List of Iranian Cities By Population - Cities Over 1,000,000 Population

Cities Over 1,000,000 Population

The following sortable table, lists the most populous cities in Iran with a population of more than 1,000,000 according to 2006 Census results announced by Statistical Center of Iran:

Rank	City	Province		2006	1996	1986	1976	1966	1956
1	Tehran	Tehran	1885	70067705036000000007,705,036	70066758845000000006,758,845	70066042584000000006,042,584	70064530223000000004,530,223	70062719730000000002,719,730	70061512082000000001,512,082
2	Mashhad	Razavi Khorasan	1918	70062410800000000002,410,800	70061887405000000001,887,405	70061463508000000001,463,508	7005667770000000000667,770	7005409616000000000409,616	7005241984000000000241,984
3	Esfahān	Esfahān	1928	70061602110000000001,602,110	70061266072000000001,266,072	7005986753000000000986,753	7005661510000000000661,510	7005424045000000000424,045	7005254708000000000254,708
4	Tabriz	East Azarbaijan	1917	70061398060000000001,398,060	70061191043000000001,191,043	7005971482000000000971,482	7005597976000000000597,976	7005403413000000000403,413	7005289996000000000289,996
5	Karaj	Alborz	1934	70061377450000000001,377,450	7005940968000000000940,968	7005611510000000000611,510	7005137926000000000137,926	700444243000000000044,243	700414526000000000014,526
6	Shiraz	Fars	1950	70061227311000000001,227,311	70061053025000000001,053,025	7005848289000000000848,289	7005425813000000000425,813	7005269865000000000269,865	7005170659000000000170,659

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