List of largest cities of Iran

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The most populated cities of Iran in 2010.

Iran has one of the highest urban population growth rates in the world. From 1950 to 2002, the urban proportion of the population increased from 27% to 60%.[1] The United Nations (UN) predicts that by 2030 80% of the population will live in urban areas.[2] Most internal migrants have settled near the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Karaj, Ahvaz, Mashhad and Qom. Tehran, with a population of 8.7 million in 2016, is the largest city in Iran and is the nation's capital. Tehran is home to around 11% of Iran's population. It is the hub of Iran's communication and transport networks.[3]

Mashhad, with a population of 4.2 million in 2019, is the second-largest Iranian city and the centre of the province of Razavi Khorasan. Mashhad is one of the holiest Shi'a cities in the world as it is the site of the Imam Reza shrine. It is the centre of tourism in Iran. Between 15 and 20 million pilgrims go to Imam Reza's shrine every year.[4][5]

The third most populous city of Iran is Isfahan with a population 2.5 million in 2019. This city is one of the most industrial cities of Iran with large industries and hosts several UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The city has a wide variety of historic monuments and is known for its paintings, history and architecture.

The fourth most populous Iranian city is Karaj, with a population of 2.1 million in 2019. Karaj is the capital of Alborz province and is 35 km west of Tehran, at the foot of Alborz mountains. Karaj is increasingly becoming an extension of metropolitan Tehran.

The fifth most populous Iranian city is Shiraz (population 1.57 million), which is located in the southwest of Iran with a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years. Shiraz is one of the oldest cities of ancient Persia, known as the city of poets, literature and flowers. It is also considered by many Iranians to be the city of gardens and also a major center for Iran's electronic industries.

Other major cities are Tabriz (population 1.56 million), Qom (population 1.2 million) and Ahvaz (population 1.18 million).[6]

List of Metro Cities

File:Iran population density 2004.jpg
A 1996 map of Iran's population density

There are 10 large cities or metropolitan cities in Iran with the population over a million or more.

Rank City Population
1 Tehran 15,800,000
2 Mashhad 3,989,070
3 Isfahan 3,416,000
4 Karaj 2,512,737
5 Shiraz 1,800,000
6 Tabriz 1,773,023
7 Qom 1,260,000
8 Ahvaz 1,184,788
9 Kermanshah 1,083,833
10 Urmia 1,000,000

Cities over 100,000 population

The following sorted table, lists the most populous cities in Iran with a population of more than 100,000 in 2016.[7][8] A city is displayed in bold if it is the province capital.Template:Cbignore

Rank City Province Date of Official
Foundation of
Municipality 		2016 Census 2011 Census Change
1 Tehran Tehran 1907 Script error: No such module "change".
2 Mashhad Razavi Khorasan 1918 Script error: No such module "change".
3 Isfahan Isfahan 1907 Script error: No such module "change".
4 Karaj Alborz 1951 Script error: No such module "change".
5 Shiraz Fars 1907 Script error: No such module "change".
6 Tabriz East Azerbaijan 1907 Script error: No such module "change".
7 Qom Qom 1926 Script error: No such module "change".
8 Ahvaz Khuzestan 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
9 Kermanshah Kermanshah 1912 Script error: No such module "change".
10 Urmia West Azerbaijan 1928 Script error: No such module "change".
11 Rasht Gilan 1907 Script error: No such module "change".
12 Zahedan Sistan and Baluchestan 1938 Script error: No such module "change".
13 Hamadan Hamadan 1911 Script error: No such module "change".
14 Kerman Kerman 1907 Script error: No such module "change".
15 Yazd Yazd 1926 Script error: No such module "change".
16 Ardabil Ardabil 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
17 Bandar Abbas Hormozgan 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
18 Arak Markazi 1927 Script error: No such module "change".
19 Eslamshahr Tehran 1978 Script error: No such module "change".
20 Zanjan Zanjan 1923 Script error: No such module "change".
21 Sanandaj Kurdistan 1928 Script error: No such module "change".
22 Qazvin Qazvin 1924 Script error: No such module "change".
23 Khorramabad Lorestan 1931 Script error: No such module "change".
24 Gorgan Golestan 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
25 Sari Mazandaran 1927 Script error: No such module "change".
26 Shahriar Tehran 1952 Script error: No such module "change".
27 Qods Tehran 1989 Script error: No such module "change".
28 Kashan Isfahan 1930 Script error: No such module "change".
29 Malard Tehran 1995 Script error: No such module "change".
30 Dezful Khuzestan 1920 Script error: No such module "change".
31 Nishapur Razavi Khorasan 1931 Script error: No such module "change".
32 Babol Mazandaran 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
33 Khomeyni Shahr Isfahan 1932 Script error: No such module "change".
34 Sabzevar Razavi Khorasan 1930 Script error: No such module "change".
35 Golestan Tehran 1996 Script error: No such module "change".
36 Amol Mazandaran 1933 Script error: No such module "change".
37 Pakdasht Tehran 1991 Script error: No such module "change".
38 Najafabad Isfahan 1931 Script error: No such module "change".
39 Borujerd Lorestan 1935 Script error: No such module "change".
40 Abadan Khuzestan 1924 Script error: No such module "change".
41 Qarchak Tehran 1976 Script error: No such module "change".
42 Bojnord North Khorasan 1931 Script error: No such module "change".
43 Varamin Tehran 1941 Script error: No such module "change".
44 Bushehr Bushehr 1922 Script error: No such module "change".
45 Saveh Markazi 1931 Script error: No such module "change".
46 Qaem Shahr Mazandaran 1935 Script error: No such module "change".
47 Birjand South Khorasan 1928 Script error: No such module "change".
48 Nasimshahr Tehran 1995 Script error: No such module "change".
49 Sirjan Kerman 1936 Script error: No such module "change".
50 Khoy West Azerbaijan 1923 Script error: No such module "change".
51 Ilam Ilam 1936 Script error: No such module "change".
52 Bukan West Azerbaijan 1948 Script error: No such module "change".
53 Shahr-e Kord Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1931 Script error: No such module "change".
54 Semnan Semnan 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
55 Fardis Alborz 2013 Script error: No such module "change".
56 Maragheh East Azerbaijan 1921 Script error: No such module "change".
57 Shahin Shahr Isfahan 1976 Script error: No such module "change".
58 Malayer Hamadan 1934 Script error: No such module "change".
59 Mahabad West Azerbaijan 1931 Script error: No such module "change".
60 Saqqez Kurdistan 1935 Script error: No such module "change".
61 Bandar-e Mahshahr Khuzestan 1954 Script error: No such module "change".
62 Rafsanjan Kerman 1935 Script error: No such module "change".
63 Gonbad-e Kavus Golestan 1934 Script error: No such module "change".
64 Shahrud Semnan 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
65 Marvdasht Fars 1950 Script error: No such module "change".
66 Kamal Shahr Alborz 1996 Script error: No such module "change".
67 Jahrom Fars 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
68 Torbat-e Heydarieh Razavi Khorasan 1928 Script error: No such module "change".
69 Marivan Kurdistan 1957 Script error: No such module "change".
70 Andimeshk Khuzestan 1956 Script error: No such module "change".
71 Shahreza Isfahan 1929 Script error: No such module "change".
72 Zabol Sistan and Baluchestan 1928 Script error: No such module "change".
73 Yasuj Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 1970 Script error: No such module "change".
74 Miandoab West Azerbaijan 1935 Script error: No such module "change".
75 Khorramshahr Khuzestan 1925 Script error: No such module "change".
76 Marand East Azerbaijan 1929 Script error: No such module "change".
77 Jiroft Kerman 1946 Script error: No such module "change".
78 Bam Kerman 1937 Script error: No such module "change".
79 Behbahan Khuzestan 1937 Script error: No such module "change".
80 Dorud Lorestan 1949 Script error: No such module "change".
81 Nazarabad Alborz 2002 Script error: No such module "change".
82 Mohammadshahr Alborz 1996 Script error: No such module "change".
83 Izeh Khuzestan 1958 Script error: No such module "change".
84 Bandar-e Anzali Gilan 1922 Script error: No such module "change".
85 Andisheh Tehran 2003 Script error: No such module "change".
86 Iranshahr Sistan and Baluchestan 1940 Script error: No such module "change".
87 Fasa Fars 1926 Script error: No such module "change".
88 Borazjan Bushehr 1928 Script error: No such module "change".
89 Baneh Kurdistan 1948 Script error: No such module "change".
90 Chabahar Sistan and Baluchestan 1950 Script error: No such module "change".
91 Robat Karim Tehran 1983 Script error: No such module "change".
92 Kashmar Razavi Khorasan 1929 Script error: No such module "change".
93 Shushtar Khuzestan 1927 Script error: No such module "change".
94 Quchan Razavi Khorasan 1937 Script error: No such module "change".
95 Lahijan Gilan 1928 Script error: No such module "change".
96 Ahar East Azerbaijan 1944 Script error: No such module "change".
97 Masjed Soleyman Khuzestan 1959 Script error: No such module "change".
98 Torbat-e Jam Razavi Khorasan 1933 Script error: No such module "change".

Largest cities in the provinces

This is a list of the largest cities of the 31 provinces, based on the city's population in the 2016 census.[9]

Province Largest city 2nd Largest 3rd Largest 4th largest
Tehran Tehran Eslamshahr Shahriar Shahr-e Qods
Razavi Khorasan Mashhad Nishapur Sabzevar Torbat-e Heydarieh
East Azerbaijan Tabriz Maragheh Marand Ahar
Alborz Karaj Fardis Kamalshahr Nazarabad
Isfahan Isfahan Kashan Khomeyni Shahr Najafabad
Fars Shiraz Marvdasht Jahrom Fasa
Khuzestan Ahvaz Dezful Abadan Mahshahr
Mazandaran Sari Babol Amol Qa'em Shahr
West Azerbaijan Urmia Khoy Bukan Mahabad
Kerman Kerman Sirjan Rafsanjan Jiroft
Gilan Rasht Bandar-e Anzali Lahijan Langrud
Sistan and Baluchestan Zahedan Zabol Iran Shahr Chabahar
Kermanshah Kermanshah Eslamabad-e Gharb Javanrud Kangavar
Lorestan Khorramabad Borujerd Dorud Aligudarz
Hamadan Hamadan Malayer Nahavand Asadabad
Golestan Gorgan Gonbad-e Kavus Bandar Torkaman Ali Abad
Kurdistan Sanandaj Saghez Marivan Baneh
Hormozgan Bandar Abbas Minab Qeshm Kish
Markazi Arak Saveh Khomein Mahallat
Ardabil Ardabil Parsabad Meshkinshahr Khalkhal
Qazvin Qazvin Alvand Mohammadiyeh Takestan
Qom Qom Qanavat Jafariyeh Kahak
Yazd Yazd Meybod Ardakan Bafq
Zanjan Zanjan Abhar Khorramdareh Qidar
Bushehr Bushehr Borazjan Bandar Ganaveh Bandar Kangan
Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Shahr-e Kord Borujen Lordegan Farrokhshahr
North Khorasan Bojnurd Shirvan Esfarayen Ashkhaneh
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Yasuj Dogonbadan Dehdasht Likak
South Khorasan Birjand Ghayen Tabas Ferdows
Semnan Semnan Shahrud Damghan Garmsar
Ilam Ilam Dehloran Eyvan Abdanan

Gallery

See also

References

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