Iran — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Iran — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Iran had an estimated population of 68,458,680 in 2005, with 268 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Iran today — population now 81,800,269, against 68,458,680 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Tehran	11,887,360
2	Esfahan	2,814,850

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Tehrān	Tehrān	7,153,309
2	Mashhad	Khorāsān	2,307,177
3	Eşfahān	Eşfahān	1,547,164
4	Karaj	Tehrān	1,448,075
5	Tabrīz	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	1,424,641
6	Shīrāz	Fārs	1,249,942
7	Qom	Qom	1,011,034
8	Ahvāz	Khūzestān	854,916
9	Kermānshāh	Kermānshāh	766,706
10	Orūmīyeh	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	602,403
11	Rasht	Gīlān	594,590
12	Kermān	Kermān	577,514
13	Zāhedān	Sīstān-e Balūchestān	551,980
14	Hamadān	Hamadān	514,102
15	Arāk	Markazī	503,647
16	Yazd	Yazd	477,905
17	Ardabīl	Ardabīl	410,753
18	Ābādān	Khūzestān	370,180
19	Zanjān	Zanjān	357,471
20	Sanandaj	Kordestān	349,176
21	Qazvīn	Qazvīn	333,635
22	Khorramshahr	Khūzestān	330,606
23	Khorramābād	Lorestān	329,825
24	Eslāmshahr	Tehrān	318,824
25	Bandar-e ʿAbbās	Hormozgān	317,946
26	Kāshān	Eşfahān	301,084
27	Khomeynīshahr	Eşfahān	277,334
28	Qods	Tehrān	272,520
29	Sārī	Māzandarān	255,396
30	Borūjerd	Lorestān	251,958
31	Qarchak	Tehrān	251,834
32	Gorgān	Golestān	244,937
33	Sabzevār	Khorāsān	226,183
34	Najafābād	Eşfahān	223,450
35	Neyshābūr	Khorāsān	220,929
36	Naz̨arābād	Tehrān	213,388
37	Būkān	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	213,331
38	Dezfūl	Khūzestān	212,346
39	Sīrjān	Kermān	207,645
40	Bābol	Māzandarān	202,796
41	Āmol	Māzandarān	199,382
42	Bīrjand	Khorāsān	196,982
43	Bojnūrd	Khorāsān	192,041
44	Qāʿemshahr	Māzandarān	181,616
45	Varāmīn	Tehrān	179,603
46	Malāyer	Hamadān	176,573
47	Sāveh	Markazī	175,533
48	Khoy	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	175,370
49	Marāgheh	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	168,278
50	Andīmeshk	Khūzestān	167,212
51	Mahābād	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	162,434
52	Būshehr	Būshehr	157,765
53	Saqqez	Kordestān	151,237
54	Rafsanjān	Kermān	147,680
55	Shāhīnshahr	Eşfahān	141,043
56	Īlām	Īlām	140,940
57	Yāsūj	Kohgīluyeh-e Boyerahmad	135,142
58	Mīāndoāb	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	132,819
59	Shāhrūd	Semnān	131,889
60	Gonbad-e Qābūs	Golestān	131,416
61	Īrānshahr	Sīstān-e Balūchestān	131,232
62	Marv Dasht	Fārs	129,474
63	Shahr-e Kord	Chahār Mahāl-e Bakhtiari	129,153
64	Torbat-e H̨eydarīyeh	Khorāsān	125,633
65	Semnān	Semnān	124,826
66	Marand	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	124,191
67	Zābol	Sīstān-e Balūchestān	121,989
68	Do Rūd	Lorestān	114,395
69	Qūchān	Khorāsān	111,752
70	Jīroft	Kermān	111,551
71	Masjed-e Soleymān	Khūzestān	111,510
72	Marivan	Kordestān	111,031
73	Bandar-e Anzalī	Gīlān	110,826
74	Jahrom	Fārs	107,902
75	Ezeh	Khūzestān	107,536
76	Baneh	Kordestān	104,799
77	Parsabad	Ardabīl	101,661
78	Shahreza	Eşfahān	100,790
79	Kūhdasht	Lorestān	100,208
80	Bam	Kermān	99,268
81	Shīrvān	Khorāsān	98,677
82	Akbarābād	Fārs	98,342
83	Fasā	Fārs	98,061
84	Bandar-e Māhshahr	Khūzestān	96,383
85	Kāshmar	Khorāsān	96,151
86	Do Gonbadān	Kohgīluyeh-e Boyerahmad	94,638
87	Kāzerūn	Fārs	94,511
88	Ahar	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	94,348
89	Behshahr	Māzandarān	93,500
90	Alīgūdarz	Lorestān	91,041
91	Mīāneh	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	91,032
92	Qorveh	Kordestān	87,953
93	Borāzjān	Būshehr	86,059
94	Salmās	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	81,606
95	Eslāmābād	Kermānshāh	81,506
96	Bonab	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	80,359
97	Behbahān	Khūzestān	79,327
98	Shūshtar	Khūzestān	77,507
99	Khomeyn	Markazī	77,425
100	Nahāvand	Hamadān	76,250
101	Alvand	Zanjān	74,889
102	Nūrābād	Lorestān	73,528
103	Naqadeh	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	73,528
104	Meshkinshahr	Ardabīl	72,329
105	Lar	Fārs	71,739
106	Khuresgan	Eşfahān	71,726
107	Tākestān	Qazvīn	71,499
108	Minab	Hormozgān	70,790
109	Abhar	Qazvīn	69,889
110	Deh Dasht	Kohgīluyeh-e Boyerahmad	69,726
111	Chālūs	Māzandarān	69,638
112	Khāsh	Sīstān-e Balūchestān	69,603
113	Langarūd	Gīlān	68,148
114	Dāmghān	Semnān	67,694
115	Fīrūzābād	Fārs	66,558
116	Golara	Eşfahān	65,863
117	Lāhijān	Gīlān	64,955
118	Mobārakeh	Eşfahān	64,899
119	Nūrābād	Fārs	64,041
120	Dārāb	Fārs	63,319
121	Robāţ Karīm	Tehrān	62,753
122	Sarāvān	Sīstān-e Balūchestān	62,153
123	Kāmyārān	Kordestān	61,642
124	Piranshahr	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	61,380
125	Esfarayen	Khorāsān	59,678
126	Asadabad	Hamadān	59,617
127	Zarand	Kermān	58,983
128	Torbat-e Jam	Khorāsān	58,928
129	Shahriyar	Tehrān	58,849
130	Ardakān	Yazd	58,834
131	Harsin	Kermānshāh	57,647
132	Pakdasht	Tehrān	57,416
133	Zarinshahr	Eşfahān	57,181
134	Hashtgerd	Tehrān	57,123
135	Abadeh	Fārs	56,988
136	Malārd	Tehrān	56,745
137	Ābyek	Qazvīn	55,128
138	Bījār	Kordestān	53,871
139	Pīshvā	Tehrān	53,856
140	Kangāvar	Kermānshāh	53,414
141	Bandar-e Gonāveh	Būshehr	52,750
142	Borūjan	Chahār Mahāl-e Bakhtiari	52,654
143	Shahr-e Bābak	Kermān	52,409
144	Shūsh	Khūzestān	52,284
145	Meybod	Yazd	51,874
146	Sar-e-Pol-e-Zohab	Kermānshāh	51,611
147	Takāb	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	51,541
148	Khalkhāl	Ardabīl	51,024
149	Aliabad	Māzandarān	50,883
150	Oshnaviyeh	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	50,661
151	Khorramdarreh	Zanjān	50,528
152	Ţabas	Khorāsān	49,993
153	Falāvarjān	Eşfahān	49,843
154	Garmsār	Semnān	49,491
155	Rehnān	Eşfahān	49,143
156	Nekā	Māzandarān	48,847
157	Bandar-e Torkaman	Golestān	48,654
158	Tūysarkān	Hamadān	48,161
159	Bandar-e Emam Khomeynī	Khūzestān	48,061
160	Bābol Sar	Māzandarān	48,051
161	Sardasht	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	47,637
162	Āzād Shahr	Golestān	47,590
163	Rūdsar	Gīlān	47,502
164	Aznā	Lorestān	47,482
165	Chābahār	Sīstān-e Balūchestān	47,287
166	Omīdīyeh	Khūzestān	46,983
167	Chenaran	Khorāsān	46,940
168	Sarakhs	Khorāsān	46,499
169	Dehlorān	Īlām	46,002
170	Neyrīz	Fārs	45,506
171	Talesh	Gīlān	45,305
172	Golpāyegān	Eşfahān	44,916
173	Fūlādshahr	Eşfahān	44,440
174	Gonābād	Khorāsān	43,465
175	Sonqor	Kermānshāh	43,174
176	Bāft	Kermān	43,077
177	Kahnuj	Kermān	42,831
178	Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh	Gīlān	42,784
179	Eqlīd	Fārs	42,085
180	Mākū	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	41,513
181	Sūsangerd	Khūzestān	41,443
182	Shahindezh	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	41,442
183	Şawmaʿeh Sāra	Gīlān	40,532
184	Rāvar	Kermān	40,167
185	Qāʿen	Khorāsān	40,157
186	Dargaz	Khorāsān	39,983
187	Garmi	Ardabīl	39,982
188	Nūshahr	Māzandarān	39,920
189	Astara	Gīlān	39,065
190	Ramhormoz	Khūzestān	38,821
191	Javānrūd	Kermānshāh	38,657
192	Fawman	Gīlān	37,988
193	Sarāb	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	37,768
194	Tāybād	Khorāsān	37,513
195	Tonekābon	Māzandarān	37,501
196	Dorchehpiyaz	Eşfahān	37,462
197	Āzar Shahr	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	37,346
198	Shādegān	Khūzestān	37,220
199	Bardsīr	Kermān	37,192
200	Mahdasht	Tehrān	37,070
201	Mehrīz	Yazd	36,720
202	Eqbālīyeh	Tehrān	36,709
203	Mah̨allāt	Markazī	35,701
204	Fereydūn Kenār	Māzandarān	34,097
205	Kalāleh	Golestān	33,700
206	Kelīshād	Eşfahān	33,630
207	Dowlatabad	Eşfahān	33,607
208	Delījān	Markazī	33,508
209	Şah̨neh	Kermānshāh	32,978
210	Farīmān	Khorāsān	32,870
211	Estehban	Fārs	32,799
212	Moh̨ammadīyeh	Tehrān	32,610
213	Farrokhshahr	Chahār Mahāl-e Bakhtiari	32,391
214	Mah̨mūdābād	Māzandarān	32,181
215	Rāmsar	Māzandarān	31,973
216	Qarahziyaeddin	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	31,947
217	Kordkuy	Golestān	31,343
218	Bāfq	Yazd	31,215
219	Khormūj	Būshehr	29,883
220	Qaʿemiyeh	Fārs	29,850
221	Ferdus	Khorāsān	29,783
222	ʿAjabshir	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	29,675
223	Qahdarījān	Eşfahān	29,392
224	Kehgiluyeh	Kohgīluyeh-e Boyerahmad	29,347
225	Damāvand	Tehrān	29,144
226	Bahār	Hamadān	28,645
227	Jūybār	Māzandarān	28,404
228	Aq Qalʿeh	Golestān	28,286
229	Mīnūdasht	Golestān	27,985
230	Alashtar	Lorestān	27,701
231	Semirom	Eşfahān	27,220
232	Hādīshahr	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	26,224
233	Īvān	Īlām	25,840
234	Naʿin	Eşfahān	25,737
235	Gerāsh	Fārs	25,316
236	Farsan	Chahār Mahāl-e Bakhtiari	25,071
237	Malekan	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	24,410
238	Amīr Kalā	Māzandarān	22,894
239	Bandar-e Lengeh	Hormozgān	22,768
240	Dashti	Būshehr	22,701
241	Āghā Jārī	Khūzestān	21,785
242	Khonsar	Eşfahān	21,146
243	Hendijān	Khūzestān	20,701
244	Rāmshīr	Khūzestān	19,454
245	Taft	Yazd	19,394
246	Abdanan	Īlām	19,360
247	Qāʿnāt	Khorāsān	18,768
248	Paveh	Kermānshāh	17,779
249	Rūdbar	Gīlān	17,085
250	Hashtrud	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	16,888
251	Qeshm	Hormozgān	16,691
252	Jask	Hormozgān	16,468
253	Kongan	Būshehr	16,261
254	Ardistan	Eşfahān	16,058
255	Dir	Būshehr	15,778
256	Farīdan	Eşfahān	15,737
257	Sarband	Markazī	14,458
258	Tafresh	Markazī	14,399
259	Sepidān	Fārs	14,211
260	Nūr	Māzandarān	13,529
261	Tangestan	Būshehr	12,558
262	Gīlan-e Ġarb	Kermānshāh	11,979
263	Mehran	Īlām	11,831
264	Darrehshahr	Īlām	11,577
265	Fereydunshahr	Eşfahān	11,562
266	Āshtiān	Markazī	11,020
267	Natnaz	Eşfahān	10,920
268	Savadkuh	Māzandarān	6,692

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Tehrān	12,066,505
2	Khorāsān	6,583,066
3	Eşfahān	4,440,429
4	Fārs	4,409,756
5	Khūzestān	4,225,335
6	Azarbayejān-e Sharqi	3,529,125
7	Azarbayejān-e Gharbi	2,955,634
8	Māzandarān	2,822,031
9	Kermān	2,454,958
10	Gīlān	2,421,673
11	Sīstān-e Balūchestān	2,288,466
12	Kermānshāh	1,913,209
13	Lorestān	1,769,429
14	Hamadān	1,738,485
15	Golestān	1,642,329
16	Kordestān	1,573,222
17	Markazī	1,364,517
18	Hormozgān	1,311,680
19	Ardabīl	1,265,605
20	Qazvīn	1,165,935
21	Qom	1,071,474
22	Yazd	985,463
23	Zanjān	975,695
24	Chahār Mahāl-e Bakhtiari	849,398
25	Būshehr	815,167
26	Kohgīluyeh-e Boyerahmad	696,132
27	Semnān	587,081
28	Īlām	536,881

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.