Demographics (v2.1)

Urbanization
% population in urban areas
Subnational regions
Iran
All years

% population in urban areas

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Iran (Asia/Pacific)  
Total 32.9 37.7 42.5 47.3 52.1 57.0 61.8 66.6 71.4 76.2 81.0 85.9
Ardebil 34.7 38.3 42.0 45.6 49.3 52.9 56.6 60.2 63.9 67.5 71.2 74.8
Bushehr 10.7 18.0 25.2 32.4 39.7 46.9 54.2 61.4 68.7 75.9 83.1 90.4
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari 31.4 34.7 38.1 41.4 44.7 48.0 51.4 54.7 58.0 61.4 64.7 68.0
EastAzarbayejan 59.8 61.0 62.1 63.3 64.5 65.6 66.8 67.9 69.1 70.3 71.4 72.6
Esfahan 65.4 67.9 70.4 73.0 75.5 78.0 80.5 83.1 85.6 88.1 90.6 93.2
Fars 41.6 44.8 48.1 51.4 54.6 57.9 61.2 64.4 67.7 71.0 74.2 77.5
Gilan 38.5 41.2 44.0 46.8 49.5 52.3 55.1 57.8 60.6 63.4 66.1 68.9
Golestan 14.5 19.0 23.5 28.1 32.6 37.1 41.6 46.1 50.6 55.1 59.6 64.1
Hamedan 27.3 31.3 35.2 39.1 43.0 47.0 50.9 54.8 58.8 62.7 66.6 70.5
Hormozgan 40.3 41.4 42.5 43.5 44.6 45.6 46.7 47.8 48.8 49.9 50.9 52.0
Ilam 53.6 54.9 56.3 57.7 59.1 60.5 61.9 63.3 64.7 66.1 67.5 68.9
Kerman 33.3 36.3 39.2 42.1 45.1 48.0 50.9 53.9 56.8 59.8 62.7 65.6
Kermanshah 61.3 62.4 63.6 64.7 65.9 67.0 68.2 69.3 70.4 71.6 72.7 73.9
Khorasan-e-Razavi 48.4 51.3 54.2 57.1 60.1 63.0 65.9 68.9 71.8 74.7 77.6 80.6
Khuzestan 37.8 42.0 46.2 50.3 54.5 58.7 62.8 67.0 71.2 75.3 79.5 83.7
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad 31.5 34.1 36.7 39.3 41.9 44.5 47.1 49.7 52.3 54.8 57.4 60.0
Kordestan 52.7 54.5 56.2 57.9 59.6 61.3 63.0 64.8 66.5 68.2 69.9 71.6
Lorestan 55.5 56.1 56.7 57.3 57.9 58.5 59.1 59.7 60.3 60.9 61.5 62.1
Markazi 57.9 59.9 61.8 63.8 65.7 67.7 69.6 71.5 73.5 75.4 77.4 79.3
Mazandaran 47.9 48.8 49.6 50.5 51.4 52.3 53.2 54.0 54.9 55.8 56.7 57.5
North Khorasan 41.5 42.7 43.9 45.0 46.2 47.4 48.5 49.7 50.8 52.0 53.2 54.3
Qazvin 0.01 6.98 14.0 20.9 31.6 42.2 52.9 63.5 74.2 82.8 91.3 99.9
Qom 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 19.1 38.2 57.3 76.4 95.5 96.9 98.4 99.9
Semnan 70.3 71.0 71.8 72.5 73.2 74.0 74.7 75.5 76.2 76.9 77.7 78.4
Sistanand Baluchestan 42.3 43.2 44.0 44.9 45.7 46.6 47.4 48.3 49.2 50.0 50.9 51.7
South Khorasan 40.8 42.4 44.0 45.7 47.3 48.9 50.6 52.2 53.8 55.5 57.1 58.7
Tehran and Alborz 0.01 4.57 9.14 13.7 29.5 45.3 61.0 76.8 92.6 95.0 97.5 99.9
WestAzarbayejan 22.5 27.5 32.5 37.5 42.5 47.5 52.4 57.4 62.4 67.4 72.4 77.4
Yazd 43.7 48.7 53.6 58.5 63.4 68.4 73.3 78.2 83.2 88.1 93.0 97.9
Zanjan 42.7 45.2 47.7 50.2 52.6 55.1 57.6 60.1 62.6 65.1 67.6 70.1
Lighter numbers are estimates