Mashhad County () is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Mashhad, which is also the capital of the Province.
History
After the 2016 National Census, Binalud was elevated to the status of a city.
Torqabeh District was separated from the county in the establishment of Binalud County.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 2,848,637, in 746,652 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 3,069,941 people in 889,034 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 3,372,660, in 1,021,068 households.
It is the most populous county in the province and the second most populous in the country, behind
Tehran County.
Administrative divisions
Mashhad County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
| + Mashhad County Population |
|
| 3,280,368 |
| 13,112 |
| 5,354 |
| 27,987 |
| 29,751 |
| 105,285 |
| 97,695 |
| 3,001,184 |
| 32,988 |
| 20,589 |
| 10,343 |
| |
| 2,056 |
| 59,232 |
| 14,905 |
| 28,890 |
| 6,587 |
| 8,850 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| 3,372,660 |
| |
See also
Notes
