • Tabriz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,424,641 10/25/15Asia/Tehran
  • Shiraz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,249,942 6/2/18Asia/Tehran
  • Qom
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 900,000 2/12/16Asia/Tehran
  • Ahvaz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 841,145 3/4/19Asia/Tehran
  • Pasragad Branch
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 787,878 9/2/15Asia/Tehran
  • Kahrīz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 766,706 1/16/12Asia/Tehran
  • Kermanshah
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 621,100 11/1/16Asia/Tehran
  • Rasht
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 594,590 2/27/19Asia/Tehran
  • Kerman
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 577,514 10/3/15Asia/Tehran
  • Orūmīyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 577,307 12/21/16Asia/Tehran
  • Zahedan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 551,980 8/19/14Asia/Tehran
  • Hamadān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 528,256 2/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Āzādshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 514,102 8/2/16Asia/Tehran
  • Arāk
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 503,647 1/9/18Asia/Tehran
  • Yazd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 477,905 11/27/13Asia/Tehran
  • Ardabīl
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 410,753 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Abadan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 370,180 5/28/14Asia/Tehran
  • Zanjān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 357,471 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Bandar Abbas
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 352,173 2/27/16Asia/Tehran
  • Sanandaj
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 349,176 8/4/12Asia/Tehran
  • Qazvin
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 333,635 5/16/13Asia/Tehran
  • Khorramshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 330,606 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Khorramabad
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 329,825 1/23/16Asia/Tehran
  • Khomeynī Shahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 277,334 9/6/14Asia/Tehran
  • Sari
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 255,396 5/12/13Asia/Tehran
  • Borūjerd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 251,958 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Qarchak
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 251,834 12/4/12Asia/Tehran
  • Gorgān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 244,937 2/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Sabzevar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 226,183 5/28/14Asia/Tehran
  • Najafābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 223,450 9/6/14Asia/Tehran
  • Neyshābūr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 220,929 10/3/17Asia/Tehran
  • Naz̧arābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 213,388 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Būkān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 213,331 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Sirjan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 207,645 5/28/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bābol
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 202,796 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Āmol
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 199,382 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bīrjand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 196,982 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Bojnūrd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 192,041 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Varāmīn
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 179,603 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Malāyer
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 176,573 10/7/16Asia/Tehran
  • Sāveh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 175,533 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Khowy
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 175,370 10/3/17Asia/Tehran
  • Bushehr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 165,377 8/22/17Asia/Tehran
  • Mahābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 162,434 1/16/12Asia/Tehran
  • Saqqez
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 151,237 3/3/09Asia/Tehran
  • Marvdasht
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 148,858 2/8/19Asia/Tehran
  • Rafsanjān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 147,680 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Īlām
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 140,940 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Mīāndoāb
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 132,819 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Shahrud
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 131,889 2/1/14Asia/Tehran
  • Gonbad-e Kāvūs
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 131,416 5/7/16Asia/Tehran
  • Iranshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 131,232 2/25/17Asia/Tehran
  • Shahr-e Kord
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 129,153 3/7/19Asia/Tehran
  • Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 125,633 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Semnan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 124,826 11/3/18Asia/Tehran
  • Marand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 124,191 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Zābol
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 121,989 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Qūchān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 111,752 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Masjed Soleymān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 111,510 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bandar-e Anzalī
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 110,826 6/8/18Asia/Tehran
  • Bāneh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 104,799 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Pārsābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 101,661 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Kūhdasht
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 100,208 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bam
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 99,268 9/14/18Asia/Tehran
  • Akbarābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 98,342 1/17/12Asia/Tehran
  • Fasā
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 98,061 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Yasuj
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 96,786 11/10/13Asia/Tehran
  • Kāshmar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 96,151 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Dogonbadan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 94,638 10/22/13Asia/Tehran
  • Kāzerūn
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 94,511 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Ahar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 94,348 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Behshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 93,500 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Marīvān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 91,664 1/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Alīgūdarz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 91,041 12/6/17Asia/Tehran
  • Alvand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 90,000 11/7/18Asia/Tehran
  • Qorveh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 87,953 3/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Borāzjān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 86,059 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Shīrvān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 82,790 7/3/15Asia/Tehran
  • Salmās
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 81,606 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bonāb
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 80,359 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Shahre Jadide Andisheh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 80,000 8/22/12Asia/Tehran
  • Behbahān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 79,327 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Shūshtar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 77,507 11/7/15Asia/Tehran
  • Khomeyn
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 77,425 11/6/18Asia/Tehran
  • Nahāvand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 76,250 8/2/16Asia/Tehran
  • Alvand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 74,889 8/1/17Asia/Tehran
  • Nūrābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 73,528 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Naqadeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 73,528 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Tākestān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 71,499 11/7/17Asia/Tehran
  • Mīnāb
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 70,790 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Abhar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 69,889 8/1/17Asia/Tehran
  • Dehdasht
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 69,726 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Chālūs
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 69,638 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Khāsh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 69,603 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Langarūd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 68,148 1/9/18Asia/Tehran
  • Dāmghān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 67,694 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Fīrūzābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 66,558 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Nūrābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 64,041 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Dārāb
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 63,319 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Robāţ Karīm
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 62,753 3/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Piranshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 61,973 10/22/13Asia/Tehran
  • Kāmyārān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 61,642 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Esfarāyen
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 59,678 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Asadābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 59,617 6/27/18Asia/Tehran
  • Zarand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 58,983 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Torbat-e Jām
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 58,928 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Shahrīār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 58,849 12/5/15Asia/Tehran
  • Ardakān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 58,834 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Harsīn
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 57,647 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Ābādeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 56,988 10/18/18Asia/Tehran
  • Malārd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 56,745 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Ābyek
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 55,128 8/21/06Asia/Tehran
  • Bījār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 53,871 8/9/10Asia/Tehran
  • Pīshvā
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 53,856 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Kangāvar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 53,414 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bandar-e Genāveh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 52,750 5/8/19Asia/Tehran
  • Borūjen
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 52,654 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Shahr-e Bābak
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 52,409 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Shūsh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 52,284 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Meybod
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 51,874 5/8/18Asia/Tehran
  • Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 51,611 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Takāb
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 51,541 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Khalkhāl
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 51,024 7/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Oshnavīyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 50,661 2/9/19Asia/Tehran
  • Khorramdarreh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 50,528 5/3/18Asia/Tehran
  • Tabas
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 49,993 10/23/13Asia/Tehran
  • Falāvarjān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 49,843 9/6/14Asia/Tehran
  • Īstgāh-e Rāh Āhan-e Garmsār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 49,491 1/9/13Asia/Tehran
  • Rehnān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 49,143 12/6/15Asia/Tehran
  • Nekā
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 48,847 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bābolsar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 48,051 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Āzādshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 47,590 5/7/16Asia/Tehran
  • Rūdsar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 47,502 1/9/18Asia/Tehran
  • Aznā
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 47,482 1/17/12Asia/Tehran
  • Chabahar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 47,287 10/3/15Asia/Tehran
  • Omīdīyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 46,983 10/3/17Asia/Tehran
  • Chenārān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 46,940 8/8/18Asia/Tehran
  • Sarakhs
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 46,499 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Dehlorān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 46,002 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Neyrīz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 45,506 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Hashtpar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 45,305 5/7/16Asia/Tehran
  • Golpāyegān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 44,916 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Gonābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 43,465 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Sonqor
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 43,174 3/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Āstāneh-ye Ashrafīyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 42,784 6/18/18Asia/Tehran
  • Sūsangerd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 41,443 7/4/16Asia/Tehran
  • Shāhīn Dezh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 41,442 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Rāvar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 40,167 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Qā’en
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 40,157 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Nowshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 40,000 3/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Āstārā
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 39,065 3/31/13Asia/Tehran
  • Rāmhormoz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 38,821 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Javānrūd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 38,657 1/17/06Asia/Tehran
  • Qaşr-e Qand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 37,722 7/8/14Asia/Tehran
  • Tāybād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 37,513 9/2/18Asia/Tehran
  • Tonekābon
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 37,501 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Dorcheh Pīāz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 37,462 9/12/11Asia/Tehran
  • Shādegān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 37,220 9/8/16Asia/Tehran
  • Bardsīr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 37,192 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Mahrīz
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 36,720 10/4/13Asia/Tehran
  • Eqbālīyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 36,709 12/6/12Asia/Tehran
  • Mohr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 35,000 3/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Fereydūnkenār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 34,097 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Kalāleh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 33,700 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Kelīshād va Sūdarjān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 33,630 10/2/14Asia/Tehran
  • Dowlatābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 33,607 9/6/14Asia/Tehran
  • Delījān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 33,508 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Farrokh Shahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 32,391 1/16/12Asia/Tehran
  • Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 31,947 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bāfq
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 31,215 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Pāsārgād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 29,825 11/13/16Asia/Tehran
  • ‘Ajab Shīr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 29,675 5/19/18Asia/Tehran
  • Qahderījān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 29,392 1/19/12Asia/Tehran
  • Damāvand
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 29,144 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bahār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 28,645 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Jūybār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 28,404 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bardaskan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 28,233 12/14/17Asia/Tehran
  • Fūman
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 27,763 6/8/18Asia/Tehran
  • Aleshtar
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 27,701 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Semīrom
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 27,220 10/27/17Asia/Tehran
  • Gerāsh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 25,316 10/7/16Asia/Tehran
  • Fārsān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 25,071 5/8/19Asia/Tehran
  • Qeshm
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 25,000 11/27/13Asia/Tehran
  • Darreh Shahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 24,961 7/4/16Asia/Tehran
  • Bandar-e Lengeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 22,768 2/8/17Asia/Tehran
  • Aghajari
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 21,785 5/8/13Asia/Tehran
  • Khvānsār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 21,146 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Mahdishahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 21,000 1/5/14Asia/Tehran
  • Kīsh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 20,922 1/16/12Asia/Tehran
  • Abrīsham
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 20,000 10/28/18Asia/Tehran
  • Rāmshīr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 19,454 11/17/16Asia/Tehran
  • Taft
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 19,394 10/4/13Asia/Tehran
  • Ābdānān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 19,360 5/8/18Asia/Tehran
  • Pāveh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 17,779 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Pādegān-e Manjīl
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 17,396 12/12/17Asia/Tehran
  • Nīkshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 17,000 11/7/18Asia/Tehran
  • Hashtrūd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 16,888 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Ardestān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 16,058 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Tafresh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 14,399 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Bīleh Savār
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 14,000 1/29/19Asia/Tehran
  • Fannūj
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 13,000 11/7/18Asia/Tehran
  • Mehrān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 11,831 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Fareydūnshahr
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 11,562 9/4/14Asia/Tehran
  • Sharīfābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 8,870 5/5/13Asia/Tehran
  • Khārk
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 8,196 2/9/13Asia/Tehran
  • Shahrak-e Pābedānā
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 6,503 5/5/13Asia/Tehran
  • Nashtārūd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 5,837 3/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Shahrak-e Emām Ḩasan
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 5,394 3/4/17Asia/Tehran
  • Āq Qāyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 5,114 5/5/13Asia/Tehran
  • Ţāleb ābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 4,850 5/10/18Asia/Tehran
  • Ziabar (Gaskar)
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 4,500 8/2/13Asia/Tehran
  • Jongīyeh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 4,183 5/5/13Asia/Tehran
  • Noşratābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 4,182 5/5/13Asia/Tehran
  • Kūh Sefīd
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,850 9/25/18Asia/Tehran
  • Qohūrd-e ‘Olyā
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 2,115 6/29/18Asia/Tehran
  • Khavāş Kūh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,971 1/19/12Asia/Tehran
  • Qarnābād
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,961 3/9/16Asia/Tehran
  • Shahrak-e Kūlūrī
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,941 1/7/16Asia/Tehran
  • Anūch
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,833 8/14/18Asia/Tehran
  • Vasīān
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,817 5/5/13Asia/Tehran
  • Omīdcheh
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,710 5/5/13Asia/Tehran
  • Soleh Bon
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,500 8/9/16Asia/Tehran
  • sedeyen-e Yek
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,082 6/16/18Asia/Tehran
  • pamas
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,081 11/5/09Asia/Tehran
  • Famast
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,081 11/5/09Asia/Tehran

     

     



    Country codes for Iran

    • 2 digit ISO country code (A2) for Iran : IR
    • 3 digit UN country code (A3) for Iran : IRN
    • Numeric U.N. country code for Iran : 364

    DIALING CODE for Iran : 98

    Flag of Iran (when applicable):

     

    The population data for this list of cities and towns in Iran was derived from several sources, including GeoNames and Wikipedia.