At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 436 in 113 households, when it was in Kiakola Rural District of the former Kiakola District of Qaem Shahr County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 457 people in 137 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 443 people in 160 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Simorgh County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Central District. Pain Dasteh-ye Rakan Kola was transferred to Dasht-e Kenar Rural District created in the district.[4]
^Pain Dasteh-ye Rakan Kola can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "45239" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ abRahimi, Mohammad Reza (1 January 2016) [Approved 29 September 1391]. Approval letter regarding national divisions in Mazandaran province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 121434/42/4/1; Notification 213858/T48692H. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2024 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran.