At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,966 in 1,886 households, when it was in the former Sib and Suran District of Saravan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 10,632 people in 2,463 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sib and Suran County. The city and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District, with Suran as the county's capital.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,580 people in 3,357 households.[2]
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