# Lijst van grote Iraanse steden

Iran heeft acht steden met meer dan een miljoen inwoners. Verreweg de grootste stad is de hoofdstad, Teheran (7,8 miljoen inwoners). Ongeveer 11% van alle Iraniërs woont in of nabij deze stad. Mashhad is met 2,8 miljoen inwoners de tweede stad van het land. Mashad is een van heiligste steden van het sjiisme. Isfahan is de derde stad van Iran. De andere miljoenensteden zijn Karaj, Tabriz, Shiraz, Ahvaz en Qom.
De bevolking van Iran is de laatste decennia zeer snel verstedelijkt: tussen 1950 en 2002 is het aantal inwoners dat in steden woont, gegroeid van 27% naar 60%. De Verenigde Naties voorspelt dat tegen 2030 80% van de bevolking in steden zal wonen.
Hieronder volgt de lijst van de steden met meer dan 100.000 inwoners. De benamingen van die steden zijn in het Engels, die van de provincies in geromaniseerd Perzisch. (VT=Volkstelling)
| Rang | Stad | Perzisch | VT 1986 | VT 1991 | VT 1996 | VT 2006 | VT 2011 | Provincie |
| 1. | Teheran | تهران | 6.042.584 | 6.475.527 | 6.758.845 | 7.797.520 | 8 154 051 | Tehrān |
| 2. | Mashhad | مشهد | 1.463.508 | 1.559.155 | 1.887.405 | 2.427.316 | 2 766 258 | Khorāsān-e Razavī |
| 3. | Isfahan | اصفهان | 986.753 | 1.127.030 | 1.266.072 | 1.602.110 | 1 756 126 | Eşfahān |
| 4. | Karaj | كرج | 275.100 | 442.387 | 940.968 | 1.386.030 | 1 614 626 | Alborz |
| 5. | Tabriz | تبريز | 971.482 | 1.088.985 | 1.191.043 | 1.398.060 | 1 494 998 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Sharqī |
| 6. | Shiraz | شيراز | 848.289 | 965.117 | 1.053.025 | 1.227.331 | 1 460 665 | Fārs |
| 7. | Ahvaz | اهواز | 579.826 | 724.653 | 804.980 | 985.614 | 1 112 021 | Khūzestān |
| 8. | Qom | قم | 543.139 | 681.253 | 777.677 | 959.116 | 1 074 036 | Qom |
| 9. | Kermanshah | كرمانشاه | 560.514 | 624.084 | 692.986 | 794.863 | 851 405 | Kermānshāh |
| 10. | Urmia | اروميه | 300.746 | 357.399 | 435.200 | 583.255 | 667 499 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Gharbī |
| 11. | Rasjt | رشت | 290.897 | 340.637 | 417.748 | 557.366 | 639 951 | Gīlān |
| 12. | Zahedan | زاهدان | 281.923 | 361.623 | 419.518 | 567.449 | 560 725 | Sīstān va Balūchestān |
| 13. | Kerman | كرمان | 257.284 | 311.643 | 384.991 | 515.114 | 534 441 | Kermān |
| 14. | Hamadan | همدان | 272.499 | 349.653 | 401.281 | 479.640 | 525 794 | Hamadān |
| 15. | Yazd | يزد | 230.483 | 275.298 | 326.776 | 432.194 | 486 152 | Yazd |
| 16. | Arak | اراك | 265.349 | 331.354 | 380.755 | 446.760 | 484 212 | Markazī |
| 17. | Ardabīll | اردبيل | 281.973 | 311.022 | 340.386 | 418.262 | 482 632 | Ardabīl |
| 18. | Bandar Abbas | بندر عباس | 201.642 | 249.504 | 273.578 | 379.301 | 435 751 | Hormozgān |
| 19. | Eslamshahr | اسلامشهر | 215.129 | 230.183 | 265.450 | 357.389 | 389 102 | Tehrān |
| 20. | Zanjan | زنجان | 215.261 | 254.100 | 286.295 | 349.713 | 386 851 | Zanjān |
| 21. | Qazvin | قزوين | 248.591 | 278.826 | 291.117 | 355.338 | 381 598 | Qazvīn |
| 22. | Sanandaj | سنندج | 204.537 | 244.039 | 277.808 | 316.862 | 373 987 | Kordestān |
| 23. | Khorramabad | خرم آباد | 208.592 | 249.258 | 272.815 | 333.945 | 348 216 | Lorestān |
| 24. | Gorgan | گرگان | 139.430 | 162.468 | 188.710 | 274.438 | 329 536 | Golestān |
| 25. | Sari | ساري | 141.020 | 167.602 | 195.882 | 261.293 | 296 417 | Māzandarān |
| 26. | Malard | ملارد | 9160 | 32364 | 88.118 | 228.713 | 290 817 | Tehrān |
| 27. | Shahr-e Qods | قدس | 74802 | 89.680 | 138.278 | 230.147 | 283 517 | Tehrān |
| 28. | Kashan | كاشان | 138.599 | 155.188 | 201.372 | 253.509 | 275 325 | Eşfahān |
| 29. | Golestan | گلستان | 9927 | 45892 | 112554 | 231.905 | 259 480 | Tehrān |
| 30. | Shahriar | شهريار | 22439 | 32.459 | 40.058 | 189.421 | 249 473 | Tehrān |
| 31. | Dezful | دزفول | 151.420 | 181.309 | 202.639 | 235.819 | 248 380 | Khūzestān |
| 32. | Khomeynishahr | خميني شهر | 104.647 | 118.348 | 165.888 | 223.071 | 244 696 | Eşfahān |
| 33. | Borujerd | بروجرد | 183.879 | 201.016 | 217.804 | 229.541 | 240 654 | Lorestān |
| 34. | Nisjapoer | نيشابور | 109.258 | 135.681 | 158.847 | 208.860 | 239 185 | Khorāsān-e Razavī |
| 35. | Sabzevar | سبزوار | 129.103 | 148.065 | 170.738 | 214.582 | 231 557 | Khorāsān-e Razavī |
| 36. | Najafabad | نجف آباد | 129.058 | 160.004 | 178.498 | 208.647 | 221 814 | Eşfahān |
| 37. | Amol | آمل | 118.242 | 139.923 | 159.092 | 199.698 | 219 915 | Māzandarān |
| 38. | Babol | بابل | 115.320 | 137.348 | 158.346 | 201.335 | 219 467 | Māzandarān |
| 39. | Varamin | ورامين | 58.311 | 77.624 | 107.233 | 208.996 | 218 991 | Tehrān |
| 40. | Abadan | آبادان | 21.900 | 84.774 | 206.073 | 219.772 | 212 744 | Khūzestān |
| 41. | Pakdascht | پاكدشت | 18308 | 33273 | 49.220 | 126.937 | 206 490 | Tehrān |
| 42. | Khoy | خوي | 115.343 | 137.885 | 148.944 | 181.465 | 200 958 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Gharbī |
| 43. | Saveh | ساوه | 64.081 | 87.621 | 111.245 | 180.548 | 200 481 | Markazī |
| 44. | Bojnourd | بجنورد | 93.392 | 112.426 | 134.835 | 176.726 | 199 791 | Khorāsān-e Shemālī |
| 45. | Qa'em-Shahr | قائم شهر | 109.288 | 123.684 | 143.286 | 174.768 | 196 050 | Māzandarān |
| 46. | Bushehr | بوشهر | 120.787 | 132.824 | 143.641 | 169.966 | 195 222 | Būshehr |
| 47. | Qarchak | قرچك | 77.957 | 98.202 | 142.690 | 174.006 | 191 588 | Tehrān |
| 48. | Sirjan | سيرجان | 90.072 | 107.887 | 135.024 | 170.916 | 185 623 | Kermān |
| 49. | Birjand | بيرجند | 81.798 | 101.177 | 127.608 | 166.138 | 178 020 | Khorāsān-e Janūbī |
| 50. | Ilam | ايلام | 89.035 | 116.428 | 126.346 | 160.355 | 172 213 | Īlām |
| 51. | Bukan | بوكان | 67.938 | 83.401 | 120.020 | 150.703 | 170 600 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Gharbī |
| 52. | Maragha | مراغه | 100.679 | 117.388 | 132.318 | 149.929 | 162 275 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Sharqī |
| 53. | Malayer | ملاير | 103.640 | 130.458 | 144.373 | 156.289 | 159 848 | Hamadān |
| 54. | Shahrekord | شهر كرد | 75.080 | 89.253 | 100.477 | 131.612 | 159 775 | Chahār Maḩāll va Bakhtīārī |
| 55. | Nasimschahr | نسيم شهر | 13750 | 49945 | 85124 | 135.846 | 157 474 | Tehrān |
| 56. | Bandar-e Mahschahr | بندرماهشهر | 71.808 | 74.248 | 88.394 | 111.448 | 153 778 | Khūzestān |
| 57. | Semnan | سمنان | 64.891 | 75.131 | 91.045 | 126.780 | 153 680 | Semnān |
| 58. | Rafsanjan | رفسنجان | 66.498 | 79.926 | 98.257 | 139.219 | 151 420 | Kermān |
| 59. | Mahabad | مهاباد | 75.238 | 81.987 | 107.789 | 135.780 | 147 268 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Gharbī |
| 60. | Gonbad-e Qabus | گنبدكاووس | 87.100 | 102.768 | 111.253 | 129.167 | 144 546 | Golestān |
| 61. | Schahinschahr | شاهين شهر | 49.312 | 62.592 | 84.827 | 127.412 | 143 308 | Eşfahān |
| 62. | Shahrood | شاهرود | 78.950 | 92.195 | 104.765 | 132.379 | 140 474 | Semnān |
| 63. | Saqqez | سقز | 81.351 | 98.933 | 115.394 | 133.331 | 139 738 | Kordestān |
| 64. | Marvdascht | مرودشت | 79.132 | 92.013 | 103.579 | 124.350 | 138 649 | Fārs |
| 65. | Zabol | زابل | 75.015 | 91.041 | 100.887 | 136.956 | 137 722 | Sīstān va Balūchestān |
| 66. | Torbat-e Heydariyeh | تربت حيدريه | 72.068 | 81.781 | 94.647 | 121.300 | 131 150 | Khorāsān-e Razavī |
| 67. | Koramsjar | خرمشهر | 151.000 | 34.750 | 105.636 | 125.859 | 129 418 | Khūzestān |
| 68. | Andimeshk | انديمشك | 56.288 | 73.759 | 106.923 | 120.177 | 126 811 | Khūzestān |
| 69. | Marand | مرند | 71.394 | 85.253 | 96.396 | 114.841 | 124 323 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Sharqī |
| 70. | Shahrezā | شهرضا | 73.367 | 84.666 | 89.779 | 109.601 | 123 767 | Eşfahān |
| 71. | Miandoab | مياندوآب | 59.551 | 71.273 | 90.141 | 114.153 | 123 081 | Āz̄arbāyjān-e Gharbī |
| 72. | Izeh | ايذه | 46.042 | 64.072 | 81.288 | 104.364 | 117 093 | Khūzestān |
| 73. | Bandar Anzali | بندر انزلي | 87.063 | 94.697 | 98.544 | 110.643 | 116 664 | Gīlān |
| 74. | Jahrom | جهرم | 77.174 | 88.693 | 94.185 | 105.285 | 114 108 | Fārs |
| 75. | Jiroft | جیرفت | 35033 | 40700 | 59201 | 97988 | 111 034 | Kermān |
| 76. | Marivan | مريوان | 5039 | 45205 | 60459 | 92993 | 110 464 | Kordestān |
| 77. | Kamalshahr | كمال شهر | x | x | x | x | 109 943 | Alborz |
| 78. | Yasuj | ياسوج | 29.991 | 48.957 | 69.133 | 100.544 | 108 505 | Kohgīlūyeh va Būyer Aḩmad |
| 79. | Nazar-abad | نظرآباد | 21660 | 28600 | 69342 | 97722 | 107 806 | Alborz |
| 80. | Behbahan | بهبهان | 78.694 | 85.846 | 88.213 | 101.178 | 107 412 | Khūzestān |
| 81. | Bam | بم | 50709 | 59007 | 70079 | 75215 | 107 131 | Kermān |
| 82. | Shushtar | شوشتر | 65840 | 70294 | 77900 | 96732 | 106 815 | Khūzestān |
| 83. | Fasa | فسا | 64771 | 74487 | 81706 | 92020 | 104 809 | Fārs |
| 84. | Quchan | قوچان | 66.531 | 74.919 | 85.750 | 101.313 | 103 760 | Khorāsān-e Razavī |
| 85. | Masjedsoleiman | مسجدسليمان | 104787 | 107539 | 116883 | 108682 | 103 369 | Khūzestān |
| 86. | Mohamadshahr | محمدشهر | x | x | x | 83272 | 100 519 | Alborz |

## Externe link

* (en) City population in Iran
* ↑ Iran Statistical Yearbook (nr 2.10): Resultaat van de Census 1390 (24/10/2011).