Iran

AsiaCapital: Tehran

2026 population

86.6M

Rank #17 globally

Area

1.6M km²

Metros tracked

47% of population in metros

Composite score

55.0

Rank #44 globally

32 tracked metros

Rank	Metro	Population	Score	Tier
#99	Tehran★ Capital▲ Largest	16.0M	27.6	Major Metro
#404	Esfahan	3.5M	5.8	Established City
#566	Shiraz	1.9M	3.8	Emerging City
#662	Mashhad	3.4M	3.0	Emerging City
#762	Tabriz	1.8M	2.3	Emerging City
#1173	Ahvaz	1.3M	1.2	Emerging City
#1200	Bandar Abbas	680K	1.1	Emerging City
#1217	Qazvin	597K	1.1	Emerging City
#1510	Yazd	754K	0.8	Local City
#1549	Arak	592K	0.7	Local City
#1642	Kermanshah	1.1M	0.6	Local City
#1698	Rasht	957K	0.6	Local City
#1885	Kerman	739K	0.5	Local City
#1899	Hamadan	676K	0.5	Local City
#1901	Zahedan	673K	0.5	Local City
#1928	Ardabīl	606K	0.5	Local City
#1950	Qom	1.3M	0.4	Local City
#1964	Khorramabad	506K	0.4	Local City
#1975	Gorgan	481K	0.4	Local City
#2078	Sirjan	324K	0.4	Local City
#2085	Rafsanjan	311K	0.4	Local City
#2096	Bushehr	300K	0.3	Local City
#2100	Abadan	298K	0.3	Local City
#2135	Birjand	261K	0.3	Local City
#2156	Ilam	235K	0.3	Local City
#2247	Bandar Kangan	178K	0.3	Local City
#2323	Qeshm	149K	0.3	Local City
#2346	Bandar-e Anzali	139K	0.3	Local City
#3078	Qa'em Shahr	309K	0.1	Local City
#3240	Babolsar	195K	0.1	Local City
#3277	Dorud	175K	0.1	Local City
#3509	Masjed Soleyman	113K	0.0	Local City