Population
|
Ethnicity
|
36,079,000
|
Persian
|
18,094,000
|
Azerbaijani
|
10,400,000
|
Kurd
|
6,348,000
|
Lur
|
4,000,000
|
Mazandarani
|
3,000,000
|
Gilaki
|
2,728,000
|
Baloch
|
1,625,000
|
Arab
|
1,149,000
|
Turkmen
|
1,000,000
|
Afro-Iranian
|
1,000,000
|
Hazara
|
135,000
|
Armenian
|
120,000
|
Roma
|
112,000
|
Pashtun
|
100,000
|
Georgian
|
50,000
|
Circassian
|
12,000
|
Assyrian
|
9,000
|
Jew
|
7,000
|
Mandaean
|
|