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Kermanshah

Kermanshah Province · Iran
City population
621,100
#9
in Iran
#1
in Kermanshah Province
#899
worldwide
TehranKermanshah
34.314, 47.065 · 425 km from Tehran
City population
621,100
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Iran
#9
of 422 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#899
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Iran
0.7%
of the national population

About Kermanshah

Ranking 899th globally, Kermanshah holds 621,100 residents and accounts for 0.7% of Iran's population. The city sits 425 km from Tehran and stands at 1,392 m elevation. Within Kermanshah Province, it is the largest of 11 cities, with the next-nearest substantial settlements — Eslāmābād-e Gharb at 54 km with 90,559 people and Kāmyārān at 55 km with 57,077 — lying well beyond its borders.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Iran
#9of 422
LargestSmallest
Position in Kermanshah Province
#1of 11
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Iran
Region
Kermanshah Province
Rank in region
#1of 11
Distance to capital
425 km
to Tehran
Elevation
1,392 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
34.314, 47.065
Record updated
2024-07-17
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 Iran

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

48KMHarsīn58K people54KMEslāmābād-e Gharb91K people55KMKāmyārān57K people58KMRavānsar25K people60KMŞaḩneh36K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Kermanshah621K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Kermanshah compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Kermanshah621K

Kermanshah Population FAQ

What is the population of Kermanshah?

Kermanshah has a city population of 621,100. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Kermanshah?

Kermanshah is in Kermanshah Province, Iran, 425 km from the capital, Tehran. Its coordinates are 34.314, 47.065.

How big is Kermanshah compared with other cities in Iran?

It is the 9th largest of the 422 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iran, holding 0.7% of the national population.

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