For the nearby village with a similar name, see Bustan-e Kuchek. For the administrative division, see Bustan District. For other places with a similar name, see Bostan.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Bustan's population was 1,019 in 188 households, when it was a village in Babuyi Rural District of the former Basht District of Gachsaran County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,092 people in 265 households,[6] by which time the district had separated from the county in the establishment of Basht County. The rural district was transferred to the new Bustan District.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,248 people in 337 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
After the census, the village of Bustan was elevated to the status of a city.[7]
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