List of Iranian cities by population
Cities between 100,000 and 1,000,000 population
Columns: Rank | City | Province | Date of Official Foundation of Municipality | 2006
7 | Ahvaz | Khūzestān | 1925 | 969843 | 8 | Qom | Qom | 1926 | 951918 | 9 | Kermanshah | Kermanshah | 1930 | 784602 | 10 | Orumieh | West Azarbaijan | 1928 | 583255 | 11 | Zahedan | Sistan and Baluchestan | 1938 | 567449 | 12 | Rasht | Gīlān | 1925 | 557366 | 13 | Kerman | Kermān | 1921 | 515414 | 14 | Hamedan | Hamadān | 1911 | 479640 | 15 | Arak | Markazi | 1927 | 446760 | 16 | Yazd | Yazd | 1926 | 432194 | 17 | Ardabil | Ardabil | 1925 | 418262 | 18 | Bandar Abbas | Hormozgān | 1925 | 367508 | 19 | Eslamshahr | Tehran | 1978 | 357171 | 20 | Qazvin | Qazvīn | 1924 | 349821 | 21 | Zanjan | Zanjan | 1923 | 341801 | 22 | Khorramabad | Lorestān | 1931 | 328544 | 23 | Sanandaj | Kurdistan | 1928 | 311446 | 24 | Gorgan | Golestān | 1925 | 269226 | 25 | Sari | Māzandarān | 1927 | 259084 | 26 | Kashan | Isfahan | 1930 | 248789 | 27 | Babol | Māzandarān | 1956 | 243636 | 28 | Golestan | Tehran | 1996 | 231882 | 29 | Shahr-e Qods | Tehran | 1989 | 229354 | 30 | Malard | Tehran | 1995 | 228673 | 31 | Dezful | Khūzestān | 1920 | 228507 | 32 | Borujerd | Lorestān | 1935 | 227547 | 33 | Khomeinishahr | Isfahan | 1932 | 218737 | 34 | Abadan | Khūzestān | 1924 | 217988 | 35 | Varamin | Tehran | 1941 | 208569 | 36 | Sabzevar | Razavi Khorasan | 1936 | 208172 | 37 | Najafabad | Isfahan | 1931 | 206114 | 38 | Nishapur | Razavi Khorasan | 1931 | 205972 | 39 | Amol | Māzandarān | 1933 | 197470 | 40 | Shahriar | Tehran | 1952 | 189120 | 41 | Saveh | Markazi | 1931 | 179009 | 42 | Khoy | West Azarbaijan | 1923 | 178708 | 43 | Qa'em Shahr | Māzandarān | 1935 | 174246 | 44 | Gharchak | Tehran | 1976 | 173832 | 45 | Bojnourd | North Khorasan | 1931 | 172772 | 46 | Sirjan | Kermān | 1936 | 167014 | 47 | Bushehr | Bushehr | 1922 | 161674 | 48 | Birjand | South Khorasan | 1928 | 157848 | 49 | Ilam | Īlām | 1936 | 155289 | 50 | Malayer | Hamadān | 1934 | 153748 | 51 | Bukan | West Azarbaijan | 1948 | 149340 | 52 | Maragheh | East Azarbaijan | 1921 | 146405 | 53 | Rafsanjan | Kermān | 1935 | 136388 | 54 | Nasimshahr | Tehran | 1995 | 135824 | 55 | Mahabad | West Azarbaijan | 1931 | 133324 | 56 | Saqqez | Kurdistan | 1935 | 131349 | 57 | Zabol | Sistan and Baluchestan | 1928 | 130642 | 58 | Gonbad-e Qabus | Golestān | 1934 | 127167 | 59 | Shahrood | Semnān | 1925 | 126916 | 60 | Shahrekord | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari | 1931 | 126746 | 61 | Pakdasht | Tehran | 1991 | 126281 | 62 | Shahinshahr | Eşfahān | 1976 | 126070 | 63 | Semnan | Semnān | 1925 | 124999 | 64 | Khorramshahr | Khūzestān | 1925 | 123866 | 65 | Marvdasht | Fars | 1940 | 123858 | 66 | Andimeshk | Khūzestān | 1956 | 119422 | 67 | Torbat-e Heydarieh | Razavi Khorasan | 1928 | 119360 | 68 | Marand | East Azarbaijan | 1929 | 114165 | 69 | Miandoab | West Azarbaijan | 1935 | 112933 | 70 | Mahshahr | Khūzestān | 1954 | 109927 | 71 | Bandar-e Anzali | Gīlān | 1922 | 109687 | 72 | Shahreza | Eşfahān | 1929 | 108299 | 73 | Masjed Soleyman | Khūzestān | 1959 | 106121 | 74 | Izeh | Khūzestān | 1958 | 103695 | 75 | Jahrom | Fars | 1925 | 103023 | 76 | Dorood | Lorestān | 1949 | 100528