6.6% Growth in Tehran’s Population Over Five Years

The population of the capital city Tehran has increased by 6.6% over five years from the fiscal year ending March 2013 to the year ending March 2017. 
The Statistical Center of Iran estimated that 8,693,706 people and 2,903,435 households lived in Tehran in the year ending March 2017.  
District Four was the most populous with 919,001 people (accounting for 10.6% of the city’s total population) and District Nine was the least populous with 174,239 people (2%).  
Of the 8,693,706 people living in Tehran, 17.4% were between 0 and 14 years old, 74.1% were between 15 and 64 years old, and 8.4% were 65 years or older.