“Tehran” has the highest value (1,503) and “Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad” the lowest (40).

Number of bookstores in Iran, 1397 (2018/19)
Province	Number of bookstores
Tehran	1,503
Isfahan	1,010
Mazandaran	637
Razavi Khorasan	551
West Azerbaijan	424
East Azerbaijan	402
Fars	333
Khuzestan	323
Hamadan	297
Gilan	253
Qom	227
Kerman	201
Yazd	192
Kermanshah	180
Hormozgan	139
Kurdistan	135
Alborz	127
Ardabil	123
Markazi	114
Semnan	108
Qazvin	102
Lorestan	93
Zanjan	90
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	85
Golestan	77
Sistan and Baluchestan	74
South Khorasan	58
North Khorasan	41
Bushehr	41
Ilam	41
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	40

Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

About this data

The data on this page is about Iran. Figures come from Iranian sources as published, without adjustment.

Iranian (Solar Hijri) years run from late March to March: 1404 = March 2025 to March 2026.

Details

Source: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance
Year: 1399 (2020/21)
Industry: Books and publishing
Published: Oct 14, 2020

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