Editing Demographics of Iran (section)

=== Urban population ===
{{See also|List of largest cities of Iran|List of cities in Iran}}
[[File:Iran Population-Urban vs Rural.png|thumb|250px|Evolution of Iran population divided into urban and rural population]]
In addition to its international migration pattern, Iran also exhibits one of the steepest urban growth rates in the world according to the UN humanitarian information unit. According to 2015 population estimates, approximately 73.4 per cent of Iran's population lives in urban areas, up from 27 per cent in 1950.<ref name="migrationinformation.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/english|title=Statistical Center of Iran|publisher=Migrationinformation.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234935/http://www.amar.org.ir/english/|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=4 December 2012}}</ref>

The following is a list of the eight most populous cities in the country:
{| class="wikitable"
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| City
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Province
!scope="col" colspan="2"| population
|-
! scope="col" |City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/english|title = Statistical Center of Iran > Home}}</ref>
! scope="col" |Metro<ref>{{Cite web | website=citypopulation.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913144137/http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |url=http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |archive-date=13 September 2018 |title = Major Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps | date= 13 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
! 1
| [[Tehran]]
| [[Tehran province|Tehran]]
| 8,693,706
| 14,700,000
|-
! 2
| [[Mashhad]] 
| [[Razavi Khorasan]]
| 3,001,184
| 3,100,000
|-
! 3
| [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]] 
| [[Isfahan province|Isfahan]]
| 1,961,260
| 3,100,000
|-
! 4
| [[Karaj]] 
|[[Alborz province|Alborz]]
| 1,592,492
| 2,500,000
|-
! 5
| [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]] 
| [[Fars province|Fars]]
| 1,565,572
| 1,700,000
|-
! 6
| [[Tabriz]] 
| [[East Azarbaijan]]
| 1,588,693
| 1,760,000
|-
! 7
| [[Qom]] 
| [[Qom province|Qom]]
| 1,201,158
| 1,240,000
|-
! 8
| [[Ahvaz]] 
| [[Khuzestan]]
| 1,184,788
| 1,320,000
|}