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Iran Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 65,017   Population 2000 (UN '000) 70,330
Area (km2) 1,590,351   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 80
Number of Administrative Units 250   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 260
Number of Urban Extents 182   Number of Settlement Points 193

Iran Details

Names
ISO3-Code IRN
Continent Asia
Country Name Iran
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
Leve1 Type Ostan
Level2 Type Shahrestan
Number of Units 250
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 260
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 1996
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 53,403
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 58,884
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 65,017
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 58,435
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 64,630
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 70,330
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 1,590,351
Average Input Resolution (km) 80
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 193
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 6,994,399
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 21,107
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 182,268
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 182
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 6,717
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 1
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 380
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 69,219
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 12,148,805
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 1,240
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 212,805
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 38,730,449
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 4%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 58%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 65%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 392
Regression-estimated Extents 17
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Population data provided by the US Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov .
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
Spatial data provided by the US Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov .
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
City Population, www.citypopulation.de; Statistical Pocketbook of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1998, UN Statistical Library;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
ASCities, Getty, Map, NIMA, UNSD, World Gazetteer
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
All shahrestan (county) centres, re-gardless of size; and all places having municipal centres.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
The populations of Ardebil ostan (administrative level 1) and East Azerbaijan were aggregated. Also aggregated were the populations of Qom ostan and Tehran. The populations of Aliabad, Gonbad-e-Kavus, Gorgan, Kordkuy, Minudasht (onbad-e-Kavus), and Torkaman sharestans (administrative level 2) were assigned to the ostan Mazandaran (administrative level 1). 1986 population figures were not available at the shahrestan (administrative 2) level. Thus, population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth rates calculated between 1986 and 1996 at the ostan (administrative 1) level. These rates were applied to the 1996 sharestans.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
In 1993, Ardabil ostan (administrative level 1) split from East Azarbaijan. In 1995, Qom ostan split from Tehran. In 1997, Aliabad, Gonbad-e-Kavus, Gorgan, Kordkuy, Minudasht (onbad-e-Kavus), and Torkaman sharestans (administrative level 2), all of which originally belonged to Mazandaran ostan, became a part of Golestan ostan.