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historical demographical data of the administrative division

OSTANcapitalsurface/sq.kmsurface/sq.misurface/sq.kmsurface/sq.mie2002e2001c1996c1996e1991c1986[c1986]e1983c1976e1971c1966e1961?e1959codecodecodecodepos.particularsvariants of the name
source:IY (2000)IY (2000)DV (1986)SY (1966)GSCAIYEWBB,TBDVDVPGMDVPMWGHWGLJaLaGLISOFIPS
ArdabīlArdabīl1788169041204,41197,41168,01168,01141,6ADAR03IR32nwsplit from Azarbāyiān-e Sharqī ca 1995Ardabīl
Azarbāyiān-e GharbīOrūmīyeh374631446438850168562774,82723,22496,32496,32284,21989,91971,71688,01408,01214,01087,2719,0ABWA02IR01nwAzarbāijān Bāchtari, West Azarbayejan, Azarbayjān-e Bakhtari
Azarbāyiān-e SharqīTabrīz454811756067102250963378,23368,63325,53325,53278,74180,44114,13679,03204,82838,02596,42012,1ASEA01IR33nwAzarbāijān Chavari, East Azarbayejan, Azarbayjān-e Khavari
BākhtarānBākhtarān (Kermānshāh)2464195142366794771962,21929,91778,61778,61622,21471,21463,01225,01025,3917,0776,41438,6BTBK17IR13wcKermānshāhān, Kermānshāh
BūshehrBūshehr23168894527653796,6787,7743,7743,7694,3578,6612,2428,0343,7188,1BSBS06IR22csin 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Būshehr, Busjir, Khalij-e Fars
Chahār Mahāll va BakhtīārīShahr-e Kord162016255148705721794,1786,8761,2761,2747,3637,2631,2476,0398,8359,0298,4340,6CBCM08IR03cswin 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Bachtiāri va TsjahārMahāl, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiyari, Chahār Mahāl-e Bakhtiari
EsfāhānEsfāhān10702741323104650586094316,84238,93923,33923,43682,43317,13294,92770,01971,71750,01703,71682,8ESES04IR28cIsfahan, Esfahān
FārsShirāz12181547033133298514654135,34079,23817,03817,03543,83229,23193,82442,02020,91617,01439,81295,7FSFA14IR07scFārs
GilānRasht13952538714709141152310,02295,72241,92241,92204,02086,72081,01822,01579,31459,01752,51422,4GLGI19IR08nwcGīlān
GolestānGorgān2089380671555,11532,41426,3GSIR37nnesplit form Māzāndārān ca 1995Gorgān (but at that time not as an official "Ostan")
HamadānHamadān1954775471978477881718,61710,41678,01678,01651,31533,91505,81253,01093,1937,0889,9730,4HMHD24IR09cwin 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Hamadān
HormozgānBander-e 'Abbās711932748866870363741235,81204,41062,21062,2924,4760,0762,2568,0512,4633,0598,3240,3HGHG23IR11scHormozgān, Urmuzgan, Persian Gulf, Coastal and Southern Islands, Banader ve Jazayer-e Bahr-e Oman
IlāmIlām201507780190447011551,0539,2487,9487,9440,7384,4382,1266,0242,8167,0148,3ILIL05IR10wcin 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Īlām
KermānKermān18171470160179916745082215,42174,32004,32004,31862,51639,01623,01317,01085,1824,0761,9616,7KMKE15IR29secKirman, Kermān
KhorāsānMashhad3029661169753133371209806094,96085,06047,76047,76013,25313,05280,63938,03250,12669,02497,42023,6KRKR09IR30neChorāsān, Khorāsān
KhūzestānAhvāz632132440767282249624506,84366,13746,83746,83175,92702,52682,02672,02187,21901,01578,11855,2KZKZ10IR15swChuzestān, Khūzestān
Kohkīlūyeh va Būyer AhmadīYāsūj155636009142615505627,5610,3544,4544,4496,7413,1411,8292,0242,2175,0161,2KBKB18IR05csin 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad, Bojer Ahmadi va Kohkilujeh, Kugilujeh & Bojer Ahmad, Kohgīluyeh-e Boyerahmad
KordestānSānāndāj28817111262499893071492,01465,21346,41346,41233,51091,11078,4923,0783,7682,0619,6490,2KDKD16IR16wnwKurdistan, Kordestān
LorestānKhorramābād283921096228803121161671,71657,01584,41584,41501,81369,91367,01074,0932,3775,0686,3565,0LRLO20IR23cwin 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Luristan, Lorestān
MarkaziArāk2940611354290801300,81286,51228,81228,81182,61092,21082,11301,06954,75865,04979,13264,1MKMK22IR24ncbefore 1986 included: TehranMarkazī
MāzāndārānSāri23833920246456182862742,92718,12602,04028,33793,13449,43419,32861,02387,02007,01841,61365,6MZMD21IR17ncMāzandarān
QazvīnQazvīn1549159811066,31046,6968,3QVIR38nnw/ncsplit from Zanjān ca 1995Kazvin
QomQom112374339971,3950,1853,0853,0QM22IR24cnQum, Kom
SemnānSemnān96816373819095831504564,0552,0501,4501,4458,1418,2417,0322,0487,5213,0207,8177,2SNSM12IR25necin 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Semnān
Sīstān va BalūchestānZāhedān17843168892181578701072086,22018,21722,61722,61455,11206,01197,1829,0662,7443,0455,0428,4SBSB13IR04seSistan & Baluchestan, Balūchestān va Sistān, Sīstān-e Balūchestān
TehrānTehrān191967412299333533511689,311450,610344,011176,19982,38719,58712,17192,0TRTE07IR26ncsplit from Markazi ca 1986Tehrān
YazdYazd734672836670011841,4823,8750,8750,8691,1582,3574,0424,0358,1304,0YDYA25IR31ecdata of 1966 in Esfāhān; in 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Jezd
ZanjānZanjān21841843336398937,0930,8900,91036,91776,11600,21588,61309,0577,3499,0ZNZA11IR27nnwdata of 1966 in Gilān; in 1970's indicated as "Farmandakirol", not as "Ostan"Zanjān
TOTAL:Tehrān1629795629264164351063512265540,264528,260055,560055,555837,249765,049445,041071,033708,728248,025078,920856,0
FORMER DIVISION (until ca 1965):c1966c1966source:code
USTāNsource: WP/CAsource: WP/CAWP/CA
SY
GilānRasht48621187731752,53000,01
MāzandarānSāri155164599092049,43500,02
Eastern AzerbāijānTabriz73683284492596,42400,03
Western AzerbāijānRezaiyeh35391136641087,2800,04
KermānshāhKermānshāh59449229531814,62200,05Hamadān, Kirmanshahan
KhuzistānAhwāz117713454492425,61800,06
FārsShirāz148669574011691,71500,07
KermānKermān225173869391108,31000,08Kirman
KhuristānMeshed3142821213442497,41300,09Khorasān
IsfahānIsfahān, Yazd197403762172002,11500,010Esfahān
plus some other unnumbered ustāns:these three here below are possibly later splittings
KurdistanSannandaj3385913073619,6
BaluchistanZahedan17783268661455,0Baluchistan-Sistan
Central ProvinceTeheran60761234604979,1Capital City, Markazi (?)
TOTAL:Tehran164800063629325078,919000,0
FORMER DIVISION (ca 1940-50):ca 1940ca 1940no specified population figures available yet
source: EBsource: EB
Ardelan242539364
Azerbaijan10657941150
Fars17694668319
Gilan141755473
Gurgan148595737
Hamadan3040111738
Isfahan5431520971
Kachar215208309
Kazvin254499826
Kerman434115167612
Kermanshah2749810617
Khamse2803710825
Khurasan323618124949
Khuzistan8813034027
Laristan5444221020
Luristan4116315893
Mazanderan194727518
Samnan-Damghan9393936270
Tehran3552713717
Yezd2869511079
TOTAL:Tehran1643132634414
FORMER DIVISION (until ca 1940):no specified figures of area and population available yet
AdarbaijanTabriz
ArabistanDizful
AstrabadAstrabad
FarsShiraz
GilanResht
HamadanHamadan
Irak-AjemiKum
IspahanIspahan
KasbinKasbin
KermanKerman
KermanshahKermanshah
KhorassanMeshhed
KuhistanBirjand
KurdistanSinna
LuristanBurnjird
MazanderanBarfrush
TehranTehran
YezdYezd
ZenjanZenjan
TOTAL:Tehran
FORMER DIVISION (ca 1900):no specified figures of area and population available yet
Ardelan
Azerbijan
Baluchistan
Farsistan
Gilan
Irakajemi
Khorasan
Khoristan
Kirman
Laristan
Luristan
Mazandaran
TOTAL:Tehran
Particulars:
Regretfully there are no reliable historical figures available yet prior to 1959.
Detailed figures of the first census held 1956 are not yet available.
Source indicated with "IY" = "Iran statistical yearbook", ISSN 1017-2564 [ed. 1380 = 2001/02].
Dashes above vowels as diactritic marks are not correctly shown, they are poorly replaced by accent circumflexe.
In the used sources there is some discrepancy between the figures of the surface areas.
File created on 1994-08-11; revised for "Populstat" website on 2000-12-29; and last modified on 2004-12-09 by Jan Lahmeyer

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