Iran — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
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 93,168,497, against 68,458,680 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 68,458,680 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 71,828,455 | 93,168,497 | +30% |
The two 2005 figures agree closely. Use the UN pair for a like-for-like change.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tehran | 11,887,360 |
| 2 | Esfahan | 2,814,850 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tehrān | Tehrān | 7,153,309 | 7,153,309 now |
| 2 | Mashhad | Khorāsān | 2,307,177 | 2,307,177 now |
| 3 | Eşfahān | Eşfahān | 1,547,164 | — |
| 4 | Karaj | Tehrān | 1,448,075 | 1,448,075 now |
| 5 | Tabrīz | Azarbayejān-e Sharqi | 1,424,641 | 1,424,641 now |
| 6 | Shīrāz | Fārs | 1,249,942 | 1,249,942 now |
| 7 | Qom | Qom | 1,011,034 | 900,000 now |
| 8 | Ahvāz | Khūzestān | 854,916 | 841,145 now |
| 9 | Kermānshāh | Kermānshāh | 766,706 | 621,100 now |
| 10 | Orūmīyeh | Azarbayejān-e Gharbi | 602,403 | 577,307 now |
| 11 | Rasht | Gīlān | 594,590 | 594,590 now |
| 12 | Kermān | Kermān | 577,514 | 577,514 now |
| 13 | Zāhedān | Sīstān-e Balūchestān | 551,980 | 551,980 now |
| 14 | Hamadān | Hamadān | 514,102 | 528,256 now |
| 15 | Arāk | Markazī | 503,647 | 503,647 now |
| 16 | Yazd | Yazd | 477,905 | 477,905 now |
| 17 | Ardabīl | Ardabīl | 410,753 | 410,753 now |
| 18 | Ābādān | Khūzestān | 370,180 | 231,476 now |
| 19 | Zanjān | Zanjān | 357,471 | 357,471 now |
| 20 | Sanandaj | Kordestān | 349,176 | 349,176 now |
| 21 | Qazvīn | Qazvīn | 333,635 | 333,635 now |
| 22 | Khorramshahr | Khūzestān | 330,606 | 330,606 now |
| 23 | Khorramābād | Lorestān | 329,825 | 329,825 now |
| 24 | Eslāmshahr | Tehrān | 318,824 | 450,000 now |
| 25 | Bandar-e ʿAbbās | Hormozgān | 317,946 | — |
| 26 | Kāshān | Eşfahān | 301,084 | 304,487 now |
| 27 | Khomeynīshahr | Eşfahān | 277,334 | 277,334 now |
| 28 | Qods | Tehrān | 272,520 | 309,605 now |
| 29 | Sārī | Māzandarān | 255,396 | 255,396 now |
| 30 | Borūjerd | Lorestān | 251,958 | 251,958 now |
| 31 | Qarchak | Tehrān | 251,834 | 251,834 now |
| 32 | Gorgān | Golestān | 244,937 | 244,937 now |
| 33 | Sabzevār | Khorāsān | 226,183 | 243,700 now |
| 34 | Najafābād | Eşfahān | 223,450 | 235,281 now |
| 35 | Neyshābūr | Khorāsān | 220,929 | 220,929 now |
| 36 | Naz̨arābād | Tehrān | 213,388 | 213,388 now |
| 37 | Būkān | Azarbayejān-e Gharbi | 213,331 | — |
| 38 | Dezfūl | Khūzestān | 212,346 | 264,709 now |
| 39 | Sīrjān | Kermān | 207,645 | 199,704 now |
| 40 | Bābol | Māzandarān | 202,796 | 202,796 now |
| 41 | Āmol | Māzandarān | 199,382 | 237,528 now |
| 42 | Bīrjand | Khorāsān | 196,982 | — |
| 43 | Bojnūrd | Khorāsān | 192,041 | — |
| 44 | Qāʿemshahr | Māzandarān | 181,616 | 204,953 now |
| 45 | Varāmīn | Tehrān | 179,603 | 225,628 now |
| 46 | Malāyer | Hamadān | 176,573 | — |
| 47 | Sāveh | Markazī | 175,533 | 220,762 now |
| 48 | Khoy | Azarbayejān-e Gharbi | 175,370 | — |
| 49 | Marāgheh | Azarbayejān-e Sharqi | 168,278 | 262,604 now |
| 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 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
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.