Largest Cities in Iran

96 cities with population over 100,000

Iran has 96 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Tehran with 7,153,309 people. The capital city is Tehran.

Country Population

91.6M

Major Cities

Largest City

Tehran

Capital

Tehran

Top 10 Cities

Tehran

7.2M

Mashhad

2.3M

Isfahan

1.5M

Karaj

1.4M

Tabriz

1.4M

Shiraz

1.2M

Qom

900,000

Ahvaz

841,145

Kermanshah

621,100

Rasht

594,590

All Cities in Iran

Cities in Iran ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	TehranCapital	7,153,309	7.81%
2	Mashhad	2,307,177	2.52%
3	Isfahan	1,547,164	1.69%
4	Karaj	1,448,075	1.58%
5	Tabriz	1,424,641	1.56%
6	Shiraz	1,249,942	1.37%
7	Qom	900,000	0.98%
8	Ahvaz	841,145	0.92%
9	Kermanshah	621,100	0.68%
10	Rasht	594,590	0.65%
11	Kerman	577,514	0.63%
12	Orūmīyeh	577,307	0.63%
13	Zahedan	551,980	0.60%
14	Hamadān	528,256	0.58%
15	Āzādshahr	514,102	0.56%
16	Arāk	503,647	0.55%
17	Yazd	477,905	0.52%
18	Eslamshahr	450,000	0.49%
19	Ardabīl	410,753	0.45%
20	Abadan	370,180	0.40%
21	Zanjan	357,471	0.39%
22	Bandar Abbas	352,173	0.38%
23	Sanandaj	349,176	0.38%
24	Qazvin	333,635	0.36%
25	Khorramshahr	330,606	0.36%
26	Khorramabad	329,825	0.36%
27	Shahrīār	309,607	0.34%
28	Qods	309,605	0.34%
29	Khomeynī Shahr	277,334	0.30%
30	Dezful	264,709	0.29%
31	Marāgheh	262,604	0.29%
32	Marāgheh	262,604	0.29%
33	Sari	255,396	0.28%
34	Borūjerd	251,958	0.28%
35	Qarchak	251,834	0.28%
36	Gorgān	244,937	0.27%
37	Golestān	240,000	0.26%
38	Āmol	237,528	0.26%
39	Pākdasht	236,319	0.26%
40	Najafābād	235,281	0.26%
41	Sabzevar	226,183	0.25%
42	Varāmīn	225,628	0.25%
43	Neyshābūr	220,929	0.24%
44	Sāveh	220,762	0.24%
45	Naz̧arābād	213,388	0.23%
46	Sirjan	207,645	0.23%
47	Qā’em Shahr	204,953	0.22%
48	Bābol	202,796	0.22%
49	Nasīm Shahr	200,393	0.22%
50	Nasimshahr	200,393	0.22%
51	Khūy	198,845	0.22%
52	Bīrjand	196,982	0.22%
53	Būkān	193,501	0.21%
54	Bojnūrd	192,041	0.21%
55	Mīāneh	182,848	0.20%
56	Fardīs	181,174	0.20%
57	Shāhīn Shahr	173,329	0.19%
58	Malāyer	170,237	0.19%
59	Bushehr	165,377	0.18%
60	Bandar-e Māhshahr	162,797	0.18%
61	Mahābād	162,434	0.18%
62	Gonbad-e Kāvūs	151,910	0.17%
63	Saqqez	151,237	0.17%
64	Marvdasht	148,858	0.16%
65	Rafsanjān	147,680	0.16%
66	Kamālshahr	141,669	0.15%
67	Jahrom	141,634	0.15%
68	Īlām	140,940	0.15%
69	Marīvān	136,654	0.15%
70	Andīmeshk	135,116	0.15%
71	Shahreẕā	134,952	0.15%
72	Mīāndoāb	134,425	0.15%
73	Shahrud	131,889	0.14%
74	Iranshahr	131,232	0.14%
75	Jīroft	130,429	0.14%
76	Shahr-e Kord	129,153	0.14%
77	Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh	125,633	0.14%
78	Semnan	124,826	0.14%
79	Marand	124,191	0.14%
80	Behbahān	122,604	0.13%
81	Zābol	121,989	0.13%
82	Dorūd	121,638	0.13%
83	Naz̧arābād	119,512	0.13%
84	Moḩammad Shahr	119,418	0.13%
85	Īz̄eh	119,399	0.13%
86	Andīsheh	116,062	0.13%
87	Shahre Jadide Andisheh	116,062	0.13%
88	Qūchān	111,752	0.12%
89	Bandar-e Anzalī	110,826	0.12%
90	Borāzjān	110,567	0.12%
91	Bāneh	110,218	0.12%
92	Robāţ Karīm	105,393	0.12%
93	Shūshtar	101,878	0.11%
94	Lāhījān	101,073	0.11%
95	Ahar	100,641	0.11%
96	Masjed Soleymān	100,497	0.11%

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