An imaging lens substantially consisting of six lenses, composed of a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface on the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface on the image side, a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface on the object side, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface on the image side, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power with the image side surface having an aspherical shape which is concave on the image side near the optical axis and convex in a peripheral region.