Urmia County


Urmia County is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Urmia.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The county is mainly populated by Azerbaijanis, Persians and Kurds.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 856,914 in 215,342 households. The following census in 2011 counted 963,738 people in 272,439 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 1,040,565 in 304,306 households.

Administrative divisions

Urmia County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.