At the time of the 2006 National Census, Bid Shahr's population was 3,872 in 709 households, when it was a village in Bid Shahr Rural District of the former Evaz District of Larestan County.[4][b] The following census in 2011 counted 4,372 people in 1,040 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,447 people in 1,271 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Evaz County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Bid Shahr District.[7] Bid Shahr was elevated to the status of a city.[8]
^Bid Shahr can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3056347" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^Letter of approval regarding changing the name of Lar County to Larestan. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. c. 2022 [Approved 7 October 1398]. Proposal 1.42.25950; Notification 31592T24775H. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via Martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS) Research Center of the Islamic Council.