At the 2006 National Census, its population was 157 in 35 households, when it was in the former Rigan District of Bam County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 191 people in 49 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Rigan County.[2]
In 2023, Gonbaki District was separated from Rigan County in the establishment of Gonbaki County and divided into two districts and four rural districts, with the city of Gonbaki as its capital and only city.[6]
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