Sanandaj, Iran Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Sanandaj, Iran metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Sanandaj in 2025 is 483,000, a 1.47% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Sanandaj in 2024 was 476,000, a 1.49% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Sanandaj in 2023 was 469,000, a 1.74% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Sanandaj in 2022 was 461,000, a 1.77% increase from 2021.
| Other Cities in Iran |
| City Name |
Population |
| Tehran |
9,730,000 |
| Mashhad |
3,461,000 |
| Esfahan |
2,328,000 |
| Shiraz |
1,764,000 |
| Tabriz |
1,696,000 |
| Karaj |
1,615,000 |
| Qom |
1,392,000 |
| Ahvaz |
1,325,000 |
| Kermanshah |
1,117,000 |
| Orumiyeh |
860,000 |
| Rasht |
758,000 |
| Bandar Abbas |
691,000 |
| Zahedan |
644,000 |
| Ardabil |
614,000 |
| Hamadan |
612,000 |
| Yazd |
609,000 |
| Arak |
590,000 |
| Kerman |
559,000 |
| Eslamshahr |
553,000 |
| Zanjan |
510,000 |
| Sanandaj |
483,000 |
| Qazvin |
445,000 |
| Khorramabad |
421,000 |
| Shahriyar |
420,000 |
| Gorgan |
392,000 |
| Qods |
357,000 |
| Kashan |
357,000 |
| Sari |
338,000 |
|
Sanandaj - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2025 |
483,000 |
1.47% |
| 2024 |
476,000 |
1.49% |
| 2023 |
469,000 |
1.74% |
| 2022 |
461,000 |
1.77% |
| 2021 |
453,000 |
1.80% |
| 2020 |
445,000 |
2.06% |
| 2019 |
436,000 |
1.87% |
| 2018 |
428,000 |
2.15% |
| 2017 |
419,000 |
1.95% |
| 2016 |
411,000 |
1.99% |
| 2015 |
403,000 |
2.03% |
| 2014 |
395,000 |
2.07% |
| 2013 |
387,000 |
2.11% |
| 2012 |
379,000 |
2.43% |
| 2011 |
370,000 |
3.35% |
| 2010 |
358,000 |
3.47% |
| 2009 |
346,000 |
3.28% |
| 2008 |
335,000 |
3.40% |
| 2007 |
324,000 |
2.53% |
| 2006 |
316,000 |
1.61% |
| 2005 |
311,000 |
1.30% |
| 2004 |
307,000 |
1.32% |
| 2003 |
303,000 |
1.34% |
| 2002 |
299,000 |
1.01% |
| 2001 |
296,000 |
1.37% |
| 2000 |
292,000 |
1.39% |
| 1999 |
288,000 |
1.41% |
| 1998 |
284,000 |
1.07% |
| 1997 |
281,000 |
1.81% |
| 1996 |
276,000 |
2.60% |
| 1995 |
269,000 |
2.67% |
| 1994 |
262,000 |
2.75% |
| 1993 |
255,000 |
2.41% |
| 1992 |
249,000 |
2.89% |
| 1991 |
242,000 |
3.42% |
| 1990 |
234,000 |
4.00% |
| 1989 |
225,000 |
3.21% |
| 1988 |
218,000 |
3.81% |
| 1987 |
210,000 |
4.48% |
| 1986 |
201,000 |
8.06% |
| 1985 |
186,000 |
8.14% |
| 1984 |
172,000 |
7.50% |
| 1983 |
160,000 |
8.11% |
| 1982 |
148,000 |
8.03% |
| 1981 |
137,000 |
7.87% |
| 1980 |
127,000 |
8.55% |
| 1979 |
117,000 |
7.34% |
| 1978 |
109,000 |
7.92% |
| 1977 |
101,000 |
7.45% |
| 1976 |
94,000 |
5.62% |
| 1975 |
89,000 |
5.95% |
| 1974 |
84,000 |
6.33% |
| 1973 |
79,000 |
5.33% |
| 1972 |
75,000 |
5.63% |
| 1971 |
71,000 |
5.97% |
| 1970 |
67,000 |
6.35% |
| 1969 |
63,000 |
5.00% |
| 1968 |
60,000 |
5.26% |
| 1967 |
57,000 |
5.56% |
| 1966 |
54,000 |
3.85% |
| 1965 |
52,000 |
1.96% |
| 1964 |
51,000 |
4.08% |
| 1963 |
49,000 |
2.08% |
| 1962 |
48,000 |
2.13% |
| 1961 |
47,000 |
4.44% |
| 1960 |
45,000 |
2.27% |
| 1959 |
44,000 |
2.33% |
| 1958 |
43,000 |
4.88% |
| 1957 |
41,000 |
2.50% |
| 1956 |
40,000 |
2.56% |
| 1955 |
39,000 |
2.63% |
| 1954 |
38,000 |
2.70% |
| 1953 |
37,000 |
2.78% |
| 1952 |
36,000 |
2.86% |
| 1951 |
35,000 |
2.94% |
| 1950 |
34,000 |
0.00% |
