Blank Map of Iran

Printable map of Iran with all 31 provinces, in four versions — blank, labeled, colored and with cities. Download as SVG, PNG or PDF. Public-domain data, no watermark.

Outlines only — no labels, no fill.

SVG (vector)

Any size, editable in Inkscape, Illustrator or Figma.

PNG (image)

PDF (print)

PNG and PDF files are drawn in your browser at the size you pick; nothing is uploaded. No watermark, no sign-up.

Iran at a glance

Provinces on the map	31
Area of the shapes drawn	1,627,122 km² · 628,235 mi²
Largest province by area	Kerman — 183,784 km²
Smallest province by area	Alborz — 4,668 km²
Places on the with-cities version	Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz, Shiraz, Ahvaz, Qom, Kermanshah, Zahedan

Areas are computed here from the full-resolution Natural Earth shapes on a sphere and are approximate; official figures differ, especially where coastlines and islands are generalised. Cities are the largest by Natural Earth's metro population figure (pop_max); squares mark national capitals.

All 31 provinces of Iran

Province	Area, km² (approx.)	Area, mi² (approx.)
Alborz	4,668	1,802
Ardabil	20,213	7,804
Bushehr	23,748	9,169
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	15,269	5,895
East Azerbaijan	46,520	17,961
Fars	126,159	48,710
Gilan	14,440	5,575
Golestan	20,779	8,023
Hamadan	20,543	7,932
Hormozgan	67,588	26,096
Ilam	18,854	7,280
Isfahan	110,790	42,776
Kerman	183,784	70,959
Kermanshah	23,505	9,075
Khuzestan	64,034	24,724
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	13,413	5,179
Kurdistan	29,693	11,465
Lorestan	29,196	11,273
Markazi	28,244	10,905
Mazandaran	24,803	9,576
North Khorasan	25,183	9,723
Qazvin	15,672	6,051
Qom	11,630	4,490
Razavi Khorasan	137,217	52,980
Semnan	90,696	35,018
Sistan and Baluchestan	175,268	67,671
South Khorasan	83,334	32,175
Tehran	14,449	5,579
West Azerbaijan	37,249	14,382
Yazd	127,931	49,394
Zanjan	22,250	8,591

Printing and using the map

Pick a version with the tabs above the map. Blank is outlines only; Labeled names each province.
For paper, choose PDF and your page size. Wide maps are placed on a landscape page automatically.
Print at 100% or “Fit to page”. The PDF already leaves a half-inch margin.
For slides or documents, a 1,200 or 2,400 px PNG is enough. For a poster, use the 4,800 px PNG or the SVG.
To colour provinces by your own data, open the SVG in a design program: each province is a separate path carrying its name.

About the boundaries

The shapes are Natural Earth's 1:10 million first-level administrative units (version 5.1), a public-domain dataset maintained by volunteers and the North American Cartographic Information Society. Where Natural Earth records a lower level of government than the one named here, its units are merged into the parent region, and names are given in common English forms.

The map uses an equal-area projection (Lambert azimuthal equal-area, centred on the map), so provinces keep their true relative sizes. It is simplified to about the detail visible at 2400 × 2203 pixels, and coloured so that no two touching provinces share a colour. The colours carry no meaning.

Limits: shorelines and small islands are generalised, very small provinces may be hard to see at letter size, and the map shows administrative divisions only — no rivers, roads or terrain. It is for teaching, illustration and planning, not for legal, survey or navigation use.

Sources

Natural Earth 1:10m Admin 1 – States, Provinces — public-domain boundaries, version 5.1
Natural Earth 1:10m Populated Places — city locations and the population figures used to pick them

Source files downloaded October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many provinces are on this map of Iran?

31. That is the number of shapes after the grouping described under "About the boundaries"; every one of them is listed in the table on this page.

Can I use these maps for free, including commercially?

Yes. The maps are drawn from public-domain boundary data (Natural Earth) and this site adds no restrictions: use them in worksheets, slides, videos, products and print without attribution.

Which file should I download for printing?

The PDF, sized for your paper. It holds a 200 dpi image scaled to fit inside a half-inch margin and turns landscape automatically for wide maps. The SVG is vector and prints sharp at any size from a design program.

Do the four versions line up with each other?

Yes. The labeled, colored and with-cities versions are the blank SVG with labels, fills or city markers added on top, so the borders are identical. Print the blank one as a quiz and the labeled one as the answer key.

Why are some labels shortened?

Labels are sized to fit inside each province. Where a name cannot fit even at the smallest readable size it is shortened with an ellipsis or replaced by its abbreviation. The full names are in the table below the map.

How accurate are the borders?

They come from Natural Earth, a public-domain dataset made for small-scale maps, simplified further to suit a 2400 × 2203 pixel drawing. Where borders are disputed, Natural Earth shows the line it considers in de facto use, which may differ from a particular government's position.