What is the population of Orūmīyeh?
Orūmīyeh has a city population of 577,307. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Iran · Asia
Orūmīyeh
City population
577,307
#12
in Iran
#1
in West Azerbaijan
#965
worldwide
37.553, 45.076 · 603 km from Tehran
About Orūmīyeh
Iran's twelfth-largest city by population, Orūmīyeh holds 577,307 residents and accounts for 0.6% of the national total. It stands 603 km from Tehran and ranks first among 17 cities in West Azerbaijan. At 1,350 m elevation, the city sits in a cluster of mid-sized urban centres; Oshnavīyeh lies 57 km away with 50,661 residents, while Naqadeh (81,598) and Yüksekova (71,729) are each within 72 km.
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 17
Elevation
1,350 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
37.553, 45.076
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 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 |
| Orūmīyeh | 577K |
Orūmīyeh Population FAQ
Where is Orūmīyeh?
Orūmīyeh is in West Azerbaijan, Iran, 603 km from the capital, Tehran. Its coordinates are 37.553, 45.076.
How big is Orūmīyeh compared with other cities in Iran?
It is the 12th largest of the 422 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iran, holding 0.6% of the national population.