What is the population of Mashhad?
Mashhad has a city population of 2,307,177. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Iran · Asia
Mashhad
City population
2,307,177
#2
in Iran
#1
in Razavi Khorasan
#171
worldwide
36.298, 59.606 · 739 km from Tehran
About Mashhad
The nearest substantial city lies 48 km away, but Mashhad's immediate surroundings are sparse: only Gorjī-ye Soflá at 8 km (population 15,163) and Ţorqabeh at 21 km (20,998) sit close by. With 2,307,177 residents, Mashhad ranks second among Iran's 422 listed cities and accounts for 2.5% of the national population. It sits 739 km from Tehran and at an elevation of 980 m.
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 18
Elevation
980 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
36.298, 59.606
Record updated
2025-03-09
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 |
| Mashhad | 2.31M |
Mashhad Population FAQ
Where is Mashhad?
Mashhad is in Razavi Khorasan, Iran, 739 km from the capital, Tehran. Its coordinates are 36.298, 59.606.
How big is Mashhad compared with other cities in Iran?
It is the 2nd largest of the 422 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iran, holding 2.5% of the national population.