At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 13,689 in 2,834 households.[5] There were 17,251 inhabitants in 4,008 households at the following census of 2011.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 16,712 in 4,595 households. The most populous of its 32 villages was Choqabdar, with 4,441 people.[2]