For the administrative division of Ilam province, see Chavar County. For the former administrative division of Ilam County, see Chavar District. For the village in Sistan and Baluchestan province, see Chavar.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,574 in 1,080 households, when it was in the former Chavar District of Ilam County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 5,775 people in 1,333 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,831 people in 1,562 households.[2]
In November 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Chavar County. Chavar was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[4]
^Chavar can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3058202" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".