Iran Population

Iran is an Islamic priesthood without democratic elections. In 2004, the economy was hit hard by sanctions because Iran developed nuclear weapons.

Key figures and facts

• Capital: Teheran
• Ethnic groups: Persians 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurds 10%, Arabs 3%, naps 6%, Balochi 2%, Turkmen 2%
• Language: Persian (official), Turkish, Kurdish, gilaki, mazandarani, luri, balochi, arabic
• Religion: Muslims (official religion) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011)
• Population: 81 163 000 (2017)
• Control Form: Theocratic Republic
• Area: 1 745 150 km2
• Currency: Rial
• GNP per capita: 19 949 PPP $
• National Day: February 11th

Population of Iran

Iran’s population was estimated at 68 million in 2005. Natural growth (born ÷ dead) has traditionally been high and has given the country a young population, and over 70% are under 30 years.

The population belongs to many different ethnic, religious and linguistic groups. The Iranian language group counts approximately 70% of the population, including Shi’ite Muslim Persians (45%), the Sunni Muslim Kurds (8%) and Baluchis (2%), who are partly nomads. About 30% are Turkish speaking, including Azerbaijanis (16%) in the northwest and the semi-nomadic Turkmen in the northeast. Half-Nomads are also the deceivers (including the Bakhtians) and others. The majority of the Arab population (about 2%) resides in Khuzestan in the southwest. Also, there are smaller groups of Jews, Gregorian and Roman Catholic Armenians, Nestorian Assyrians, Jesuits and Parsis.

As in neighboring Iraq and Turkey, there is a strong demand for self-government among the Kurdish ethnic group in Iran, and in 1979 the Kurds rebelled against the government. A similar demand for autonomy for the Arab population of Khuzestan helped trigger the Iran-Iraq war in the fall of 1980, after the Iranian authorities brutally defeated Arab insurgency attempts.

The population density averages 41.3 people per km², but the population is very unevenly distributed. Most live in the fertile regions of the west and northwest, and in the lowlands of the Caspian Sea. The vast desert areas of the central part of the country and the massive Elburs and Zagros mountains are very sparsely populated. In 1994, 57% of the population lived in cities, and the influx to the largest cities has been very large. By far the largest city is the capital Tehran (Tehran) with 6,758,800 homes (1997). Other major cities are Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz and Shiraz.

Population of Iran by Year (Historical)

Year	Population	Annual Growth Rate	Population Density	Global Rank
2020	83,992,838	1.300%	51.5753	18
2019	82,913,795	1.360%	50.9127	19
2018	81,800,077	1.400%	50.2289	19
2017	80,673,772	1.400%	49.5373	19
2016	79,563,878	1.370%	48.8557	18
2015	78,492,104	1.250%	48.1976	18
2010	73,762,408	1.120%	45.2934	17
2005	69,762,236	1.230%	42.8371	17
2000	65,623,294	1.320%	40.2956	17
1995	61,442,553	1.740%	37.7285	16
1990	56,366,106	3.550%	34.6113	19
1985	47,347,075	4.140%	29.0732	22
1980	38,650,135	3.380%	23.7329	22
1975	32,729,661	2.800%	20.0975	25
1970	28,513,755	2.700%	17.5087	25
1965	24,954,762	2.640%	15.3234	26
1960	21,906,803	2.570%	13.4518	26
1955	19,294,016	2.420%	11.8474	27
1950	17,119,154	0.000%	10.5120	27

Major Cities in Iran by Population

Rank	City	Population
1	Tehran	7,153,198
2	Mashhad	2,307,066
3	Isfahan	1,547,053
4	Karaj	1,447,964
5	Tabriz	1,424,530
6	Shiraz	1,249,831
7	Qom	899,889
8	Ahvaz	841,034
9	Pasragad Branch	787,767
10	Kahriz	766,595
11	Kermanshah	620,989
12	Rasht	594,479
13	Kerman	577,403
14	Orumiyeh	577,196
15	Zahedan	551,869
16	Hamadan	528,145
17	Azadshahr	513,991
18	Arak	503,536
19	Yazd	477,794
20	Ardabil	410,642
21	Abadan	370,069
22	Zanjan	357,360
23	Bandar Abbas	352,062
24	Sanandaj	349,065
25	Qazvin	333,524
26	Khorramshahr	330,495
27	Khorramabad	329,714
28	Khomeyni Shahr	277,223
29	Sari	255,285
30	Borujerd	251,847
31	Qarchak	251,723
32	Gorgan	244,826
33	Sabzevar	226,072
34	Najafabad	223,339
35	Neyshabur	220,818
36	Nazarabad	213,277
37	Bukan	213,220
38	Sirjan	207,534
39	Babol	202,685
40	Amol	199,271
41	Birjand	196,871
42	Bojnurd	191,930
43	Varamin	179,492
44	Malayer	176,462
45	Saveh	175,422
46	Khowy	175,259
47	Bushehr	165,266
48	Mahabad	162,323
49	Saqqez	151,126
50	Rafsanjan	147,569
51	Ilam	140,829
52	Miandoab	132,708
53	Shahrud	131,778
54	Gonbad-e Kavus	131,305
55	Iranshahr	131,121
56	Shahr-e Kord	129,042
57	Torbat-e Heydariyeh	125,522
58	Semnan	124,715
59	Marand	124,080
60	Zabol	121,878
61	Quchan	111,641
62	Masjed Soleyman	111,399
63	Bandar-e Anzali	110,715
64	Baneh	104,688
65	Parsabad	101,550
66	Kuhdasht	100,097
67	Bam	99,157
68	Akbarabad	98,231
69	Fasa	97,950
70	Yasuj	96,675
71	Kashmar	96,040
72	Dogonbadan	94,527
73	Kazerun	94,400
74	Ahar	94,237
75	Behshahr	93,389
76	Marivan	91,553
77	Aligudarz	90,930
78	Alvand	89,889
79	Qorveh	87,842
80	Borazjan	85,948
81	Shirvan	82,679
82	Salmas	81,495
83	Bonab	80,248
84	Shahre Jadide Andisheh	79,889
85	Behbahan	79,216
86	Shushtar	77,396
87	Khomeyn	77,314
88	Nahavand	76,139
89	Alvand	74,778
90	Naqadeh	73,417
91	Nurabad	73,417
92	Takestan	71,388
93	Minab	70,679
94	Abhar	69,778
95	Dehdasht	69,615
96	Chalus	69,527
97	Khash	69,492
98	Langarud	68,037
99	Damghan	67,583
100	Firuzabad	66,447
101	Nurabad	63,930
102	Darab	63,208
103	Robat Karim	62,642
104	Piranshahr	61,862
105	Kamyaran	61,531
106	Esfarayen	59,567
107	Asadabad	59,506
108	Zarand	58,872
109	Torbat-e Jam	58,817
110	Shahriar	58,738
111	Ardakan	58,723
112	Harsin	57,536
113	Abadeh	56,877
114	Malard	56,634
115	Abyek	55,017
116	Bijar	53,760
117	Pishva	53,745
118	Kangavar	53,303
119	Bandar-e Genaveh	52,639
120	Borujen	52,543
121	Shahr-e Babak	52,298
122	Shush	52,173
123	Meybod	51,763
124	Sarpol-e Zahab	51,500
125	Takab	51,430
126	Khalkhal	50,913
127	Oshnaviyeh	50,550
128	Khorramdarreh	50,417
129	Tabas	49,882
130	Falavarjan	49,732
131	Istgah-e Rah Ahan-e Garmsar	49,380
132	Rehnan	49,032
133	Neka	48,736
134	Babolsar	47,940
135	Azadshahr	47,479
136	Rudsar	47,391
137	Azna	47,371
138	Chabahar	47,176
139	Omidiyeh	46,872
140	Chenaran	46,829
141	Sarakhs	46,388
142	Dehloran	45,891
143	Neyriz	45,395
144	Hashtpar	45,194
145	Golpayegan	44,805
146	Gonabad	43,354
147	Sonqor	43,063
148	Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh	42,673
149	Susangerd	41,332
150	Shahin Dezh	41,331
151	Ravar	40,056
152	Qa’en	40,046
153	Nowshahr	39,889
154	Astara	38,954
155	Ramhormoz	38,710
156	Javanrud	38,546
157	Qasr-e Qand	37,611
158	Taybad	37,402
159	Tonekabon	37,390
160	Dorcheh Piaz	37,351
161	Shadegan	37,109
162	Bardsir	37,081
163	Mahriz	36,609
164	Eqbaliyeh	36,598
165	Mohr	34,889
166	Fereydunkenar	33,986
167	Kalaleh	33,589
168	Kelishad va Sudarjan	33,519
169	Dowlatabad	33,496
170	Delijan	33,397
171	Farrokh Shahr	32,280
172	Qarah Zia’ od Din	31,836
173	Bafq	31,104
174	Pasargad	29,714
175	`Ajab Shir	29,564
176	Qahderijan	29,281
177	Damavand	29,033
178	Bahar	28,534
179	Juybar	28,293
180	Bardaskan	28,122
181	Fuman	27,652
182	Aleshtar	27,590
183	Semirom	27,109
184	Gerash	25,205
185	Farsan	24,960
186	Qeshm	24,889
187	Darreh Shahr	24,850
188	Bandar-e Lengeh	22,657
189	Aghajari	21,674
190	Khvansar	21,035
191	Mahdishahr	20,889
192	Kish	20,811
193	Abrisham	19,889
194	Ramshir	19,343
195	Taft	19,283
196	Abdanan	19,249
197	Paveh	17,668
198	Padegan-e Manjil	17,285
199	Nikshahr	16,889
200	Hashtrud	16,777
201	Ardestan	15,947
202	Tafresh	14,288
203	Fannuj	12,889
204	Mehran	11,720
205	Fareydunshahr	11,451
206	Sharifabad	8,759
207	Khark	8,085
208	Shahrak-e Pabedana	6,392
209	Nashtarud	5,726
210	Shahrak-e Emam Hasan	5,283
211	Aq Qayeh	5,003

Language

The Indo-European language Persian (parsi, parsi) is the official language and mother tongue of almost half the population. A total of approximately 30 other languages, from several different language families, in the country. The following 8 languages ​​are spoken by more than 0.5 million people: the Turkish languages ​​Azerbaijani (about 23.5 million, 37% of the population) and Turkmen (about 2 million), the Semitic language Arabic (about 1, 5 million), and the Iranian languages ​​Kurdish (about 3.5 million), luri (about 4 million), mâzandarâni (about 3 million), gilaki (about 3 million) and baluchi (about 3 million). 850 000). The Christian minorities speak Armenian (about 170,000) and Syrian (about 20,000).