Official Languages

Official status is a legal designation. It requires a constitution, language act or charter, which this platform has not yet loaded — speaker numbers cannot establish it.

Languages spoken here

Armenian (secondary) · Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (secondary) · Central Kurdish (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Georgian (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Gulf Arabic (secondary) · Italian (secondary) · Italian (Romanesco) (secondary) · Kazakh (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Northern Kurdish (secondary) · Tajik (secondary) · Talysh (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · Turkmen (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary) · Uyghur (secondary) · Zaban Eshareh Irani (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

← Countries

Iran

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Persian	44675000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	18335000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam
Kurd, Southern	4472000	Kurdish, Southern	Islam
Gilaki, Gilani	3646000	Gilaki	Islam
Luri, Feyli	2609000	Luri, Northern	Islam
Qashqai, Kashkai	2104000	Kashkay	Islam
Domari	1724000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Mazanderani, Tabri	1431000	Mazandarani	Islam
Bakhtiari	1336000	Bakhtiari	Islam
Turkmen	1153000	Turkmen	Islam
Luri, Southern	1131000	Luri, Southern	Islam
Khorasani Turk	1010000	Khorasani Turkish	Islam
Baloch, Western	912000	Balochi, Western	Islam
Laki	715000	Laki	Islam
Kurd, Sorani	665000	Kurdish, Central	Islam
Baloch, Southern	612000	Balochi, Southern	Islam
Arab, Iranian	601000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Kurd, Kurmanji	555000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Takistani	426000	Takestani	Islam
Afghan, Tajik	422000	Dari	Islam
Hazara	420000	Hazaragi	Islam
Afshari	419000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam
Armenian	358000	Armenian	Christianity
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	307000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam
Aimaq	261000	Aimaq	Islam
Deaf	252000	Iranian Sign Language	Unknown
Gurani, Hawrami	235000	Gurani	Islam
Tati, Southern	206000	Alviri-Vidari	Islam
Pashtun, Southern	178000	Pashto, Southern	Islam
Talysh	166000	Talysh	Islam
Mamasani	140000	Luri, Southern	Islam
Larestani	127000	Lari	Islam
Fars, Southwestern	119000	Fars, Southwestern	Islam
Ilsavan	98000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam
Tajik	96000	Tajik	Islam
Urdu, Islami	96000	Urdu	Islam
Tat, Muslim	89000	Tat, Muslim	Islam
Semnani	74000	Semnani	Islam
Georgian	73000	Georgian	Christianity
Karakalpak	58000	Karakalpak	Islam
Tati, Central	48000	Shahrudi	Islam
Punjabi	40000	Punjabi, Eastern	Hinduism
Romani, Balkan	40000	Romani, Balkan	Islam
Gujarati	40000	Gujarati	Islam
Harzani	39000	Harzani	Islam
Shikaki	32000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Parsee	31000	Parsi-Dari	Other / Small
Astiani	29000	Ashtiani	Islam
Khunsari	29000	Khunsari	Islam
Sangisari	26000	Sangisari	Islam

Languages

77 languages recorded here.

Aimaq

Alviri-Vidari

Arabic, Gulf

Arabic, Mesopotamian

Arabic, Uzbeki

Armenian

Ashtiani

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Azerbaijani, South

Bakhtiari

Balochi, Southern

Balochi, Western

Bashkardi

Brahui

Dari

Dari, Zoroastrian

Dezfuli

Fars, Northwestern

Fars, Southwestern

French

Gazi

Georgian

Gilaki

Gujarati

Gurani

Harzani

Hazaragi

Hulaula

Iranian Sign Language

Italian

Jadgali

Judeo-Persian

Karakalpak

Karingani

Kashkay

Kazakh

Khalaj

Khorasani Turkish

Khunsari

Korean

Koroshi

Kumzari

Kurdish, Central

Kurdish, Northern

Kurdish, Southern

Laki

Lari

Lasgerdi

Luri, Northern

Luri, Southern

Mazandarani

Natanzi

Nayini

Neo-Mandaic

Parsi-Dari

Pashto, Southern

Persian, Iranian

Punjabi, Eastern

Romani, Balkan

Rudbari

Sangisari

Semnani

Shahmirzadi

Shahrudi

Sivandi

Soi

Sorkhei

Tajik

Takestani

Talysh

Taromi, Upper

Tat, Muslim

Turkish

Turkmen

Urdu

Uyghur

Vafsi

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

rog3: IR
iso3: IRN
iso2: IR
ctry: Iran
poplpeoples: 93060000
cntpeoples: 91
cntpeopleslr: 85
poplpeopleslr: 92575000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: pes
officiallang: Persian, Iranian
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 1.7758773459844
percentevangelical: 1.1998186382998
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 5
regionname: Asia, Central
workersneeded: 1882
harvest_rog3: IR
harvest_iso3: IRN
harvest_iso2: IR
harvest_owcountrycode: IRAN
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: IR
harvest_countrynumber: 99
harvest_ctry: Iran
harvest_ctryshort: Iran
harvest_countrynamechinese: 伊朗
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 伊朗
harvest_countrynamedutch: Iran
harvest_countrynamefrench: Iran
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Iran
harvest_countrynamegerman: Iran
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Iran
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Iran
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Iran
harvest_countrynameitalian: Iran
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Iran
harvest_countrynamekorean: 이란
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 이란
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Iran
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Iran
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Irã
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Irã
harvest_countrynamerussian: Иран
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Иран
harvest_countrynamespanish: Irán
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Irán
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Iran
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Iran
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: d'
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: im
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 16
harvest_regioncode: 5
harvest_unsr: 034
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_capital: Tehran
harvest_population: 92418000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/iran.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ir.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/iran-islamic-republic
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 10
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/iran
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 9
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 37
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/IR_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0.2
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.085685007
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 19.6
harvest_owcountrypage: iran
harvest_literacyrate: 86
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 75
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: pes
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.4
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 98.64
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.02
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.28
harvest_pctother: 0.15
harvest_pctchristian: 0.51
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.02
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.15
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.04
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0.31
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A005
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.774
harvest_hdirank: 69
harvest_internetusers: 44.1
harvest_flashmapzoom: 510
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -263
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -142
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 32.7
harvest_googlemaplng: 53
harvest_ctrylatitude: 32.427908
harvest_ctrylongitude: 53.688046
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/iran/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 202
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.128143622802744
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ir&joshua=ir
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-iran
harvest_internetusage: 70
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-iran/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/iran/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 630575
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1648196
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 106
harvest_countryphonecode: 98
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=551
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 0.4
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.02
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0.4
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 0.33
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ir
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iran
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00