list of iranian cities by population 

Statements about this table:
tehran be the only city with a date of official foundation of municipality between 1880 and 1900
tabriz and mashhad be both officially found municipality in the decade of 1910
from 1996 to 2006 , mashhad 's population increase by over 500000
karaj 's population more than triple between 1956 and 1966
tehran be 1 of 3 city with a date of official foundation of municipality between 1880 and 1900
the only city list with a population over 8 million be tehran
between 1976 and 1986 , mashhad 's population increase by less than 500000
karaj 's population quadruple between 1956 and 1966
rank
city
province
date of official foundation of municipality
1
tehran
tehran
1885
2
mashhad
razavi khorasan
1918
3
esfahān
esfahān
1928
4
tabriz
east azarbaijan
1917
5
karaj
alborz
1934
6
shiraz
fars
1950
rank
2006
1996
1986
1
7705036
6758845
6042584
2
2410800
1887405
1463508
3
1602110
1266072
986753
4
1398060
1191043
971482
5
1377450
940968
611510
6
1227311
1053025
848289
rank
1976
1966
1956
1
4530223
2719730
1512082
2
667770
409616
241984
3
661510
424045
254708
4
597976
403413
289996
5
137926
44243
14526
6
425813
269865
170659