Bandar-e-Abba
s
Ilam
557,599
20,133
7,773 Ilam
Kerman
2,938,988
180,726
69,779 Kerman
Kermanshah
1,945,227
25,009
9,656 Kermanshah
Khuzestan
4,531,720
64,055
24,732 Ahvaz
Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad
658,629
15,504
5,986 Yasuj
Kurdistan
1,493,645
29,137
11,250 Sanandaj
Lorestan
1,754,243
28,294
10,924 Khorramabad
Markazi
1,413,959
29,127
11,246 Arak
Mazandaran
3,073,943
23,842
9,205 Sari
North Khorasan
867,727
28,434
10,979 Bojnurd
Qazvin
1,201,565
15,567
6,011 Qazvin
Qom
1,151,672
11,526
4,450 Qom
Razavi Khorasan
5,994,402
118,851
45,889 Mashhad
Semnan
631,218
97,491
37,641 Semnan
Sistan and Baluchestan
2,534,327
181,785
70,188 Zahedan
South Khorasan
662,534
95,385
36,828 Birjand
Tehran
12,183,391
13,692
5,287 Tehran
West Azarbaijan (Orumiyeh)
3,080,576
37,411
14,445 Orumiyeh
Yazd
1,074,428
129,285
49,917 Yazd
Zanjan
1,015,734
21,773
8,407 Zanjan
31 provinces
75,149,669
1,628,771
628,872
Data from the 2011 census, statistical centre of Iran (in Persian Language),
(http://www.statoids.com/uir.html)
Hormozgan
1,578,183
70,697
27,296
(However, the figures might be imprecise because state rulers have never allowed an honest
census for political gains. population growth rate in Iran is high, Iran has got a young
population. Birth rate estimates: 16.57 births/1000 population, Death rate estimates: 5.65
deaths/1000 population).
There are 11 main ethno-linguistic minorities in Iran, which are as following:
1- Persian [Fars / Pars, (34.6%)], 2- Azeri Turks (25.4%), 3- Kurds (15.5%), 4- Lor &
Bakhtiyari (6.2%), 5- Arab (2.8%), 6- Mazendarani (4.4%),7- Gilaks (3.5%), 8- Baloch
(3.2%), 9- Turkmen (1.1%), 10- Talyshi (1%), 11- Ghashghayi [(Qashqayi), (0.8%)], 12Others (1.5%), [Table 1].
No
Ethnics
Languages
% in Iran
Population in Iran
1
2
3
Persian / Fars
Azeri
Kurd
34.6
25.4
13.5
26001785.5
19088015.9
10145205.3
4
Lor & Bakhtiari
Farsi (Persian / Parsi)
Azeri Turkish
Kurdish
Lori & Bakhtiari
6.2
4659279.5
5
6
7
8
Arab
Mazendarani
Gils
Baloch
Arabic
Mazendarani
Gilaki
Balochi
2.8
4.4
3.5
3.2
2104190.7
3306585.4
2630238.4
2404789.5