On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Rivne Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Dubno Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 44,352 (2020 est.).[4]
The raion includes the urban-type settlement of Smyha and 23 rural municipalities consisting of 103 villages.