What is the population of Arāk?
Arāk has a city population of 503,647. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Arāk
At 1,738 m above sea level, Arāk is the largest city in Markazi province and home to 503,647 people. It lies 237 km from Tehran and ranks fifteenth among Iran's listed cities. Karahrūd, a city of nearly 30,000, sits 6 km away; four other cities ranging from 20,000 to 77,000 people lie between 25 km and 73 km distant.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 11
Elevation
1,738 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
34.095, 49.698
Record updated
2024-09-05
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 422 in IranClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Arāk | 504K |
Arāk Population FAQ
Where is Arāk?
Arāk is in Markazi, Iran, 237 km from the capital, Tehran. Its coordinates are 34.095, 49.698.
How big is Arāk compared with other cities in Iran?
It is the 15th largest of the 422 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iran, holding 0.5% of the national population.