At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 17,507 in 4,026 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 18,137 people in 4,803 households,[5] by which time the village of Eslamiyeh had been elevated to the status of the city of Dezhkord.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 18,290 inhabitants in 5,317 households.[2]