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Political, physical and population maps of Iran with its 31 first-level divisions, the capital Tehran and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Iran

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 31 units

Iran is divided into 31 first-level administrative divisions:

AlborzArdebilBushehrChahar Mahall and BakhtiariEast AzarbaijanEsfahanFarsGilanGolestanHamadanHormozganIlamKermanKermanshahKhuzestanKohgiluyeh and Buyer AhmadKordestanLorestanMarkaziMazandaranNorth KhorasanQazvinQomRazavi KhorasanSemnanSistan and BaluchestanSouth KhorasanTehranWest AzarbaijanYazdZanjan

Largest cities in Iran

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1TehranCapital7,873,000
2Mashhad2,469,000
3Isfahan1,628,000
4Karaj1,423,000
5Tabriz1,413,000
6Shiraz1,240,000
7Ahvaz996,000
8Qom973,000
9Kermanshah828,313
10Zahedan598,887

Tehran is the largest urban area in Iran with about 7,873,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Iran: ≈ 5,602 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Qezel Owzan
  • Sefid
  • Helmand
  • Atrek
  • Karkheh
  • Talkeh
  • Harirud
  • Aras
  • Shatt al Arab

🏞️ Lakes

  • Lake Urmia

Ethnic groups in Iran

CIA World Factbook

Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes

Regionally, Persian is the most common ethnic group across most of the 31 divisions, while Azeri predominates in 4 divisions (West Azarbaijan, East Azarbaijan, Ardebil, Zanjan); Kurd predominates in 3 divisions (Kordestan, Kermanshah, Ilam); Lur predominates in 3 divisions (Lorestan, Chahar Mahall and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad); Arab predominates in 1 division (Khuzestan).

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Iran

CIA World Factbook · 2020
Muslim
98.5%Christian
0.7%Baha'i
0.3%agnostic
0.3%other
0.2%

Muslim (official) 98.5%, Christian 0.7%, Baha'i 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.)

Regionally, Muslim is the most common religious group across most of the 31 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Iran

CIA World Factbook

Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic

Regionally, Persian Farsi is the most common language group across most of the 31 divisions, while Azeri predominates in 4 divisions (West Azarbaijan, East Azarbaijan, Ardebil, Zanjan); Kurdish predominates in 3 divisions (Kordestan, Kermanshah, Ilam); Luri predominates in 3 divisions (Lorestan, Chahar Mahall and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad); Gilaki and Mazandarani predominates in 2 divisions (Gilan, Mazandaran).

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.