Isfahan — UN urban centre
Isfahan: 1,844,409 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #272 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5884; territory: Iran (IRN). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 32.6682, 51.6532. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 400,356 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 482,139 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 696,398 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 898,564 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,014,829 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,142,523 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,331,963 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,490,918 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,633,061 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,733,460 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,844,409 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,931,804 | Projection |
| 2035 | 2,029,689 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,096,630 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,208,443 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,263,058 | Projection |
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