Country or area · Southern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Iran population

UN name: Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran population now

93,342,021

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 91.0–95.9 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 90,608,707

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 93.1685 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 91.0–95.9 million
Median age: 35.5
Aged 65+: 8.9%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2053

male female projection · one cell = 20,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

IRN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Iran in numbers

The UN counts 90,608,707 people in Iran in mid-2023, which makes it the 17th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 1.1% of the world's people. That is 5.5 times its 1950 population of 16.5 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2053 at 102 million, then falling to 80.0 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 44.6 million to 128 million.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2054 and staying above them from then on.

The median age was 21.7 in 1950 and 33.9 in 2023; the projection has 52.9 in 2100. 7.9% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 35.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2038 at 69.3 million.

Its place in the world by population: 17th in 2023, 18th in 2050, 30th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Japan in 2055. It is overtaken by Tanzania in 2038, Sudan in 2062 and Uganda in 2063.

Population, mid-2023: 90,608,707
Rank by population, 2023: 17 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 1.1%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +1.21% · +1,084,460 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 56
Land area, 2023: 1,622,500 km²
Births, 2023: 1,173,463
Deaths, 2023: 423,367
Net migration, 2023: +262,044
Children per woman, 2023: 1.70
Median age, 2023: 33.9 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 77.7 years
In a city, 2025: 61 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 16,510,552
Projected, mid-2050: 101,861,994
Projected, mid-2100: 80,045,291

IRN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Iran, 1950–2100

Iran: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	16,307,928		838,122	471,918	6.97	38.2
1951	estimate	16,713,177		860,512	482,077	6.98	38.7
1952	estimate	17,129,372		885,830	488,196	7.00	39.1
1953	estimate	17,559,495		909,733	494,597	7.03	39.5
1954	estimate	17,996,734		932,530	497,915	7.05	40.0
1955	estimate	18,455,664		965,812	499,375	7.15	40.6
1956	estimate	18,945,940		997,803	504,644	7.25	41.0
1957	estimate	19,462,832		1,029,744	512,371	7.35	41.3
1958	estimate	19,990,852		1,059,076	509,384	7.46	42.2
1959	estimate	20,542,169		1,087,680	511,112	7.57	42.8
1960	estimate	21,151,382		1,094,794	510,743	7.52	43.3
1961	estimate	21,789,486		1,102,361	507,688	7.46	43.9
1962	estimate	22,461,965		1,112,273	516,727	7.40	43.8
1963	estimate	23,153,849		1,120,840	500,714	7.32	45.1
1964	estimate	23,884,162		1,132,823	497,243	7.24	45.7
1965	estimate	24,641,556		1,158,343	495,311	7.22	46.4
1966	estimate	25,432,400		1,188,719	493,684	7.21	47.1
1967	estimate	26,226,140		1,218,945	491,672	7.19	47.8
1968	estimate	27,030,725		1,243,309	499,319	7.12	48.0
1969	estimate	27,844,056		1,263,644	482,987	7.01	49.4
1970	estimate	28,702,907		1,270,418	475,790	6.80	50.2
1971	estimate	29,587,292		1,272,084	466,247	6.55	51.1
1972	estimate	30,470,849		1,264,479	460,432	6.26	51.7
1973	estimate	31,371,508		1,276,873	444,988	6.06	52.9
1974	estimate	32,308,167		1,310,826	437,486	5.97	53.9
1975	estimate	33,284,759		1,361,014	431,519	5.95	54.8
1976	estimate	34,321,187		1,441,788	428,440	6.07	55.8
1977	estimate	35,353,355		1,517,941	426,386	6.18	56.7
1978	estimate	36,513,006		1,611,066	454,095	6.34	56.0
1979	estimate	37,740,063		1,717,676	423,350	6.55	58.5
1980	estimate	39,109,842		1,798,585	437,290	6.63	58.4
1981	estimate	40,574,806		1,857,625	480,784	6.62	56.6
1982	estimate	43,403,818		2,001,681	487,422	6.59	57.6
1983	estimate	45,140,463		2,056,591	482,993	6.53	58.5
1984	estimate	46,918,607		2,099,105	446,065	6.43	60.9
1985	estimate	48,669,389		2,102,014	440,218	6.24	61.5
1986	estimate	50,495,189		2,094,176	434,874	6.01	62.1
1987	estimate	52,396,901		2,069,904	430,248	5.72	62.7
1988	estimate	54,250,084		2,038,749	424,212	5.43	63.3
1989	estimate	55,895,305		1,995,229	385,474	5.17	65.3
1990	estimate	57,514,522		1,953,743	423,311	4.93	64.1
1991	estimate	59,245,661		1,870,627	375,025	4.57	66.2
1992	estimate	60,728,200		1,733,584	368,080	4.10	66.7
1993	estimate	61,641,766		1,579,425	359,779	3.67	67.0
1994	estimate	61,165,321		1,351,274	343,234	3.24	67.5
1995	estimate	61,875,875		1,215,585	335,938	2.85	67.9
1996	estimate	62,535,259		1,115,652	331,134	2.54	68.3
1997	estimate	63,227,340		1,057,842	331,256	2.32	68.7
1998	estimate	64,051,936		1,045,683	328,009	2.19	69.2
1999	estimate	64,987,782		1,051,709	328,482	2.09	69.7
2000	estimate	65,902,999		1,060,427	329,230	2.00	70.2
2001	estimate	66,934,319		1,074,860	331,189	1.92	70.6
2002	estimate	67,969,691		1,084,609	332,399	1.84	71.1
2003	estimate	68,052,943		1,091,911	359,339	1.80	70.5
2004	estimate	69,485,737		1,136,441	335,278	1.78	72.0
2005	estimate	71,026,895		1,176,881	339,630	1.76	72.5
2006	estimate	72,630,015		1,227,485	342,948	1.75	72.9
2007	estimate	74,155,479		1,266,093	346,807	1.75	73.3
2008	estimate	75,049,816		1,290,890	349,937	1.74	73.7
2009	estimate	75,978,591		1,311,757	353,497	1.74	74.0
2010	estimate	76,937,059		1,337,544	357,130	1.75	74.4
2011	estimate	77,904,626		1,385,254	361,377	1.79	74.7
2012	estimate	78,862,571		1,439,653	365,819	1.85	75.0
2013	estimate	79,878,588		1,490,131	370,614	1.91	75.3
2014	estimate	80,950,783		1,534,518	375,958	1.98	75.6
2015	estimate	82,053,308		1,559,766	381,418	2.02	75.9
2016	estimate	83,185,416		1,574,609	387,612	2.05	76.2
2017	estimate	84,439,040		1,534,302	393,723	2.02	76.4
2018	estimate	85,614,468		1,435,027	400,023	1.92	76.6
2019	estimate	86,621,528		1,298,600	405,563	1.77	76.8
2020	estimate	87,481,767		1,228,854	564,816	1.70	74.1
2021	estimate	87,965,119		1,210,703	564,941	1.71	73.8
2022	estimate	88,945,856		1,191,945	438,363	1.70	76.8
2023	estimate	90,102,637		1,173,463	423,367	1.70	77.7
2024	estimate	91,114,777		1,151,057	435,287	1.68	77.8
2025	projection	92,020,698	90.9–93.0 million	1,125,230	448,046	1.67	78.0
2026	projection	92,814,664	90.9–94.5 million	1,101,751	460,929	1.66	78.3
2027	projection	93,522,331	91.0–95.9 million	1,082,259	474,065	1.65	78.5
2028	projection	94,154,960	90.9–96.9 million	1,064,974	487,492	1.65	78.7
2029	projection	94,725,087	90.7–98.1 million	1,050,538	501,631	1.64	78.8
2030	projection	95,245,110	90.8–99.3 million	1,037,833	516,157	1.63	79.0
2031	projection	95,728,223	90.8–100.2 million	1,029,391	530,419	1.63	79.3
2032	projection	96,193,233	90.7–101.1 million	1,024,789	545,487	1.63	79.5
2033	projection	96,637,689	90.6–102.0 million	1,024,686	560,862	1.63	79.7
2034	projection	97,063,614	90.6–103.0 million	1,027,926	576,580	1.63	79.8
2035	projection	97,478,485	90.8–104.0 million	1,031,654	592,673	1.63	80.0
2036	projection	97,880,019	90.8–105.1 million	1,035,846	608,986	1.63	80.2
2037	projection	98,270,632	90.5–106.1 million	1,039,509	625,710	1.63	80.4
2038	projection	98,646,979	90.3–106.8 million	1,042,720	642,465	1.63	80.6
2039	projection	99,009,660	89.9–108.0 million	1,045,704	659,905	1.63	80.8
2040	projection	99,355,945	89.7–109.1 million	1,049,209	676,894	1.63	81.0
2041	projection	99,692,610	89.8–109.6 million	1,050,911	694,331	1.63	81.1
2042	projection	100,014,826	89.7–110.7 million	1,050,546	711,985	1.63	81.3
2043	projection	100,319,326	89.5–111.3 million	1,049,479	728,983	1.63	81.5
2044	projection	100,604,859	89.5–112.3 million	1,045,093	746,090	1.63	81.7
2045	projection	100,870,326	89.1–112.9 million	1,040,087	763,638	1.63	81.9
2046	projection	101,110,900	88.7–113.6 million	1,033,837	780,869	1.63	82.0
2047	projection	101,328,477	88.8–114.4 million	1,024,588	798,879	1.63	82.2
2048	projection	101,519,547	88.5–115.3 million	1,014,047	817,285	1.63	82.4
2049	projection	101,684,311	88.5–115.8 million	1,000,038	836,622	1.63	82.6
2050	projection	101,812,773	88.0–116.8 million	985,602	855,975	1.63	82.8
2051	projection	101,911,214	87.6–117.6 million	971,154	876,502	1.63	82.9
2052	projection	101,973,431	87.1–118.6 million	956,006	896,088	1.63	83.1
2053	projection	102,001,165	86.9–118.8 million	940,465	917,483	1.63	83.2
2054	projection	101,991,561	86.0–118.9 million	923,279	939,069	1.63	83.4
2055	projection	101,942,304	85.7–119.6 million	905,723	961,627	1.63	83.6
2056	projection	101,851,928	84.8–120.1 million	889,084	983,890	1.63	83.7
2057	projection	101,722,391	84.2–120.5 million	873,450	1,007,022	1.63	83.9
2058	projection	101,556,275	83.5–121.1 million	858,887	1,031,284	1.63	84.0
2059	projection	101,355,063	82.9–121.4 million	845,923	1,055,074	1.63	84.2
2060	projection	101,109,613	82.2–121.9 million	834,245	1,080,886	1.63	84.3
2061	projection	100,831,544	81.3–122.2 million	824,997	1,105,443	1.64	84.5
2062	projection	100,517,643	80.6–122.3 million	815,477	1,131,393	1.63	84.6
2063	projection	100,170,221	79.4–122.3 million	810,302	1,156,462	1.64	84.8
2064	projection	99,792,875	78.8–122.8 million	805,208	1,181,717	1.64	84.9
2065	projection	99,383,391	78.1–123.2 million	802,598	1,205,591	1.64	85.1
2066	projection	98,947,492	77.1–123.2 million	800,871	1,228,369	1.64	85.2
2067	projection	98,488,889	76.2–123.3 million	798,943	1,250,720	1.64	85.3
2068	projection	98,009,690	75.4–123.5 million	797,335	1,272,258	1.64	85.5
2069	projection	97,504,173	74.7–123.3 million	796,663	1,290,774	1.64	85.6
2070	projection	96,978,701	73.5–123.7 million	795,286	1,307,513	1.64	85.8
2071	projection	96,435,921	72.4–123.8 million	794,313	1,320,756	1.64	85.9
2072	projection	95,879,207	71.2–124.1 million	793,469	1,332,787	1.64	86.0
2073	projection	95,310,177	70.2–124.0 million	790,972	1,341,806	1.64	86.2
2074	projection	94,726,661	69.0–123.3 million	787,690	1,348,359	1.63	86.3
2075	projection	94,138,614	67.8–123.2 million	784,570	1,350,647	1.63	86.4
2076	projection	93,542,639	67.0–123.5 million	779,697	1,351,892	1.63	86.5
2077	projection	92,943,900	65.5–123.5 million	775,833	1,348,813	1.63	86.7
2078	projection	92,342,098	64.4–124.0 million	769,429	1,343,541	1.63	86.8
2079	projection	91,740,769	63.5–124.6 million	762,716	1,334,061	1.63	86.9
2080	projection	91,142,026	62.6–125.2 million	753,829	1,322,810	1.63	87.0
2081	projection	90,545,691	61.5–125.3 million	745,770	1,309,915	1.63	87.2
2082	projection	89,955,341	60.6–125.1 million	736,627	1,293,609	1.63	87.3
2083	projection	89,372,893	59.9–125.3 million	727,662	1,277,567	1.63	87.4
2084	projection	88,798,265	59.0–124.9 million	717,546	1,260,881	1.63	87.5
2085	projection	88,229,711	57.7–124.5 million	707,784	1,242,277	1.63	87.6
2086	projection	87,669,737	56.8–123.9 million	698,271	1,223,301	1.63	87.7
2087	projection	87,116,601	56.0–124.6 million	687,792	1,205,796	1.63	87.8
2088	projection	86,573,779	55.1–124.7 million	678,426	1,189,102	1.63	88.0
2089	projection	86,038,683	53.8–124.8 million	669,732	1,173,701	1.63	88.1
2090	projection	85,509,580	53.3–125.2 million	662,495	1,159,935	1.64	88.2
2091	projection	84,987,599	52.5–124.8 million	654,194	1,148,285	1.63	88.3
2092	projection	84,468,705	51.5–124.9 million	647,029	1,137,223	1.63	88.4
2093	projection	83,954,206	50.5–124.8 million	641,402	1,129,962	1.64	88.5
2094	projection	83,439,842	49.8–124.9 million	635,250	1,124,438	1.64	88.7
2095	projection	82,926,194	49.3–126.1 million	630,261	1,122,093	1.64	88.8
2096	projection	82,408,894	48.2–126.3 million	625,687	1,121,998	1.64	88.9
2097	projection	81,888,620	47.3–126.9 million	622,796	1,122,806	1.64	89.0
2098	projection	81,366,455	46.2–127.2 million	619,709	1,123,455	1.64	89.1
2099	projection	80,844,813	45.3–127.7 million	616,835	1,124,785	1.64	89.2
2100	projection	80,314,491	44.6–127.9 million	613,421	1,127,377	1.64	89.3

Show the numbers: Iran, mid-2026, by single year of age

Iran: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	567,134	540,256
1	580,544	552,870
2	594,370	565,688
3	606,622	577,040
4	617,969	587,556
5	626,493	595,243
6	646,391	613,535
7	697,076	660,844
8	755,554	715,770
9	790,059	748,613
10	800,740	756,040
11	794,340	746,506
12	773,686	727,338
13	747,276	703,930
14	723,214	682,626
15	706,198	667,596
16	693,990	656,704
17	680,900	644,929
18	666,892	632,332
19	653,316	620,392
20	636,904	606,054
21	616,714	588,278
22	601,010	574,527
23	593,890	568,627
24	592,848	567,685
25	595,326	569,442
26	600,884	574,728
27	606,706	582,784
28	608,781	589,786
29	618,130	601,600
30	642,254	623,156
31	677,738	655,408
32	719,187	694,313
33	761,280	733,958
34	814,640	785,592
35	862,192	831,038
36	890,876	858,088
37	905,983	872,871
38	904,546	876,348
39	928,858	902,250
40	952,170	923,994
41	946,014	919,037
42	919,118	890,396
43	870,055	840,398
44	849,075	815,822
45	825,145	789,853
46	770,931	739,986
47	718,602	692,414
48	671,908	648,331
49	643,887	618,989
50	620,425	593,734
51	589,723	563,784
52	568,057	542,925
53	547,554	523,252
54	546,382	521,829
55	539,932	517,237
56	511,220	493,723
57	487,192	476,545
58	452,162	449,460
59	428,740	431,745
60	409,590	415,015
61	387,130	390,568
62	379,236	380,276
63	370,234	371,018
64	361,943	364,760
65	348,752	353,950
66	329,220	335,374
67	312,460	319,170
68	292,676	299,445
69	273,969	280,709
70	260,407	265,764
71	246,880	251,450
72	235,948	240,280
73	227,730	230,228
74	216,258	218,210
75	200,380	203,459
76	182,408	185,967
77	154,387	159,380
78	128,007	136,555
79	111,854	123,140
80	96,635	109,092
81	82,710	95,968
82	70,148	83,963
83	58,883	73,042
84	48,864	63,025
85	40,012	53,867
86	32,441	45,755
87	26,019	38,587
88	20,204	31,764
89	14,967	25,187
90	10,634	19,316
91	7,359	14,504
92	5,004	10,689
93	3,308	7,628
94	2,116	5,247
95	1,304	3,476
96	772	2,216
97	437	1,353
98	237	792
99	124	448
100+	118	500

IRN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Iran, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

IRN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Iran

On the UN's projection, Iran will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2038: 69,263,300 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 62,742,100.

100 aged 15–64

33 children

11 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 43 years: 2003–2045.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

IRN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Iran, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Iran gains 231,680 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 43,555 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 1,452,169 (1981), and a loss of 1,696,091 (1993).

In 2024, 3,840,654 people living in Iran had been born in another country, 4 of every 100 people there, against 7 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

IRN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Iran

Of every 100 babies born in Iran in 2023, 7 had a mother under 20, 70 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 23 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 10 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
10 · 74 · 16

2023
7 · 70 · 23

2050 · projected
3 · 72 · 25

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 1,173,463
Average age when women have a baby: 28.8 years; 29.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 26; 106 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Iran by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	1,157	3,430	1,324	1,329	387	78
15–19	87,230	220,335	166,466	78,802	30,901	10,066
20–24	252,756	401,089	324,114	222,587	142,078	64,957
25–29	219,543	303,083	259,797	291,735	260,365	174,805
30–34	146,390	208,322	174,235	308,999	305,955	213,733
35–39	89,688	146,314	93,816	205,943	187,340	118,226
40–44	33,565	62,454	31,328	58,099	53,045	28,927
45–49	7,440	15,243	8,886	5,801	5,393	2,591
50–54	353	744	461	168	138	38
All babies	838,122	1,361,014	1,060,427	1,173,463	985,602	613,421

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

IRN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Iran

A baby born in Iran in 2021 could expect 74.7 years of life, 64.0 of them in full health (95% range 63.2–64.7). The years in less than full health come to 10.7, above the world's 9.5.

Women

64.0 in full health, 12.4 not: 76.4 years

Men

64.0 in full health, 9.1 not: 73.1 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 64.0 healthy years of 76.4. Men: 64.0 of 73.1. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 66.6.

IRN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Iran

At the end of 2025, Iran was hosting 1,650,014 people who had crossed a border into it, about 18 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad1,650,014
Iran nationals abroad207,175

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 50,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Iran living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 23,526 people from Iran asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Iran whose claims were decided that year, 51 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

IRN · of every 100 people

How people live in Iran

Of every 100 people in Iran in 2025, 61 lived in a city, 24 in a town or suburb and 15 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 14.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

IRN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Iran went in school

Of every 100 adults in Iran in 2020, 15 never went to school and 44 finished upper secondary or went further.

15 never went to school 6 some primary 18 finished primary 17 finished lower secondary 27 finished upper secondary 17 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 43.7 of every 100 women and 21.7 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 3.7 and 3.3.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2040; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2070.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

IRN · cities · 2025

Cities in Iran

Iran had 210 cities in 2025, home to 56.2 million people. The largest, Tehran, holds 10 of every 100 people in Iran.

Tehran9,174,964
Mashhad5,398,248
Karaj3,598,661
Isfahan1,844,409
Ahwaz1,639,321
Tabriz1,309,004
Sarvestan1,039,168
Kharameh983,056
Shiraz914,496
Kavar857,280

All 35 cities in Iran that reach 300,000 people

Tehran 9,174,964
Mashhad 5,398,248
Karaj 3,598,661
Isfahan 1,844,409
Ahwaz 1,639,321
Tabriz 1,309,004
Sarvestan 1,039,168
Kharameh 983,056
Shiraz 914,496
Kavar 857,280
Kermanshah 837,230
Qom 815,416
Urmia 698,050
Rasht 579,481
Zahedan 531,482
Kerman 517,216
Hamedan 498,337
Yazd 485,381
Ardabil 437,757
Sareyn 413,772
Pishva 388,154
Bandar Abbas 381,008
Zanjan 370,993
Qarchak 369,782
Arak 366,442
Qazvin 355,865
Narmashir 329,526
Sanandaj 325,425
Khorramabad 324,110
Famenin 320,591
Safadasht 315,054
Gorgan 310,644
Veys 304,967
Jiroft 276,001
MohammadAbad-e Rigan 225,871

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Iran are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.