At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 261,492 in 59,054 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 300,846 people in 77,501 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 320,894 inhabitants in 89,646 households.[2]
Administrative divisions
Central District (Gonbad-e Kavus County) Population