At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 552 in 118 households, when it was in the Central District.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 424 people in 120 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 409 people in 133 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Qosabeh District.[5] It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
^OpenStreetMap contributors (23 August 2024). "Salman Kandi, Meshgin Shahr County" (Map). openstreetmap.org (OpenStreetMap) (in Persian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.