At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Kiakola District of Qaem Shahr County) was 4,217 in 1,114 households.[6] There were 4,422 inhabitants in 1,385 households at the following census of 2011.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,651 in 893 households, 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.[4] The most populous of its three villages was Bala Dasteh-ye Rakan Kola, with 1,399 people.[2]
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